34- Hajer Sharief: PRIO Annual Peace Address
Every year, PRIO holds its Annual Peace Address, inviting distinguished guests to reflect on how to contribute to the creation of a world in which violence is the exception and peace is the norm. To b...
8 Apr 202116min
33- Steven Pinker: PRIO Annual Peace Address
Every year, PRIO holds its Annual Peace Address, inviting distinguished guests to reflect on how to contribute to the creation of a world in which violence is the exception and peace is the norm. To b...
1 Apr 202154min
32- Migrant Smuggling's Human and Political Effects
The term "migrant smuggling" might call to mind boats of refugees in the Mediterranean or trucks driving over the US-Mexican border. But migrant smuggling is complicated, and can take many forms. PRIO...
25 Mar 202126min
31- Why Are Senegalese Youth Protesting?
Sexual assault allegations and the arrest of Senegal's most prominent opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, have led to weeks of protests in the country. At least eight people have died. Mobilization is e...
18 Mar 202126min
30- The Human Choices of Artificial Intelligence at War
When we imagine artificial intelligence (AI) in warfare, we might think of films like Blade Runner and its replicants, or Terminator’s Skynet. But in reality, some artificial intelligence usage is alr...
11 Mar 202125min
29- Malian Women's Fight for Peace
In honor of International Women's Day, we're highlighting the research of Jenny Lorentzen. Jenny is a Senior Researcher at PRIO and a Post-Doc at Lund University. Her PhD work focused partly on women’...
8 Mar 202131min
28- Predictable Surprises: Finding the Next Conflict
Conflict prediction has traditionally involved statistical models and large amounts of data to yield information about where violence will take place. There are challenges with that approach though, a...
4 Mar 202121min
27- Have Universities Diversified Their Reading Lists Since #RhodesMustFall?
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests around the world, many institutions looked inward at what they could do or change, PRIO included. Last year PRIO allocated internal funding to develop projec...
25 Feb 202127min
