Research Courses

Civil Resistance: Causes and Consequences

​This course will introduce students to the literature and latest findings in the study of civil resistance and nonviolent action.

Application deadline: 1 December 2019.

Dynamics of Armed Conflict

​This course provides an overview and critical assessment of contemporary research on armed conflict.  It will be in equal measure backward looking, assessing the state of the art and what have we learned; and future oriented, exploring cutting-edge issues and challenges.  

The course is organized in collaboration between the University of Oslo (UiO) and PRIO.

The course will open for applications in January 2020.

GIS and the Geography of Armed Conflict: Applying Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and georeferenced data for Peace and Conflict Research

This course is organized in collaboration between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and PRIO. 

The course will open for applications in January 2020

Advanced Qualitative Methods in Conflict Studies: Case Research and Process Analytics

The course will open for applications in January 2020

Cyprus Course on Peace and Conflict (For Research School members and their supervisors)

​The course is organized in collaboration between UiO, NTNU and PRIO, and is hosted by the PRIO Cyprus Centre. Only members of the Research School (and their supervisors) are eligible to enroll in this course.