The reintegration of 5 million veterans may be Ukraine’s next major battle: Results from a recent survey in Ukraine
While discussions of a ceasefire remain clouded by diplomatic uncertainty, Ukrainian soldiers continue to fight on the frontlines. Once the fighting on the ground ends, these women and men will likely face their next battle in reintegrating into c...
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2025
Øyvind Østerud (1944–2025) in Memoriam
We are saddened by the passing of Øyvind Østerud (1944–2025), a towering figure in Norwegian political science.
How do women ambassadors reshape diplomacy at the UN Security Council?
On the occasion of the International Day of Women in Diplomacy, 24 June.
Commemorating the 25 June 2022 terror attack against Oslo Pride: a chronology
As a political event the June 25 attack is remembered both in the context of domestic terror attacks and in the context of terror attacks against queer communities globally.
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?
Peace research is not defense research: Time to insist on tougher questions
It requires greater engagement from us as a peace research community to show why peace itself is important — indeed, the most important — public good of our time.
Book Review
H-Diplo Roundtable on Qureshi, Olof Palme, Sweden, and the Vietnam War
Book review in H-Diplo Roundtable
Journal Article
Conceptualizing and Measuring Conflict-Related Determinants of Migration
Journal article in Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Defense Procurement and Democratic Debate: From Depoliticization to Repoliticization
Public deliberation on defense procurement could have focused on regulations, reform, or corruption. It has not.
Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025
Strengthening European Security Research Through Inter-Institutional Collaboration
Researchers from PRIO, Masaryk University and the University of Helsinki gathered in Oslo for the CENTREPEACE Junior Scholar Symposium 3-4 April.
Report – External Series
The Consequences and Prospects of Israel’s Ban of UNRWA
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs
Journal Article
Do we need more or less focus on “class” in migration research?
Journal article in International Migration
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 ...
Wednesday, 26 Feb 2025
New Results from Prediction Challenge That Seeks to Improve Conflict Forecasting
The 2023/24 VIEWS Prediction Challenge invites researchers to forecast conflict intensity as a probability distribution, fully accounting for uncertainty to improve decision-making and crisis preparedness.
Thursday, 13 Feb 2025
Call for PhD-level course International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills
On 23-27 June PRIO, in collaboration with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, will host the PhD level course International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills. Apply by 12 March 2025.
Book Review
War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Book Review
Who Will Defend Europe?
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Book Review
The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order
Book review in JPR Booknotes
Book Review
The Russian Way of Deterrence
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Book Chapter
A methodologically oriented interrogation of connections between migration and social mobility in South Asia
Book chapter in South Asia Migration Report 2024: Remittances, Resilience and Rehabilitation
Book Chapter
Migration drivers across time and space: selected examples
Book chapter in From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios
Book Review
Perpetrators of Mass Atrocities: Terribly and Terrifyingly Normal?
Book review in Global Responsibility to Protect
Protection of Civilians in Crisis: Geneva Conventions at 75
With the devastating news from Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan among other wars, we witness a crisis of the international regime for protecting civilians in armed conflict. However, this is not a total collapse but a return to the troubling world that the...
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 ...
Monday, 25 Nov 2024
Armed Conflict’s Hidden Costs: A Multidisciplinary Look at War's Impact on Human Development
A new comprehensive review reveals that the detrimental effects of armed conflict extend far beyond the battlefield, with war reverberating through every aspect of human development.
Journal Article
The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature
Journal article in World Development
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...
Friday, 8 Nov 2024
Gløbius Award for 2024 goes to Juliane Stötter
Juliane Stötter has won the 2024 Gløbius Award for her Master’s thesis in Peace and Conflict Studies, Precipitation Variability, Rebel Group Resilience, and the Duration of Civil Conflicts.
Perplexed Vladimir Putin Reckons With Outcome of US Elections
The Kremlin had confidently expected confusion and turmoil following the US presidential election. Instead, a definite outcome and the commitment to a smooth transition of power are set to shape the US political environment for the next couple of ...
Journal Article
Fifty Shades of Deprivation: Disaggregating Types of Economic Disadvantage in Studies of Terrorism
Journal article in International Studies Review