Trude Stapnes left PRIO in 2025. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Trude Stapnes
Projects
Inspirational Creative Practice: Art and Activism in Myanmar
Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)
Art, Peace and Conflict: Conversations with Artists
"The protest was our last and only weapon": A qualitative study of how individuals in Myanmar understand their motives for participating in protest
Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM)
Active Citizenship in Culturally and Religiously Diverse Societies (ACT)
Latest publications
Prefiguring a democratic state: student activism and the National Education Law in Myanmar
Journal article in Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Jenny Hedström & Elisabeth Olivius, eds: Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar
Book review in JPR Book Notes
Responsibility to Protest: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Motives for Protest Participation in Myanmar
Journal article in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
"The protest was our last and only weapon": A qualititative study of how individuals in Myanmar understand their motives for participating in protest
Master thesis
Latest news
INSPIRE Seminar Series Autumn 2021
Please be invited and save the dates for the INSPIRE seminar series autumn 2021! The seminars will take place monthly, on Wednesdays from 12:00-13:00 CET, online, with invited researchers and artists.
New Online Exhibition from the TRANSFORM Project
In societies at war or facing severe repression, what motivates individuals to take action for social justice when doing so involves great risk and uncertainty? How do such small but often heroic everyday acts of common people inspire larger transformations? And what is the impact of storytelling about everyday acts that challenge inequalities and injustices in places like Myanmar, Somaliland and Syria?The TRANSFORM research team has grappled with these questions for four years, and you will ...
Artistic Encounters in War and Violent Conflict: New Platform for the INSPIRE Project Launched
On June 3rd 2021, the INSPIRE research platform was launched with a live performance by Faytinga and a presentation of artwork by Diala Brisly.
PRIO's Youth & Peacebuilding Research
Read up before the PRIO Annual Peace Address 2020
Creative Methods Workshop for the INSPIRE Project
On October 5-6th a workshop on creative methods was held for the INSPIRE project.
Successful First Advisory Board Meeting for the INSPIRE Project
On September 15th the INSPIRE advisory board and INSPIRE researchers had their first meeting.
Trude Stapnes Hired as a Doctoral Researcher on the INSPIRE Project
Successful Kick-off Workshop for the INSPIRE Project
From January 22-23, 2020 a kick-off workshop was held for the INSPIRE project.
Call for Abstracts: ‘Political agency and moral action in times of war’
This academic workshop focuses on political agency and moral action before, during and after violent conflict and war.
PRIO and Goethe-Institut Workshop with Academics and Cultural Practitioners
On 6 February, PRIO and the Goethe-Institut hosted a four-hour participatory workshop with a small group of invited cultural practitioners and academics.
Latest events
Myanmar Roundtable: Artistic Practices after the Coup
INSPIRE Conference
Film Screening: Women at the Frontline - 'As I Want'
INSPIRE Seminar Series: Protest Aesthetics in Motion
INSPIRE Seminar Series: Guy Elhanan
INSPIRE seminar series: On Fearless Love: Tradition, Service, and Social Change
Fighting for Social Justice
INSPIRE seminar series: Mother, Singer, Survivor of Liberia’s Civil War and Refugee as Community Builder
Political Agency and Moral Action in Times of War
Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)
How do artistic expressions motivate social justice during and after conflict? How do artists unite during wars in Sudan and Myanmar, and among exiled artists? INSPIRE examines the role of art, artists, and creative practices in violent conflict and after.
Myanmar Roundtable: Artistic Practices after the Coup
Societal Transformation in Conflict Contexts (TRANSFORM)
TRANSFORM examines how personal actions during times of significant uncertainty and change can motivate collective efforts or create new institutional practices that shape the path a society follows.
INSPIRE Seminar Series: Guy Elhanan
INSPIRE seminar series: On Fearless Love: Tradition, Service, and Social Change
Fighting for Social Justice
INSPIRE seminar series: Mother, Singer, Survivor of Liberia’s Civil War and Refugee as Community Builder
Somaliland: Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain (Somali)
Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain: The Uffo Struggle for Justice tells the story of a group of heroic professionals in Somaliland during the war in the 1980s.
Somaliland: Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain (English)
Sweet Smelling Wind Before the Rain: The Uffo Struggle for Justice tells the story of a group of heroic professionals in Somaliland during the war in the 1980s.
Syria: A Future for Syria (Arabic)
A Future for Syria follows the experiences of one Syrian woman who dedicated her life to education.
Syria: A Future for Syria (English)
A Future for Syria follows the experiences of one Syrian woman who dedicated her life to education.
Myanmar: Fighting for Land, Dreaming of Peace (Burmese)
Fighting for Land, Dreaming of Peace tells the story of a Kachin land rights activist from Northern Myanmar, who has faced displacement, arrest and persecution by the Myanmar government for her commitment to fighting for the rights of ethnic minorities.
Myanmar: Fighting for Land, Dreaming of Peace (English)
Fighting for Land, Dreaming of Peace tells the story of a Kachin land rights activist from Northern Myanmar, who has faced displacement, arrest and persecution by the Myanmar government for her commitment to fighting for the rights of ethnic minorities.