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Monday, 30 Mar 2026

Workshop on Civil Society's Roles in Ceasefire Monitoring

On 24-26 March the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security organised a workshop on 'Civil Society’s Role in Monitoring Ceasefire Agreements and other Conflict-Related Agreements'.

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Wednesday, 18 Mar 2026

Nobel Peace Prize 2026: PRIO Director’s list announced

Today PRIO's Director announced her list for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Friday, 13 Mar 2026

Linking aid and migration policies is worse than misguided

PRIO-led research backs up warning to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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Thursday, 12 Mar 2026

Research shows Gaza death toll higher than reported

A new study published in The Lancet journal, co-authored by PRIO Research Professor Håvard Hegre, finds that the human cost of the conflict in the Gaza Strip was significantly higher than previously recorded by local health authorities.

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Wednesday, 11 Mar 2026

Journal of Peace Research: 2025 Visualization Award goes to Justin V Hastings and David Ubilava

Justin V Hastings and David Ubilava have been awarded the Journal of Peace Research 'Best Visualization Award' for their journal article entitled 'Agricultural roots of social conflict in Southeast Asia'.

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Wednesday, 11 Mar 2026

JPR Article of the Year 2025 awarded to Jason Hartwig

Jason Hartwig has been awarded the Nils Petter Gleditsch Article of the Year Award for his journal article entitled 'The end of rebel rule: Biased peacekeeping interventions and social order'.

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Saturday, 7 Mar 2026

Preparedness from women's perspective - How are women included in the Total Defence Year 2026

On Friday 6 March PRIO GPS Centre director Torunn L. Tryggestad was invited to speak at a breakfast seminar organised by Unio (The Confederation of Unions for Professionals) marking International Women's Day.

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Thursday, 5 Mar 2026

PRIO supports Norwegian Ministry of Defense efforts on Women, Peace and Security in Total Defense

In line with Norway’s Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS), the Ministry of Defense organized an internal seminar on WPS and gender equality in total defense on 28 January. PRIO's Louise Olsson presented her research.

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Saturday, 28 Feb 2026

Integrating gender equality in Total Defence: Linking international, national, and local efforts to protect and promote women’s rights

How should we concretely understand the relationship between gender equality and total defence, and how can we better connect the international, national, and local levels to effectively protect and promote women’s rights?

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Tuesday, 24 Feb 2026

Vacancy: Inviting applications for a new Doctoral Researcher position at PRIO

PRIO invites applications for a three-year, full-time position as Doctoral Researcher.

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Thursday, 5 Feb 2026

PRIO at Arctic Frontiers

PRIO participated in Arctic Frontiers 2026, the annual multi-stakeholder conference held in Tromsø, Norway.

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Friday, 30 Jan 2026

Call for PhD-Level Course on Gender, Peace and Conflict

PRIO is offering a PhD-level course examining how gender shapes all phases of the conflict cycle—from conflict risk and prevention to mediation and peacemaking.

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Thursday, 15 Jan 2026

Zahara Sakor has successfully defended PhD thesis

Zahara Sakor has today defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Unlocking Africa’s Demographic Future: Youth Bulges, State Policies, and Pathways to Dividend and Political Stability’

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Monday, 5 Jan 2026

PRIO secures new funding for research on conflict, gender, security and human resilience

PRIO has recently secured several external research grants, highlighting strong confidence in the Institute’s research and its relevance to pressing global challenges.

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Thursday, 1 Jan 2026

PRIO starts new publishing partnership with Oxford University Press

PRIO is excited to announce that its two flagship journals, Journal of Peace Research and Security Dialogue, are now being published by Oxford University Press.

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Thursday, 18 Dec 2025

Top 5 most-read PRIO policy briefs in 2025

The most-read PRIO policy briefs of 2025 covered key global conflict issues including Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, women’s exposure to violence, ethical challenges in peace processes and resource stress in fragile regions.

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Thursday, 18 Dec 2025

Sharing research results in Cape Verde and The Gambia

Research with theoretical objectives can also yielded new insights of relevance to policy and public debate in the communities where the research was carried out.

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Wednesday, 17 Dec 2025

Norway renews long-term commitment to women, peace and security at PRIO

PRIO is pleased to announce that its Centre on Gender, Peace and Security (GPS Centre) has entered into a new multi-year funding agreement with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Tuesday, 16 Dec 2025

Greta Glas successfully completed their Master's degree

Greta successfully completed their Master's degree today, 16th December, at the University of Oslo, with a thesis titled "Whose Peace? - Multilingual Voices and the Contestation of "Peace" in the Palestinian Solidarity Movement"

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Tuesday, 16 Dec 2025

PRIO receives new funding for a large-scale project on the human consequences of the war in Ukraine

PRIO has received new funding from the Swedish research foundation, Östersjöstiftelsen, for an interdisciplinary project involving scholars from Norway, Sweden and Ukraine, to study the human consequences of the war in Ukraine.