Håvard Strand: All news
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Peace Science Infrastructure: PRIO to Head Large New Collaboration
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.
Director Henrik Urdal Celebrates World Food Programme Nobel Win
The WFP has been a long-time favorite on Urdal’s shortlist
Successful Doctoral Defense by Jonas Vestby
Jonas Vestby has defended his thesis today, 9 March 2018: 'Climate, development, and conflict: Learning from the past and mapping uncertainties of the future' at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Oslo.
PRIO Contributes to New War on Children Report
Save the children today published the War on Children report, which shows that the number of children living in conflict zones have increased by 75% in the last 20 years.
Call for Applications: Advanced Quantitative Methods
A PhD course organized by the University of Oslo, Department of Political Science
Development Consequences of Internal Armed 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.
JPR at 50: Launches
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.
Successful Doctoral Dissertation Defence by Håvard Mokleiv Nygård
Håvard Mokleiv Nygård successfully defended his thesis at the University of Oslo on Friday 31 January.
New research on gender and publishing
International Studies Perspectives special issue
The Economist goes to PRIO for briefing on Civil War
Article featuring the UCDP/PRIO Dataset on Armed Conflicts
Data Innovation Award to Armed Conflict Dataset
J. David Singer Data Innovation Award
Fewer Armed Conflicts in 2012, but More Fatalities
Last year the number of armed conflicts decreased markedly, at the same time as the number of battle-related deaths in these conflicts increased dramatically, largely due to the situation in Syria.
ERC Starting Grant to Essex and PRIO
Conflict, Strategies, and Violence
A More Peaceful World Awaits
Article in TIME
The Cost of War
PRIO research on conflict and the Millennium Development Goals
New spatial dataset
The majority of civil wars are local phenomena confined to limited parts of a country’s territory.
Power Sharing in Africa
Coming out of a two year project on Power-sharing in Africa for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CSCW has produced 6 extensive reports and 8 policy briefs on the subject this fall.
Number of Conflicts on the Rise
In the period 1993-2003 the number of conflicts dropped, from more than 50 to less than 30 per year.
Successful Doctoral Dissertation by Håvard Strand
Håvard Strand has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation "Reassessing the Civil Democratic Peace" at the University of Oslo.
A More Peaceful World
The positive trend towards fewer armed conflicts in the world continues.
Islamist Terrorism
The book 'Islamistisk terrorisme' [Islamist Terrorism], edited by Bjørn Erik Rasch, discusses how to understand - and prevent - the use of terror as a weapon.
