“Strategic partnerships under pressure Rewiring Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in an age of global competition” was the theme of the EuroMeSCo 2026 Annual Conference, held at the University of Central ...

PRIOs Senior Researcher Jonas Vestby has been awarded a NOK 2 million grant to explore a radical new approach to conflict data. Current peace and conflict research relies on numerous datasets that ...

Amalie Nilsen has today defended her PhD thesis: 'The Protest Paradox: The Role of Mass Mobilization in Promoting and Challenging Liberal Democracy' at the Department of Political Science, University ...

As part of the NORHED II project Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security hosted a PhD-level course on Gender, ...

PRIO’s first European Security Week brought together researchers and experts for a series of debates on the future of European security. Across seven events between 18 and 22 May, the PRIO’s European ...

The PRIO Research School on Peace and Conflict hosted doctoral candidates at the PhD-level course “Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies”, May 4-8, 2026. The course, led by Jeff Checkel, ...

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway visited PRIO today for a series of briefings on pressing global challenges, including developments in the Middle East, emerging technologies, migration ...

The PRIO Board and Nina Græger have agreed that she will step down as Director of PRIO as of 30 April. The Chair of the Board and Nina Græger have concluded a misalignment in relation to the strategic ...

Research increasingly support that in-depth understandings of women agency in war and ensuring their meaningful participation in peace processes can contribute to more durable outcomes and a more ...

The Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East is a joint initiative co-organized by IBEI, Catalonia International and IEMed. The 2026 edition of the School will consist of a ...

The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) conducts research on the conditions for peaceful relations between states, groups and people.

Russia’s only hope of regaining the strategic initiative lies in expanding supplies of drone components and communication technologies from the PRC. The necessary high-level consent for such support, ...