International Peace Research Institute in Oslo
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The International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) was founded by Johan Galtung as an affiliate of the University of Oslo in 1959 and became an independent institute in 1966. It was one of the first centres of peace research in the world, and it is Norway’s only peace research institute. It receives funding from the Norwegian Research Council, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as many different organizations on a project per project basis.
The institute's current director is Stein Tønnesson, and the staff comprises 50-60 people. The Centre for the Study of Civil War (founded in 2003) is hosted by the institute.
