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Henrik Urdal has been appointed the next Director of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ – Peace Research Institute Oslo. He will start his four-year period in office 1 July 2017.

Urdal (44) is a highly respected peace researcher with political demography as his key field of expertise. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of Oslo, and has been working at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in various capacities since his student days in 2000. He assumed the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Peace Research in 2010, and became Research Professor at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in 2013. He was a researcher with the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) – one of the 13 original Norwegian Centres of Excellence – from the beginning in 2003 and throughout its 10 years of existence. Urdal is currently Research Director for the Conditions of Violence and Peace department at ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, where he heads the Conflict Trends project.

On 1 July, Henrik Urdal will succeed Kristian Berg Harpviken, who has served two full four-year terms – the maximum allowed according to ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ's statutes – as Director.

Contact information

• Henrik Urdal, tel +47 920 47 841, e-mail: urdal@prio.org
• Ã…slaug Marie Haga (Chair of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ board): +49 171 183 3180, e-mail: marie.haga@croptrust.org