2023 Nobel Peace Prize - PRIO Director's shortlist announced: 1. Narges Mohammadi and Mahbouba Seraj 2. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Juan Carlos Jintiach 3. International Court of Justice 4. Kyaw Moe Tun and Myanmar's National Unity Consultative Council 5. Human Rights Data

"History has shown us that respect for human rights is intrinsically linked to peaceful societies. My Nobel shortlist reflects a timely and worthy focus on human rights defenders and activists," says Henrik Urdal to Norway's International Press Center. prio.org/news/3009

"It's a very important prize, and one that is really celebrating the achievements of human rights' defenders, specifically women's rights' defenders in Iran," says PRIO Director Henrik Urdal to Al Jazeera English on Narges Mohammadi winning the #NobelPeacePrize2023.

Stabilisation efforts in #Somalia 🇸🇴 face a major challenge: competition for resources among key stakeholders. This has led to more power struggles over access to and control over funds, write PRIO's Ahmed Musa & Hassan Aden, PhD in a new policy brief. prio.org/publications/1…

Vol. 9, No. 1 highlights the important work author teams present regarding research, policy, & fieldwork. As a #DiamondOpenAccess journal, #JEiE issues are always free to read & download at inee.org/journal Register for our Webinar Launch event⤵️ bit.ly/Vol9-No1-Regis…

Just published a second PRIO policy brief with my colleague Hassan Aden, PhD on Somalia's stabilisation! Check out "Re-thinking Somalia’s Stabilisation in Liberated Areas." prio.org/publications/1…

Hassan Aden, PhD draws from semistructured interviews and goal-mapping exercises to explore the cultural logic of hope, hard work, and success among #refugee #youths living in Dadaab. Learn more vimeo.com/562676307 Article avail: inee.org/resources/hopi….

Will you be at #CIES2024? Join Dana Burde and Nathan Thompson and featured authors for a virtual panel session: #Education in #Conflict and #Crisis Contexts: Emerging Evidence Featured in the Journal on Education in Emergencies 📍March 7 at 2 pm UTC in Zoom Room 102

📌Job alert 📌 4-year PhD position, party of my SNF project UN-POPULAR: Citizens’ Opposition to Peace Missions Universität St.Gallen (HSG). - Peacebuilding and social media - Causal inference and computational social science - Starting 1 Sep (or later) Apply here: tinyurl.com/5udpmr89

Now online (Open Access): Localised #refugee education: understanding nationally accredited refugee-led schools in #Kenya’s Dadaab camps by Hassan Aden (Hassan Aden, PhD) doi.org/10.1080/175310…

Pleased to report that T&F Africa have made Denis & Karuti's paper - Protecting the win, and securing the base: #Kenya’s 2022 presidential election dispute and outcome - free to access until the end of 2024. See the QT: ⬇️

🚨Postdoc position🚨 In the coming weeks I’ll be recruiting a postdoc to work w. me on my “Rebel Victory & State Building in #Taliban-controlled #Afghanistan” project. Looking for someone w. in-depth knowledge of Afghan politics & fluent in English + (ideally) Dari &/or Pashto!!

Come work in Oxford! Professorship of African Studies Seeking scholars whose methodological approach & disciplinary orientation augments existing strengths of the African Studies Centre, as well as expanding existing geographic & regional specialisms. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

SNBS fraternity extends heartfelt congratulations to our esteemed Director General, Dr. Abdisalam Mohamed, on successfully defending his PhD in Economics at the prestigious Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow. This remarkable achievement is a testament to his hard

Congratulations to Dr Abdisalam. It was a wonderful day to be with him on this important day and glad that he finally put the #PhDing to an end. Hassan Aden, PhD Abdisalam Mohamed Abdishakur Diriye

Excited to share my new article, “Relational accountability dynamics in refugee-led education systems,” published today in the International Journal of Geography! fennia.journal.fi/article/view/1… #DiamondOpenAccess. Thanks to PRIO for supporting this work.