Johan Vincent Galtung is a Norwegian sociologist who is 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 served as 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.
Jan Egeland is a Norwegian diplomat,political scientist,humanitarian leader and former Labour Party politician who has been Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council since 2013. He served as State Secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1997 and as United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator from 2003 to 2006.
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs is a Norwegian research institution based in Oslo,Norway. It was established by the Norwegian Parliament in 1959.
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) was established in 1980 by the United Nations General Assembly to inform States and the global community on questions of international security,and to assist with disarmament efforts so as to facilitate progress toward greater security and economic and social development for all.
The International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament took place in Oslo on 26 and 27 February 2008. It was organized by The Government of Norway,the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority in collaboration with the NTI and the Hoover Institute. The Conference,entitled "Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons",had the purpose of building consensus between nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapon states and about the importance of all the actions in the NPT.
Vegard Bye is a Norwegian political scientist,writer,consultant and ex-politician. He has represented the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Angola and Bolivia,written extensively on Latin America,and is a consultant specializing on human rights,democracy,conflict and post-conflict societies as well as solar energy. He served as a Substitute Representative (Vararepresentant) to the Norwegian Parliament for the Socialist Left Party from Oslo (1993-1997),meeting in the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Fredrik Stang Heffermehl is a Norwegian jurist,writer and peace activist. He formerly worked as a lawyer and civil servant from 1965 to 1982 and was the first secretary-general of the Norwegian Humanist Association from 1980 to 1982. He later made his mark as a writer and activist for peace and against nuclear arms. He is the honorary president,and former president,of the Norwegian Peace Council,a former vice president of the International Peace Bureau,and a former vice president of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms.
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.
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist,inventor and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel,along with the prizes in Chemistry,Physics,Physiology or Medicine and Literature. Since March 1901,it has been awarded annually to those who have "done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations,for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".
The Student Peace Prize is awarded biennially to a student or a student organization that has made a significant contribution to creating peace and promoting human rights. The prize is awarded on behalf of all Norwegian students,and is administrated by the Student Peace Prize Secretariat in Trondheim,which appoints a national nominations committee with representatives from universities and colleges in Norway,as well as an independent Peace Prize Committee that awards the prize. The award ceremony takes place during the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT).
Stina Torjesen is an associate professor at the University of Agder. She is researching the themes emerging markets,sustainability and regional cooperation with particular emphasis on Kazakhstan,India and Afghanistan.
Pavel Kimovich Baev is a Russian-Norwegian political scientist and security scholar. He is currently a research professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and a senior nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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.
Dan Smith OBE is a British author,cartographer and peace researcher. He is currently the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Erik Gunnar Nord was a Norwegian jurist,civil servant,foreign policy researcher and politician for the Socialist Left Party.
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.
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on such weapons," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on October 6,2017. The award announcement acknowledged the fact that "the world's nine nuclear-armed powers and their allies" neither signed nor supported the treaty-based prohibition known as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons or nuclear ban treaty,yet in an interview Committee Chair Berit Reiss-Andersen told reporters that the award was intended to give "encouragement to all players in the field" to disarm. The award was hailed by civil society as well as governmental and intergovernmental representatives who support the nuclear ban treaty,but drew criticism from those opposed. At the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony held in Oslo City Hall on December 10,2017,Setsuko Thurlow,an 85-year-old woman Who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima,and ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn jointly received a medal and diploma of the award on behalf of ICAN and delivered the Nobel lecture.
Anja Kaspersen is a senior fellow at Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. She is the former Director of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva and Deputy Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament (UNODA). Previously,she held the role as the head of strategic engagement and new technologies at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Prior to joining the ICRC she served as a senior director for geopolitics and international security and a member of the executive committee at the World Economic Forum.
