Hoelscher, Kristian; Taibat Lawanson & Jeffrey Paller (2025) Political Change in African Cities: Transforming State-Society Relations, World Development.

The idea of alleviating migration pressure by means of humanitarian aid and development cooperation is long-standing. It has received renewed attention since the surge in migration across the ...

The landslide victory of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in the 2006 parliamentary elections in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the movement’s military takeover of the Gaza ...

Russia’s position of strength is, after all, in the eye of the beholder, and Putin is prone to taking his inflated beliefs for reality. The Knyaz Pozharsky may be a modern and powerful weapon system, ...

Hammerstad, Anne (2000) Whose Security? UNHCR, Refugee Protection and State Security After the Cold War, Security Dialogue 31 (4): 391–403.

I am a Research Professor in Humanitarian Studies at PRIO and a law professor at UiO. I co-founded and directed the Norwegian Centre for Humanitarian Studies. I teach ethics, sociology of law, legal ...

Humanitarian action relies on negotiations with powerful actors for access and programming at local, national and international levels.

Palik, Júlia; Pinar Tank & Vidar B. Skretting (2025) Education Provision in Rebel Governance: Comparative Insights from Yemen ...

He relies more on the resignation and adaptability of the Russian polity than on a “patriotic” mobilization, but the gradual spread of tiredness with the war may suddenly turn into an explosion of ...

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 ...

Digital Emergency Communication (DIGeMERGE) studies the use of digital communication platforms and tools in four highly digitalized European countries; Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

This PRIO Paper examines global conflict trends between 1946 and 2023 using data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). In 2023, 59 state-based conflicts were recorded in 34 countries, the ...