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 ...

Research ProfessorMy book Arab-Israeli Diplomacy under Carter: The U.S., Israel and the Palestinians was published by I.B. Tauris in 2018. I mainly research the Arab-Israeli conflict with a focus on ...

Emilie Waldal is a Master's student of Human Geography at the University of Oslo, with particular interest to the humanitarian field, refugee and migration, climate and environment. She is currently ...

Journal article in Regulation & GovernanceLaw and Infrastructure: Reliability, Automation Transition, and Irregularities of “U-Space” Journal article ...

Samar Abbas Nawaz has today defended his PhD thesis: ' Safe integration of civil drones: Law, self-operation & infrastructure ' at the Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, University of ...

This policy brief argues for a renewed focus on substantive Confidence-Building Measures (CBMs) as a response to the persistent deferral of, and recurrent failure to reach, a comprehensive settlement ...

The world is experiencing a surge in violence not seen since the post-World War II era. 2024 marked a grim new record: the highest number of state-based armed conflicts in over seven decades. A ...

Since the 1980s, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) provisions in peace agreements (PAs) have become crucial components of international peacebuilding efforts following the end of ...

This article examines how accountability is understood and practiced in refugee and community led assistance among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. Although the humanitarian localisation agenda ...

We’re excited to share that the Complex Risk Analytics Fund (CRAF'd) has awarded the Peace Research Institute Oslo and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University funding for a ...