Tuesday, 29 Apr 2025
Oslo Conference to Mark 25 Years of UN Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
PRIO’s Centre on Gender, Peace and Security is co-hosting a conference marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325.
Book Chapter
Exploring Women’s Agency under Male Breadwinner Norms in Keti Bandar
Book chapter in Gendered Transformative Initiatives in South Asia
PRIO Blogs
There’s a Path Forward for Turkey-Greece Cooperation — but It Requires a Dose of Realism
In the Eastern Mediterranean, tensions are largely the norm rather than the exception. Greece and Turkey, two stable states and NATO allies, enjoy largely peaceful unneighborly relations, despite occasional tension between them.
Tuesday, 28 Jan 2025
PRIO Director's 2025 Nobel Peace Prize List
The Director of PRIO, Henrik Urdal, announced his list today for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, with Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms topping the list.
Wednesday, 22 Jan 2025
New Study Reveals Human Impact of UNRWA Ban: Lifelines to Millions at Risk
New report outlines the on-the-ground consequences of Israel’s ban on UNRWA which comes into effect next week.
Monday, 9 Dec 2024
PRIO secures funding for four new innovative projects
PRIO has successfully secured funding for four new projects to support research addressing today’s critical societal challenges, including two focused on Norwegian security and defence.
Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
PRIO in the Republic of Korea for its Action with Women and Peace Conference
On December 10th, PRIO Research Director Louise Olsson and GPS Coordinator Stine A. Bosheim contributed to the Action with Women and Peace Conference (AWP), in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Friday, 29 Nov 2024
Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Words of Gratitude
On 27 November, PRIO received the sad news that Professor of social anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen passed away.
Report – Other
The Madrid Conference and the Washington Process (1991–1993): A Regional Framework for Resolving the Arab-Israeli Conflict
PRIO Blogs
Making Women Combatants Visible: Steps Towards Gender-Responsive Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
In October the Security Council met for its annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Open Debate under the theme of “Women Building Peace in a Changing Environment.” Despite the WPS agenda’s goals for including women in all aspects of security and ...
Journal Article
Fostering togetherness in superdiverse Catholic parishes
Journal article in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
PRIO Blogs
Authorship and Involuntary Attribution: How and Why Should We Contest AI Manipulation?
Technology is radically changing the work and role of scholars and the function of academic publishing. Fake and fabricated content (data, facts, arguments, claims, conclusions) undermines the foundations of knowledge in a democratic society. Faki...
Thursday, 3 Oct 2024
Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s Updated List Announced
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his updated list for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize today, with election observers topping the list.
Friday, 6 Sep 2024
Call for papers - Life and migration: Decentering migration from the life aspirations of (potential) migrants
We invite abstracts for a panel at the IMISCOE Annual Conference, Paris, 1-4 July 2025. The panel aims to offer new insights across theoretical lenses, methodological approaches and geographical contexts. Deadline 23 September 2024.
Wednesday, 5 Jun 2024
PRIO at Arendalsuka 2024
Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political festival that brings together politicians, journalists, policy makers, aid organisations, civil society and the private sector.
Thursday, 6 Jun 2024
30 Years After the Genocide in Rwanda: Gender, Accountability and Atrocity Prevention
What is the legacy of Rwanda and other atrocity crimes, and how are sexual and gender-based crimes addressed in today’s conflicts? The public was invited to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda genocide.
Thursday, 30 May 2024
PRIO at the Oslo Freedom Forum
Several PRIO researchers will partake in the upcoming Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from 3 to 5 June.
Friday, 31 May 2024
PhD course on Gender, Peace and Conflict successfully convened
On 29-31 May, the GPS Centre, in collaboration with the NORHED II project, hosted doctoral candidates from all over the world at the PhD-level course "Gender, Peace and Conflict".
Wednesday, 25 Aug 2004 10:00–17:00 UTC+02
Making a Difference
Today, The Centre for Development and the Environment (University of Oslo), The Ethics Programme (University of Oslo) and the International Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO) organized an international seminar on poverty and conflict in co-op...
Tuesday, 5 Apr 2005 10:00–11:30 UTC+02
The Promise of Security and the Fantasy of Representation
Maria Stern of the Department for Peace and Development Research at Göteborg University will give a talk exploring violence embedded in the possibility (or impossibility) of the promise of security and the fantasy of representation based on a surp...
Thursday, 20 Oct 2005 13:00–15:00 UTC+02
Sudan Peace Agreement
The Centre for the Study of Civil War at PRIO organized a seminar on the achievements and challenges of the Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA).
Friday, 21 Oct 2005 13:00–15:15 UTC+02
Gun Control and Public Health
This seminar with Professor Michael Boylan of the Marymount College will focus on gun control in the US and internationally.
Friday, 27 Jan 2006 17:00–18:30 UTC+01
Luc Ferry: Secularism
As part of the lecture series on Independence of the Mind, organized by the French Cultural Centre and PRIO, Luc Ferry has visited Norway, hosting a seminar on secularism.
Monday, 22 May 2006 18:00–19:30 UTC+02
Bernard Kouchner: The Duty of Humanitarian Intervention
PRIO and the French Cultural Centre are pleased to present a seminar with Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of the Medecins sans frontieres.
30 Nov 2006–1 Dec 2006
Integrating Small Arms Measures into Development Programmes
This international workshop aims to engage small arms experts, researchers and field practioners in sharing knowledge and experience on initiatives to address the impact of small arms proliferation and violence upon sustainable development.
Sunday, 8 Apr 2007 10:15–12:00 UTC+02
Ethics, Political Theory and the Search for Freedom and Peace
Some Thoughts on Marsilius of Padua's Defensor Pacis
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2007 10:00–13:00 UTC+01
African Developments Seminar
PRIO and the South African Embassy invite you to a seminar with Vasu Gounden and Kwezi Mngqibisa, both with extensive experience of security and conflict resolution in Africa.
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
How to Reach the Women
Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 18:00–20:00 UTC+02
Information meeting on master programmes
PRIO is co-organizing two master programmes in which students spend the first semester in Oslo pursuing courses developed and taught by PRIO researchers.
Monday, 9 Oct 2006 19:00–21:00 UTC+02
Film Seminar: After the War