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Thursday, 2 May 2024
PRIO invites applications for this course on Ethics in Humanitarian Negotiation and Mediation which will be taught online 23-27 September 2024. The application deadline is 15 June.
Friday, 26 Apr 2024
Cyprus Women Bi-Communal Coalition (CWBC) was officially launched on 26 April 2024 at Ledra Palace Hotel. Formed by a bi-communal group of influential women from diverse professional and political backgrounds,
Tuesday, 23 Apr 2024
Over two dozen top peace negotiators gather this week in Oslo for the thirteenth UN High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Strategies.
Monday, 22 Apr 2024
Artist Zahrasadat Hakim has been awarded the Inspire Art Award.
Thursday, 18 Apr 2024
The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) is now accepting applications for the "Culture, Conflict and Politics" course to be held on October 29-31, 2024.
Thursday, 11 Apr 2024
This article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between conflict and mobility, by disaggregating ‘conflict’ and drawing on sub-national geographical units.
Wednesday, 10 Apr 2024
As of early 2024, conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and PRIO are featured in a new section of Our World in Data dedicated to War and Peace.
Monday, 8 Apr 2024
Research carried out by PRIO has found that public information campaigns warning against migration rarely affect desires to leave. And when they do, they surprisingly tend to increase the wish to migrate.
Tuesday, 26 Mar 2024
The Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East is a joint initiative of IBEI, Blanquerna, DIPLOCAT and IEMED.
Monday, 18 Mar 2024
In a new article in the journal Disasters we explore who provides aid, drawing on the case of the protracted internal displacement of Sri Lanka’s Northern Muslims. Based on this we offer insights of relevance to 'localisation' efforts in humanitarian practice.
Wednesday, 6 Mar 2024
Tore Wig, professor of political science at the University of Oslo and a former associate research professor at PRIO, has been awarded Fridtjof Nansen’s Award for Young Scientists.
Saturday, 17 Feb 2024
Johan Galtung passed away this morning. He was born in 1930 on 24 October, the same day that 15 years later would see the founding of the United Nations.
Thursday, 15 Feb 2024
Call for Applications open for the PhD level course International Mediation: Theory, Cases and Skills to be held at PRIO on 10-14 June 2024. Apply by 21 March 2024
PRIO invites applications for this course on Gender, Peace and Conflict which will be taught in person in Oslo in May 2024. The application deadline is 15 March.
The JPR Best Visualization Award 2023 goes to Omar García-Ponce, Lauren E Young, & Thomas Zeitzoff
The Nils Petter Gleditsch JPR article of the Year Award, 2023, goes to Jason Klocek, Hyun Jeong Ha and Nathanael Gratias.
Wednesday, 7 Feb 2024
The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his shortlist today for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with election observers topping the list.
Monday, 5 Feb 2024
PRIO's International Summer School (ISS) is now opening for applications with deadline 15 February (scholarship application) and 1 March (self-financed).
Sunday, 4 Feb 2024
"Over the past ten years the north’s population has swelled from 300,000 to 550,000, largely as a result of an influx from Turkey...
Friday, 2 Feb 2024
Today, Rahmat Hashemi successfully defended his dissertation.