Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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Worlds of Human Rights. The Ambiguities of Rights Claiming in Africa
PRIO senior researcher Kristin Bergtora Sandvik has edited a new book on human rights in Africa, titled Worlds of Human Rights. The Ambiguities of Rights Claiming in Africa (Brill, Afrika-Studiecentrum Series, 2013).
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Thursday, 16 May 2013
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New PRIO Policy Brief
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the disconnected region, which includes the Russian North Caucasus and three newly-independent states of the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia), has seen more violent conflicts than any other post-Soviet region.
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Monday, 13 May 2013
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Pavel K. Baev is now maintaining a blog with frequent comments on Arctic Politics and Russia's Ambitions.
Follow his blog on Facebook!
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Monday, 13 May 2013
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At the recent convention of the International Studies Association in San Francisco 3–6 April, Håvard Hegre was elected Chair of the SSIP (Scientific Study of International Processes) section of the ISA. Every year, this section sponsors a number of sessions where PRIOites present papers. To our knowledge, it’s the first time this section has a chair from outside North America.
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013
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Scott Gates, research professor at PRIO and professor of political science at NTNU, became a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi) 3 May. Among the existing members are PRIO’s founder Johan Galtung, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and four former working group leaders at PRIO’s Centre for the Study of Civil War (Jon Elster, Ola Listhaug, Karl Ove Moene, and Kaare Strøm), as well as several former PRIOites. Scott has been a member of the Trondheim-based Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab) since 2008.
Read more here (in Norwegian).
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