Johan Galtung (1930-2024) was at the core of the group of intellectuals behind the establishment of ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in 1959. Without Galtung's enormous effort and personality, ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ would never have come true.
Johan Galtung was the founding editor of in 1964.
Galtung left ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ in 1969, to become Professor of Conflict and Peace Studies at the University of Oslo. He maintained informal ties to the institute for some time after his departure. For the last decades, however, he has had little contact with ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ and has not had any formal links to the institution.
In 1993 Johan Galtung and Fumiko Nishimura founded the conflict mediation organization .
was published as part of the 60th Anniversary series ÌÇÐÄÍøÒ³°æ Stories in May 2019.
