Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964.
The Peace Research Institute Oslo is a private research institution in peace and conflict studies,based in Oslo,Norway,with around 100 employees. It was founded in 1959 by a group of Norwegian researchers led by Johan Galtung,who was also the institute's first director (1959–1969). It publishes the Journal of Peace Research,also founded by Johan Galtung.
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is an international institute based in Stockholm. It was founded in 1966 and provides data,analysis and recommendations for armed conflict,military expenditure and arms trade as well as disarmament and arms control. The research is based on open sources and is directed to decision-makers,researchers,media and the interested public.
Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyzes violent and nonviolent behaviors as well as the structural mechanisms attending conflicts,to understand those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition. A variation on this,peace studies,is an interdisciplinary effort aiming at the prevention,de-escalation,and solution of conflicts by peaceful means,based on achieving conflict resolution and dispute resolution at the international and domestic levels based on positive sum,rather than negative sum,solutions.
Kumar Rupesinghe was a Sri Lankan academic and activist involved in social issues,particularly human rights,development issues,processes of globalisation,conflict prevention/resolution,and conflict transformation in the light of peacekeeping and peacebuilding for a harmonious coexistence among all peoples in the world.
Gunnar Martin Sørbø is the former director of the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI). Sørbø’s professional profile and research interests include development planning and policy;conflict studies,peace building and conflict management;social impact assessment;agricultural and pastoral systems;regional analysis and economic adaptations.
Sverre Lodgaard is a Norwegian political scientist who has held several senior positions within government and non-governmental organizations,including the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). Lodgaard specializes in peace,foreign and security policy,but has also worked on developing country issues. He has since the 2000s written extensively on nuclear arms control and disarmament issues and on Middle East affairs.
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) is a data collection program on organized violence,based at Uppsala University in Sweden. The UCDP is a leading provider of data on organized violence and armed conflict,and it is the oldest ongoing data collection project for civil war,with a history of almost 40 years. UCDP data are systematically collected and have global coverage,comparability across cases and countries,and long time series. Data are updated annually and are publicly available,free of charge. Furthermore,preliminary data on events of organized violence in Africa is released on a monthly basis.
Helga Marie Hernes is a German-born Norwegian political scientist,diplomat,and politician for the Labour Party.
Kristian Berg Harpviken is a Norwegian sociologist and researcher,and since 2009 director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Harpviken is foremost known for his competence on Afghanistan,where he has travelled extensively and conducted multiple field works since he first engaged with the country in 1989.
Göran Ola Tunander is a research professor emeritus at the Peace Research Institute Oslo. He worked as a researcher at PRIO in the period 1987-2016. He is the son of Museum Director Ingemar Tunander and his first wife Gunvor. Tunander is married to the Chinese scholar Yao Xiaoling. He has written and edited 12 books and a number of articles on security politics,naval strategy,submarine operations,geopolitics,dual state,psychological operations (PSYOP) and Cold War history.
Scott Gates is an American political scientist and economist based in Norway. He was director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)'s Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW),which was a Norwegian Center of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway for a twelve-year period 2002-2013. He is currently a Research Professor at PRIO,a Guest Researcher at ESOP in the Department of Economics at the University in Oslo and also holds a professorship in the Department of Political science at the University of Oslo. He used to work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Michigan State University (MSU).
J. Peter Burgess is a philosopher and political scientist. He is Professor and Director of the Chair of Geopolitics of Risk at the Ecole Normale Supérieure,Paris. He is series editor of the Routledge New Security Studies collection. His research and writing concern the meeting place between science,culture and politics in particular in Europe,focusing most recently on value theory and digital technologies. He has published 18 books and over 100 articles in the fields of philosophy,political science,gender studies,cultural history,security studies and cultural theory. He has contributed to research and educational policy in Norway,France,Poland and the European Commission. In addition,he has developed and directed a number of comprehensive collaborative research projects with Norwegian and European partners.
Henrik Urdal is a Norwegian political scientist and the current director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Before his appointment as director in 2017 he was a research professor and research director at the institute. He was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Peace Research,the premier journal in the field,from 2010 to 2017.
Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh is an Iranian-American researcher,university lecturer,and United Nations consultant in peacebuilding,conflict resolution,counter-terrorism,and radicalization,best known for her work in "Human Security" and for contributions in the republics of Central Asia and Afghanistan,as cited by the New York Times and other publications as well as hundreds of scholarly publications. Currently,she is a lecturer at Sciences Po,researcher,and consultant to the United Nations.
Henrik Syse is a Norwegian philosopher,author,and lecturer. He is a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO),and a part-time Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjørknes College in Oslo. He was a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,which awards the Nobel Peace Prize,from 2015 to 2020,and was a member of the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission from 2002 to 2016. Syse also teaches at the Norwegian Defence University College,BI Norwegian Business School,MF Norwegian School of Theology,the University of Oslo,and other institutions of higher learning,and he is Chief Editor of the Journal of Military Ethics,a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor &Francis.
International Alert is a global peacebuilding charity established in 1986. It aims to promote dialogue,training,research,policy analysis,advocacy,and outreach activities. The organization addresses the root causes of conflict by working with over 800 partner organizations on projects that advance conflict resolution and support human rights. International Alert operates in Europe,Africa,Asia,the Middle East,Colombia,the Caucasus,and Ukraine.
Kristian Skrede Gleditsch is a Norwegian political scientist and a professor at the University of Essex,holding the title of Regius Professor. His main fields of research are on the topics of conflict,democratistation and non-violent mobilisation.
Florian Krampe is a German/Swedish political scientist and international relations scholar at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).[2] He is best known for his work on climate-related security risks,Environmental Peacebuilding,and the governance of natural resources after armed conflict. He also serves as Affiliated Researcher at the Research School for International Water Cooperation at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. Between 2020 and 2022 Krampe was cross appointed Specially Appointed Professor at the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability at Hiroshima University,Japan.
Jason T. Miklian is an American and Norwegian development studies scholar and author. He is a Senior Researcher of business and development at the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo. Miklian is known for his scholarship and commentary on the role of the private sector in conflict and fragile state settings and on South Asia politics. Miklian,along with Timothy L. Fort,John E. Katsos,and Per Saxegaard were nominated for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for their work promoting business engagement in peace.
