The Barcelona Summer School of the Mediterranean and the Middle East is a joint initiative of IBEI, Blanquerna, Catalonia International and IEMed. The 2025 edition of the school will consist of a ...

Henrik first came to PRIO in 1997 as a Senior Researcher. He has, since then, worked part-time at PRIO, alongside several other tasks and jobs. Henrik was a Journal Editor for the Norwegian political ...

This PRIO Paper examines global conflict trends between 1946 and 2024 using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). 2024 marked a historic peak in state-based conflicts, with 61 active ...

von Uexkull, Nina & Halvard Buhaug (2025) Scientific uptake in United Nations Security Council debates on climate change and ...

Arendalsuka is an annual Norwegian political festival that brings together politicians, journalists, policy makers, aid organisations, civil society and the private sector. In a hectic work ...

PRIO PaperThis report focuses on dual-use artificial intelligence (AI) technology as a central element in the current great power competition. It examines advances in developing and regulating ...

New data shows conflict at historic high as U.S. signals retreat from world stage The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: ...

Afghanistan ranks worst of 177 countries in terms of the status of women, according to this year’s Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Index launched today in New York. Denmark leads the 2023 rankings as ...

Cindy Horst is Research Professor in Migration and Refugee Studies and co-director of the PRIO Centre on Culture, Conflict and Co-existence. Her current research focuses on how individuals, including ...

With the new strategic reality of war in Europe and the inclusion of all Nordic countries in NATO, strengthening Nordic defense cooperation must explicitly consider gender equality and Women, Peace ...

The war in Ethiopia's Tigray region accounted for over 100,000 battle-related deaths in 2022, even more than Russia's invasion of Ukraine which accounted for more than 81,000 deaths, according to new ...

This dataset was part of a collaborative project between the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and the Centre for the Study of Civil War at PRIO. Until 2002 the conflict ...