Scott Gates: All news

Several PRIO researchers feature in the 2026 edition of the Stanford / loannidis Author Ranking, a widely used global index identifying the most-cited researchers across scientific disciplines.

The widely used PRIO-GRID data framework has been awarded the prestigious J. David Singer Data Innovation Award.

​On 5-7 June PRIO hosted the PhD level course "Political regimes: Developments, Typologies and Consequences" as part of the Norhed II project.

​On Saturday 5 November, Scott Gates gave the presidential address at the 56th annual meetings of the Peace Science Society (International) in Denver, USA.

The 2021 update of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) data on organized violence is now available.

​The new open accessbook Livesin Peace Research: The Oslo Stories explains how PRIO, the world'soldest independent peace research institute, was founded and how it survivedthrough crises.

​Every year, JPR publishes special issues on topics of high relevance to the field of peace research, and we are now soliciting proposals for the 2024 special issue.

​Friday, we got to know that a large project has been funded by the Research Council of Norway's INFRASTRUKTUR initiative, that aims to build up relevant, up-to-date infrastructure that is accessible to the research community, to various private and public sector user groups, and to the general public.

​Natalie Azba has successfully defended her thesis "The Illusion of Inclusion: Assessing the Effects and Gendered Implications of Power Sharing".

The WFP has been a long-time favorite on Urdal’s shortlist

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Security Dialogue (SD) and the Journal of Peace Research (JPR) remain in the top quartile of journal rankings.

Congratulations to Scott Gates on being elected as the new President of the Peace Science Society (International)!Peace Science Society (International) is a non-profit organization dedicated to peace scholarship, which seeks to encourage and support publication of peace and conflict management research.

​JPR publishes annual special issues on topics of high relevance to thefield of peace research, and is now soliciting proposals for the 2022 specialissue.

How does a country’s security apparatus react to a protest movement?And what happens in the aftermath of successful protests?PRIO has long been at the forefront of research on protest movements.

​The Research School on Peace and Conflict  invites applications for the PhD course on Dynamics of Armed Conflict to take place at PRIO in Oslo on 20-24 April 2020.

Scott Gates is taking over from Gudrun Østby as Editor of the Journal of Peace Research.

PRIO's Journal of Peace Research is in the top quartile of International Relations and Political Science citation ranking.

​The Research Council of Norway announced this morning that PRIO will receive TOPPFORSK funding for the project: "Securing the victory? Understanding dynamics of short-run and long-term success in popular uprisings and democratization".

The seminar series «PSYOPS: The Psychology of Political Struggle» aims to bring academics and professionals from different disciplines and fields of experience together to discuss topics in the borderland between psychology and politics.

Marianne Dahl successfully defended her doctoral thesis today, 30 March, at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences - NTNU.

James Robinson, who heads the newly established Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the University of Chicago, visited PRIO today.

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New book with PRIO contributions

​​​The long-time PRIO affiliate Jeffrey T.

Organized by the Research School on Peace and Conflict

​​The Conflict Trends Policy Brief, published today, on occasion of Paul Collier giving the PRIO Annual Peace Address, outlines that "the development consequences of armed conflict are profound and far-reaching.

​​​As Journal of Peace Research celebrates it's 50th Anniversary, we launch two new Policy Briefs and other core outputs from the Conflict Trends project: Peace on Earth? The Future of Internal Armed Conflict​ and ​Ukraine and the Role of the Security Forces in Popular Uprisings.

Awarded for contributions for the study of bureaucracy

A course organised by the Research School on Peace and Conflict