Monday, 9 Jun 2025
New data shows conflict at historic high as U.S. signals retreat from world stage
The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades.
Lawyers and the resilience of the liberal international order
In times of political crisis and attacks against the foundations of political liberalism, can we put our trust in lawyers and other legal occupations to fight for our freedoms, when they are under attack?
What Now for Humanitarian Studies?
Humanitarianism has long been in crisis, but since early 2025 the sector has been experiencing an unprecedented organizational, institutional, normative, and political collapse. As scholars active in the broad, inter-, and multidisciplinary field ...
Trump’s Logic of Deal-Making Versus Putin’s Logic of War-Making
As the Ukraine War approaches the grim mark of three years, it appears both ripe for an armistice and impossible to bring to an end. For US President Donald Trump, this war is a senseless waste of people and resources, which should be stopped imme...
The International Criminal Court at Risk of Collapse
As many are by now acutely aware, the International Criminal Court (ICC) relies on state cooperation to investigate and arrest individuals charged with international crimes. This is not new. What is new is the seriousness, complexity, and extent o...
Policy Brief
Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2023
Conflict Trends
473 million Children Live in Conflict Zones
The world is suffering from escalating levels of conflict. The Civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the bombing of Gaza have all significantly contributed to dramatic increase in battle deaths in recent years...
Putin’s Nuclear Blackmail Goes Doctrinal
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced neither surprising nor radical revisions in Russia’s nuclear doctrine on September 25 (Kremlin.ru, September 25). He committed to revising the government’s vague document back in June. In the ensuing mont...
7–8 Dec 2007
Mimicry in Civil War
Workshop with Diego Gambetta
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2011 13:00–15:00 UTC+01
Women, Power and Peacemaking in Africa
Seminar with Professor Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Thursday, 1 Dec 2011 14:00–16:00 UTC+01
Afghanistan Towards 2014 - Transitioning to Where?
Seminar and Book Launch
Tuesday, 13 Nov 2012 09:00–11:00 UTC+01
24 Hour Media and War: 20 years of ‘the CNN Effect’
The 1991 Gulf War ushered in a new era of reporting on conflict, as 24-hour news pioneer CNN brought real-time video of faraway battles into living rooms around the world for the first time.
Friday, 19 Feb 2016 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
The Big Freeze: Storskog, Russia Politics and the End(s) of a Humanitarian Superpower
AboutThe Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS) and the Criminology of Humanitarianism Research Network (IKRS, University of Oslo) welcome you to a breakfast seminar on the Arctic refugee crisis and the implications for Norway as a huma...
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)
Tuesday, 11 Dec 2018 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
The Secret of Algorithms: On Transparency, Truth and the Political
Susanne Krasmann, Professor at the Faculty of Economy and Social Sciences (Criminology) Hamburg UniversityThe future of big data and algorithms is often associated with a double imagery: on the one hand, algorithms by themselves seem to assume age...
Thursday, 25 Nov 2021 09:00–16:00 UTC+01
Mediator as Gatekeeper and Door Opener
PRIO will host a Workshop in Oslo on the Mediator as a Gatekeeper and Door Opener.
Thursday, 24 Mar 2022 17:00–19:00 UTC+01
Identity and Cultural Authenticity – A Conversation and Concerts with Harpreet Bansal and Sankung Jobarteh
The PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict (CCC) invites you to a conversation on identity and cultural authenticity, followed by a double concert with violinist and composer Harpreet Bansal and guitarist, kora-player and vocalist Sankung Jo...
Friday, 6 Dec 2024 08:30–10:00 UTC+01
AI in War & Peace: The Politics of Truths and Fakes
Welcome to a discussion about AI truths and fakes in conflict and its aftermath.
Thursday, 8 Apr 2010
Submarine sound - 12 October 1982
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011
PRIO Researchers on the 22/7 Terror
On 22 July, Norway was struck by a double terror attack.
Thursday, 22 Sep 2011
Nils Petter Gleditsch receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The Conflict Processes Section at the American Political Science Association (APSA) selected Nils Petter Gleditsch as the recipient of the prestigious bi-annual award, adding him to a short list of scholars who have fundamentally influenced the fi...
Wednesday, 19 Feb 2014
Call for Review Articles
Security Dialogue
Monday, 24 Mar 2014
Egypt: Silence Implies Consent
Today’s death sentences of 529 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood must bring an end to the Norwegian Government’s tacit acceptance of the military regime in Egypt.
Friday, 20 Feb 2015
Double Honors for Halvard Buhaug at ISA!
Friday’s Business Meeting and Award Ceremony at the 56th Annual Convention of the International studies Association in New Orleans provided double honors for Halvard Buhaug, Research Professor, Leader of the Conditions of Violence and Peace Depart...
Tuesday, 22 Dec 2015
Call for papers: The interactions between integration and migrants’ transnational development activities
We invite abstracts for a session at the 13th IMISCOE conference (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe), Prague 30 June – 2 July2016.
Wednesday, 13 Jan 2016
PCC report 'The Cyprus Peace Dividend' mentioned in the Financial Times today 13.01.16
Cyprus finance minister warns on fiscal rules for reunited island - Tony Barber in NicosiaAny deal to reunite Cyprus risks failure unless the new federal state envisaged under a peace settlement adopts binding rules on fiscal discipline and fina...
Tuesday, 18 Feb 2020
Humanitarian Aid Allocated to Education Doubled Between 2015 and 2018, PRIO Researchers Find
The amount of humanitarian aid allocated to education doubled between 2015 and 2018 and Norway has reached the global goal of allocating 4% of their humanitarian aid to the sector.
Tuesday, 20 Sep 2022
ALNAP’s State of the Humanitarian System 2022 Report Released
Report finds ‘Do no digital harm’ has emerged as an important humanitarian imperative, following contributions from PRIO project.
Monday, 10 Jun 2024
New data shows record number of armed conflicts
Last year saw the highest number of state-based conflicts since 1946. In addition, the past three years were the most violent in the last three decades, according to new conflict trend analysis.
Lene Bomann-Larsen