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Putin holds firm to war course, conjuring mirage of victory
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Putin holds firm to war course, conjuring mirage of victory
The fever of diplomatic battles around Russia’s war against Ukraine in the first three weeks of May has broken, leaving few meaningful results.
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Putin’s ‘Three Escalations’ Affect Prospect of Peace in Ukraine
Russia’s strategy in executing its aggressive war against Ukraine, passing the 1,000-day mark last week, puts the country’s economy, society, and armed forces under enormous pressure that Moscow’s militaristic propaganda cannot quite cover. As Rus...
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 ...
Moscow Takes the Measure of Western Vacillations
Since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the US-led Western coalition has demonstrated remarkable determination in supporting Kyiv. Yet, every practical step in providing military support to defiant Ukraine has involved protracted delibera...
7–8 Dec 2007
Mimicry in Civil War
Workshop with Diego Gambetta
13–14 Dec 2011
Moralities of Migration
23–24 Sep 2013
The Geopolitics of the Arctic
Conference on Commerce, Governance and Policy
10–11 Dec 2018
Data, Security, Values: Vocations and Visions of Data Analysis
Annual Conference of the Nordic Centre for Security Technology and Societal Values (NordSTEVA)
Wednesday, 12 Feb 2020 13:00–15:00 UTC+01
The Protection of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict – New Agendas
A roundtable on ethical, legal and political perspectives
Friday, 22 Jan 2010
The diaspora supports Haiti after the earthquake (in Norwegian)
Jørgen Carling comments on how the diaspora can assist Haiti after the earthquake.
Friday, 8 Jul 2011
PRIO signs commitment to the Charter and Code
The Charter and Code is an EU initiative to improve employment and working conditions for researchers, and refers to two documents describing recruitment, working conditions, career planning and mobility.
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2012
Nils Petter Gleditsch turns 70
Today, 17 July 2012, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Research Professor at PRIO and former editor of the Journal of Peace Research turns 70 years.
Thursday, 17 Jan 2013
Surveillance, Fighting Crime and Violence
Research project calls for greater transparency and accountability re use of surveillance systems
Monday, 9 Nov 2015
PRIO-GRID 2.0 Launches at grid.prio.org
The latest version of the PRIO-GRID is now available at grid.
Thursday, 8 Jun 2017
New Version of PRIO Dataset on Urban Unrest, 1960-2014
A new version of the Urban Social Disorder (USD) dataset is now available, featuring a longer time-span and vastly expanded set of cities across the developing world, making it one of the longest historical event datasets for conflict and protest...
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018
Call for Applications: PhD Course on Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology
The Research School on Peace and Conflict invites applications for the PhD course Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology: Approaches, Tools and Ethics to take place in Oslo on 19-22 March 2018.
Friday, 4 Oct 2019
Launch of the Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks at UN Headquarters in New York
The Global Alliance of Regional Women Mediator Networks was launched on 26 September.
Friday, 24 Sep 2021
Can the lives of asylum seekers be improved with human rights lawsuits?
Master’s thesis affiliated with PRIO and the PRIO’s Migration Centre examines the effectiveness of litigation-based approaches to reforming immigration control practices in Norway.
Monday, 13 Dec 2021
Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration
Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private a...
Monday, 27 Mar 2023
PRIO’s Historical Archive Is Now Publicly Available
The PRIO Archive (about 1500 physical boxes) is now deposited at the National Archives of Norway.
Research Director
Louise Olsson
Kathrine Holden
Ida Roland Birkvad
Ebba Tellander
Vilde Bergstad Larsen
Research Associate
Shannon E. French
Amalie Nilsen
Kaja Sparre Bakke