 Thursday, 04 Mar 2010 | Op ed columnist Nicholas D. Kristof of New York Times yesterday wrote the op ed "Divorced Before Puberty". The op ed is about the situation in Yemen, in light of the book I am Nujood, Age 10 and divorced. Kristof links to his further comments in his NYT blog "On the Ground". Here, he cites PRIO researcher Henrik Urdal's work on age distribution and risk of conlict. More... |
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 Tuesday, 02 Mar 2010 | The Research Council of Norway's popular magazine Forskning has published an interview portraying Nils Petter Gleditsch. The interview was made on the occassion of Gleditsch being awarded the prize for excellent research - the Möbius prize. More... |
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Monday, 01 Mar 2010 | The 2010 PCC conference will focus the complex politics of heritage destruction and reconstruction in Cyprus. It will examine the diverse social and political implications of heritage practice and neglect across the Cyprus divide, especially with respect to identity formation and reconstruction. It will also seek to draw knowledge from heroitage practice in other conflict zones with similar problems and predicaments. More... |
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 Monday, 22 Feb 2010 | Launch of New ReportPRIO researcher Hilde Wallacher has written a report on Norwegian arms trade, which will be presented 23 February.
The report gives policy advice to the Norwegian government on the implementation of end use control for NATO allies.
The report is commissioned by the Norwegian Church Aid, Changemaker and the Forum for Environment and Development. More... |
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Wednesday, 10 Feb 2010 | INEX WorkshopOn 11 February, 2010 Institute of European Studies (IES) will host a workshop on behalf of INEX WP4: Ethical issues in the link between external and internal security in CFSP/ESDP. The title of the workshop is: “Ethical issues of CFSP/ESDP in the European borderlands”. More... |