By entering into a new strategic cooperation agreement, the University of Oslo and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ) wish to contribute to solidify Oslo’s role as a global powerhouse for knowledge about the prevention and resolution of armed conflict.
The University of Oslo and ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ entered into a strategic cooperation agreement in October 2016. The vision is to secure Oslo’s future role as a global hub for knowledge in this area. We wish to do this by cooperating not only on research and teaching, but also on externally-oriented dissemination and by working together with policymakers and practitioners who drive processes both in Norway and internationally. We have a good foundation, through existing cooperation arrangements and close-knit networks, and we are well underway towards developing new projects in a number of areas.
Collaboration initiatives are numerous, involving different parts of the University of Oslo. Among these are:
- The Oslo Lectures on Peace and Conflict, being inaugurated in May with Erica Chenoweth on Civil Resistance in the Contemporary U.S. This first lecture is organized by ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ and UIO's Centre for Human Rights.
- The seminar series PSYOPS - The Psychology of Political Struggle - organized by ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ, the Institute of Psychology and Psychology Students Without borders. This series started out in February with the seminar Donald Trump: A Cautionary Tale of Leadership and the Threat to Democracy.
- Funds have been allocated to plan and secure even stronger concrete research collaboration between ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ and the University of Oslo.
- The is a success, and will have a continued focus under the umbrella of the ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ-UiO collaboration.
- The upcoming 50th anniversary (2019) of the Uio-ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Summer school in Peace Research will be a celebration of long-standing and exemplary collaboration.
