22–23 Nov 2016
The Digital is Political, Isn't It?
Critical approaches to surveillance technologies and big data
Friday, 24 May 2019
Technology, Security and Warfare
Second TRANSAD Workshop
21–22 Nov 2019
Emerging Technologies and International Security in the Mediterranean Region
Third TRANSAD workshop
24–25 Nov 2022
Drones in Civilian Airspaces: Security, Regulation, and Imagination
Overthe last years, the use of drones in the civilian airspace has increaseddramatically, opening up some opportunities and leading to a wide range of newsecurity challenges, as illustrated by the numerous incidents observed inNorway in recent we...
Thursday, 8 May 2014
Successful Doctoral Defence by Rocco Bellanova
Rocco Bellanova successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles on Tuesday 5 May.
Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
RegulAIR — Funding in Place for New Project
RegulAIR's main objective is to provide new research-based knowledge to Norwegian and EU regulatory bodies to assist them in ensuring the safe integration of drones into civilian airspace.
Rocco Bellanova
Primus Che Chi
Lukas Slothuus
Chantal Lavallée
Research Associate
George Lucas
Project Jan 2018 – Dec 2020
Transnational Academic Network for the Study of Drones (TRANSAD)
Debates within research on the topic of armed drones often unfold within closed and self-reinforcing academic circles.
Journal Article
Umrli Kralji in Nacionalni Miti: Zakaj so pomembni miti o ustanoviteljstvu in mučeništvu
Journal article in Teorija in praksa
Journal Article
Bones of Contention: Buddhist Relics, Nationalism and the Politics of Archaeology
Journal article in Numen
PRIO Blogs
Peace for Our Time?
When the organizers of this event suggested ‘peace for our time?’, with a question mark at the end, as the half-whimsical title for this lecture, I accepted gladly. As you are all aware, this was what the British prime-minister Neville...
PRIO Blogs
Leading the Charge Against Injustice
Abraham Lincoln once said: ‘It is hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse.’ It takes belief and faith, it takes self-confidence and persistence, to lead a cavalry charge against injustice – and John Lewis has displayed...
PRIO Blogs
The Ukraine War and the Fate of the Earth
The stories that are told about the Russian invasion of Ukraine – the interpretations that are advanced about what the war means and why it went the way it did – are going to play a decisive role in determining nothing less than the fate of the ea...
PRIO Blogs
PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes Interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken
Helga Hernes, interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken.
PRIO Blogs
Drones in the Time of Pandemic: Caution Behind the Hype
The fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has mobilized national and international resources of all types, from funding of medical research to financial rescue plans, and has led to widespread state of emergency declarations. While the approaches ad...
PRIO Blogs
From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard Interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage
Sverre Lodgaard, interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage.
PRIO Blogs
The Wagner Mutiny Damages Russia’s Policy in Africa
The resonance from the June 24 mutiny attempted by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the notorious Wagner group, remains strong, despite the attempts by President Vladimir Putin to demonstrate a swift restoration of stability in Russia. Domestic Weak...
PRIO Blogs
Hollow Words and Apparent Setbacks at the Russia-Africa Summit
Concerted diplomatic efforts were invested during preparations for the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, formally held on July 27 and 28, and President Vladimir Putin was grandstanding, networking and entertaining his guests non-stop from We...
PRIO Blogs
Russia’s Row With Finland Exacerbates Baltic Solitude
Russia’s geopolitical influence is increasingly shrinking in the Baltic Sea region. The most recent episode in the region’s worsening relations with Moscow was the sudden arrival of hundreds of migrants from the Middle East and Africa in November ...
Security Dialogue
Book review: Ethics of Drone Strikes. Restraining Remote-Control Killing
by Christian Enemark (ed.) Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. IX + 204 p The increasing use of armed drones has raised a series of ethical and legal questions. The fast-evolving development and sophistication of technologies that drones ...