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Kan man dele ut #fredspris i en verden fylt av krig, spør PRIO-direktør Henrik Urdal i Aftenposten. "Kan det tenkes at nobelkomiteen mener at situasjonen er så ille at ingen fortjener fredsprisen i år?," skriver han. Les hans kronikk nå ⤵️ aftenposten.no/meninger/kroni…

Amartya Sen's bike played a key role in research on differences between baby boys and girls. After his assistant got bit by children when weighing them, Sen cycled through the countryside of West Bengal, weighing them himself. What will the 2024 economic sciences prize award?

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”

The impact of colonialism is not just a matter of political debate. Considering just the Americas, some academics assign a large weight to the legacies of colonialism (top row). Others see key events in post-colonial times as playing a critical role (bottom row).

2024 has been a critical moment for democracy. Harvard Professor Erica Chenoweth will deliver PRIO's Annual Peace Address on the power of grassroots mobilization and its potential to shift the tide toward democratic outcomes. Register now: prio.org/events/9163

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What do youth protests in #Nigeria #Kenya, #Mozambique and #Uganda have in common? I think ALOT! I share my thoughts in a recent interview with the Panorama Newspaper 👉panoramanyheter.no/demokrati-keny…

The booming youth population of Africa will have an impact the world over. By 2050, one in four people on the planet will be African, a seismic change that's already starting to register. Africans will account for one-quarter of humanity, and at least one-third of all young

We're entering an age of youth scarcity. Every major economy is running out of young workers. Every region except one: Africa. Why does this matter? 🧵

This is a map of Africa in 1858, before colonization partitioned the continent at the Berlin Conference. It makes you wonder—how could such vast, diverse areas simply be labeled ‘Ethiopia’ or ‘Soudan’? But the borders we see today were also drawn without regard to ethnic

Is #Kenya moving towards a #demographic #Dividends or #disaster? What role does female education and women's economic empowerment play in this? In this interview with the UK-based Financial Times Financial Times , I share my views with david pilling 👇 shorturl.at/l4Ngz

📢Breaking News: PRIO welcomes Nina Græger as its new Director! A leading expert in international relations, from July she will steer PRIO into a new era of peace research. Join us in celebrating this milestone! Press release ➡️ prio.org/news/3597

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A world dominated by conquest and expansion: Where is #Africa's position in the Global Disorder of #Trumpism?🫡 Vamo S. Sako and i share our take on this in a recent PRIO #blogpost 👇 shorturl.at/XPP4g

A fragmented globalization or a new world order? What's fueling the U.S.'s global disorder under Trumpism—and who wins or loses from the chaos?" Bintu Zahara Sakor and I share our take on this in a recent PRIO 👇🏾 shorturl.at/eXABk

#Blog 3: and the saga continues

The #US #TradeWar is more than a tariff dispute — it is a symptom of a global system without order, where only the most prepared will survive. For #Africa , the time has come to stop being an object of history — and finally become a subject. -Vamo S. Sako blogs.prio.org/2025/04/global…