South Sudan

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Associate Researcher
Hilde Frafjord Johnson

Photo: PRIO / Vera Lind Hansen

Senior Researcher
Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert

Julie Lunde Lillesæter

Research Professor
Øystein H. Rolandsen

02/09/2022
Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol Visits PRIO

Minister Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol from South Sudan visited PRIO today.

14/09/2021
Workshop on Ethical Issues in Peace Negotiations and Mediation

On 9-10 September 2021, around 20 researchers met for a hybrid online-offline workshop to share their research on specific cases of ethical issues in peace negotiations and mediation.

01/11/2018
Seminar on Cultural Production among Southern Sudanese Displaced People in Khartoum

On 1 November, PRIO Centre on Culture and Violent Conflict organized the lunch seminar Cieng, Kafka, and Malcolm X: how southern Sudanese displaced people in Khartoum worked out what liberation might mean.

26/05/2017
Successful Spring Seminar Series on the Psychology of Political Struggle

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.

06/10/2016
PRIO Gender, Peace and Security Update (Issue 3-2016)

Integrating Gender into Foreign Policy

Marta Bivand Erdal & Cathrine Talleraas (2026)
Translocal Dynamics and (Im)Mobilities in Conflict: South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda

Book chapter in Translocal Lives in Times of Conflict Understanding People’s (Im)Mobilities and (Dis)Connections under Conditions of Violence and War

Marta Bivand Erdal et al. (2024)
Education desires and conflict impacts in refugees’ decisions to leave

Journal article in Migration Studies

Nicholas Marsh (2024)
Illicit Firearms Trafficking – Addressing the Criminal Side of Diversion

Issue Paper

David Felipe Gómez Triana et al. (2022)
Negotiating Disarmament – The Gender Dimension: Barriers to the Inclusion of Women in Disarmament Negotiations

GPS Policy Brief

Eli Stamnes & Cedric de Coning (2022)
The Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS)

FAIR Case Brief

Haakon Gjerløw & Solomon Negash (2021)
The State of Democracy among Norway’s Partner Countries in Development Policy

Conflict Trends

Nicholas Marsh & Júlia Palik (2021)
Negotiating Disarmament: Lessons Learnt from Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka

PRIO Policy Brief

Nicholas Marsh & Júlia Palik (2021)
Negotiating Disarmament: Lessons Learnt from Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka

PRIO Paper

Luka Biong Deng Kuol (2021)
What Sudan and South Sudan stand to gain by reopening their border

Popular article in The Conversation

Luka Biong Deng Kuol (2021)
Lessons from a Decade of South Sudanese Statehood

Popular article in Africa Center for Strategic Studies

Luka Biong Deng Kuol & Christopher Oringa (2021)
Is Education a Pathway to Fostering Civicness and a Resilient Social Contract in Africa? The Case of South Sudan

Katarzyna Grabska (2010)
Lost boys, invisible girls: stories of Sudanese marriages across borders

Journal article in Gender, Place and Culture

Luka Biong Deng Kuol (2020)
Civil Wars in Sudan and South Sudan

Book chapter in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies

Francis M. Deng, Luka Biong Deng Kuol & Daniel Jok M. Deng, eds, (2020)
Abyei: Between the Two Sudans

Edited volume

Luka Biong Deng Kuol (2020)
When Ethnic Diversity Becomes a Curse in Africa: The Tale of Two Sudans

Journal article in Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations

Luka Biong Deng Kuol & Sarah Logan, eds, (2019)
The Struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of Security and State Formation

Edited volume

Hilde Frafjord Johnson (2019)
Prospects for a Transformed Sudan: Five Post-Revolution Scenarios

PRIO Policy Brief

Nicki Kindersley & Øystein H. Rolandsen (2019)
Who are the civilians in the wars of South Sudan?

Journal article in Security Dialogue

Luka Biong Deng Kuol (2019)
South Sudan: The Elusive Quest for a Resilient Social Contract?

Journal article in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

Øystein H. Rolandsen (2019)
Trade, peace-building and hybrid governance in the Sudan-South Sudan borderlands

Journal article in Conflict, Security & Development

Thursday, 23 Apr 2026 13:00–14:30 UTC+02
Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses

15 Aug 2022–9 Sept 2022
Repression - Expression // Violence - Creative Resistance

Thursday, 13 Jan 2022 15:00–16:00 UTC+01
Negotiating Disarmament

Monday, 13 Jan 2020 12:00–13:30 UTC+01
Implementation of Peace Agreements: Easier Said than Done.

Thursday, 2 November 2017
How Can South Sudan Emerge from Crisis?

Thursday, 6 Apr 2017 09:00–11:00 UTC+02
The Conflict in South-Sudan: A Closer Look at Social Identities and Psychological Fieldwork

Wednesday, 30 Nov 2016 11:15–13:00 UTC+01
From Slavery to Independence

Monday, 15 Sept 2014 17:00–19:00 UTC+02
Book Launch: The Long Road to Peace

9–11 May 2013
Struggles over Emerging States in Africa

Nov 2020 – Nov 2022
Negotiating Disarmament: Lessons learnt from Colombia, Nepal, the Philippines, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka

Apr 2015 – Oct 2015
The Future of South Sudan and its Relations with Uganda: Diplomacy and Economic Engagement in a Regional Perspective

Sept 2014 – Jun 2017
Conflict of Interest? 'Business For Peace' as Development Aid in Volatile Environments

Jan 2013 – Sept 2016
Youth, Identities and State-Society Relations in the Dynamics of Violence in South Sudan

Aug 2012 – Jun 2014
Youth and Violence in South Sudan (YuViSS)

Aug 2012 – Oct 2016
Protection of Civilians: From Principle to Practice

Feb 2012 – Dec 2016
The Dynamics of State Failure and Violence

Wednesday, 22 Apr 2015
Unlikely Partners: The EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative

Saturday, 21 Dec 2013
No Prospects of Cooling Down: why the Crisis in South Sudan must be Solved Immediately

Sunday, 11 Jul 2021
Lessons from a Decade of South Sudanese Statehood

Saturday, 2 Nov 2019
Who are the Civilians in South Sudan?

Recorded event
Rethinking aid: Lessons from refugee‑led responses

Recorded event
Negotiating Disarmament

Recorded event
Implementation of Peace Agreements: Easier Said than Done.

Recorded event
The Conflict in South-Sudan: A Closer Look at Social Identities and Psychological Fieldwork

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