My 2025 list of Nobel Peace Prize favourites is out!

We're proud to announce that our flagship journals – @JPR_journal &  @SecDialogue – will be published by @OxUniPress from 2026! 📖🎓 "This move will help our journals grow and thrive in a turbulent environment," says PRIO Director @h_urdal. Read more ⤵️ https://t.co/VKq9D8Yyw6

"PRIO has an important mission in these times," says new Director Nina Græger on a special episode of PRIO's Peace in a Pod. Former Director @h_urdal also reflects on 8 years at the helm. 🎧Listen now:  https://t.co/1uSXgsdbfe ᯤ https://t.co/tUGMitAecV

Young people face rising threats to their health and wellbeing, warns a new @TheLancet report. "Armed conflict is an increasing threat to the health and lives of young people globally. I am proud to have contributed to this important work," says PRIO Director @h_urdal. More ⬇️

I am pleased to announce that Nina Græger will be my successor as Director of @PRIOresearch as of July 1. Nina is Professor and Head of Dept at the University of Copenhagen, and uniquely qualified to take PRIO forward in a situation where peace research is more needed than ever.

Is #Kenya moving towards a #demographic #Dividends or #disaster? What role does female education and women's economic empowerment play in this? In this interview with the UK-based Financial Times @FT , I share my views with @davidpilling 👇 https://t.co/c9YouVOSpN

“If you look across the different political systems, there are few as stable as democracies,” says PRIO researcher @carlhknutsen with @HildeFrafjordJ @Mmariannedahl @danbanik & Claudia-Yvette Matthes at Oslo Peace Days event on democratic peace in a geopolitically changing world.

How do coups influence #refugee flows? 🔍 New paper explores how different types of coups—autocratic or democratic, successful or failed—impact refugee movements. Read it here ⤵️ https://t.co/53OmtwhMDD

More than 1 of 6 of the world’s children are living in a conflict zone, according to PRIO’s research. Stop the war on children Read our latest update: https://t.co/I4XOuUOd7A @ReddBarna

Missed PRIO AI Days? Experts and policymakers gathered at PRIO to explore #AI’s role in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and global security. Watch all 7 events on YouTube ▶️ https://t.co/gR29UkBGxK More info about PRIO AI Days: https://t.co/awEzQpUwHg

Økende desinformasjon gjør tilliten til forskernes stemmer stadig viktigere. Krigen i Midtøsten skaper dype splittelser, og setter også denne tilliten på prøve. Les kronikken til PRIO-forsker @MariaGJumbert i @Aftenposten her⬇️ https://t.co/ap10vywJUV

Very excited about hosting the @PRIOresearch Annual Peace Address featuring academic superstar @EricaChenoweth with comments from @RaymondJohansen and Senior Researcher Haakon Gjerløw. On civil society and democracy, one week after US elections. November 12 at PRIO, sign up!

“We are seeing very little use of AI in actual decision-making on humanitarian funding from Norway. There’s no AI in the loop in the decision-making process. I think that applies for most funders,” says @noradno’s @havardmn on the use of AI in aid funding, at PRIO’s AI Days.

"Have we a responsibility not to use & develop technologies in a developed setting, that will play out in a very different way in places like Egypt or China?" asks PRIO's @KristofferLiden These questions answered at our event on tackling AI misuse & strengthening societal trust

Peace is in urgent need of allies today - Could AI be one of them? Founder and Director of @AI4Peace, @Branka2Panic,, and PRIO Director @h_urdal discuss artificial intelligence for peace at PRIO’s AI Days.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a Japanese grassroots movement working to eliminate nuclear weapons. So, what's behind the Nobel Committee's decision? 🎧 We discuss on #InsideStory with @AsmundAukrust, @LTakkenberg and @h_urdal: https://t.co/xLag5Q6xIy

Surprising, but very good and important Nobel peace prize today, to Nihon Hidankyo. Reminding us about the enormous human costs of nuclear war and concerns for the eroding of the nuclear taboo and AI powered nuclear autonomous weapons systems.

“Today’s Nobel Peace Prize award to Nihon Hidankyo comes at a crucial time when countries are modernizing their nuclear arsenals, and threats of use by traditional and emerging nuclear powers are alarmingly on the rise. Nihon Hidankyo's work reminds us of the devastating human

“In one way today's #NoblePeacePrize is an important recognition of the work that Nihon Hidankyo has been doing, but it is also a prize that addresses some of the major concerns of our time. Namely the possible use of nuclear weapons in the future,” says PRIO Director @h_urdal to

Can we award a prize for peace in a world full of war? asks PRIO Director @h_urdal. “Could the #Nobel Committee decide that the situation is so bad no one is worthy of the #PeacePrize this year?” he writes. Read his blog post now ⤵️ https://t.co/CNn0dq9YqQ