PRIO's Peace in a Pod

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PRIO's Peace in a Pod episodes

October 14, 2020 10- "Women are actors, not victims": Torunn Tryggestad talks gender, peace and security
In 2000, the UN Security Council adopted resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. Never heard of it? This resolution paved the way for women to participate in peace processes, for countries to adopt "feminist" foreign policy, and for academia to take more seriously issues like sexual violence in conflict. PRIO Deputy Director Torunn Tryggestad explains how far we've come, and how far we still have to go.
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21 min
October 09, 2020 9- Food Insecurity and Conflict: Why This Year's Nobel Peace Prize Matters
This year's Nobel Peace Prize went to the World Food Programme, recognizing a basic human need and its role in war and peace. But what exactly is the link between food and conflict, and is this prize as uncontroversial as it may seem? Three PRIO experts on food insecurity, humanitarian aid, and international cooperation weigh in.
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26 min
October 08, 2020 Tune in Tomorrow: Nobel Peace Prize Announcement Special
We'll be back tomorrow with immediate reactions from experts on the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
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1 min
October 01, 2020 8- What's Tiktok Got to Do With It? US-China Relations and Security
If you’re over 18, it’s possible you’ve never touched TikTok. But this innocuous-seeming repository of amusing video has increasingly helped shape popular culture, as well as Chinese international relations. Senior Researcher Ilaria Carozza walks us through why it's important, and what else Chinese companies have been in hot water for lately.

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21 min
September 28, 2020 7- Nobel Peace Prize Shortlist 2020: Henrik Urdal's Picks
Who is worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize? Every year the PRIO Director chooses a shortlist of candidates they think are deserving, and this year Director Henrik Urdal is highlighting his picks. Plus, he explains why there's no way Trump is winning, and why Black Lives Matter-related organizations could be up for it — next year.
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31 min
September 24, 2020 Coming Soon: The Nobel Peace Prize Shortlist 2020
We'll be back on Monday with PRIO Director Henrik Urdal's Nobel Peace Prize shortlist.
While you wait, here is an overview of all Nobel Peace Prize related items on the PRIO website.
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2 min
September 16, 2020 6- Gendered Aspects of Fieldwork in Conflict Contexts
Marie Sandnes is a doctoral researcher at PRIO researching the G5 Sahel joint force and counterinsurgency in Mali. Her research requires interviewing relevant actors, often members of the military, and because she focuses on Mali, her fieldwork is heavily based there. In this episode she talks about the pros and cons of being a woman in a male-dominated military research area, the first aid training she went through, and what she loves about being in the field.

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23 min
September 09, 2020 5- Russian Poisonings and Regional Protest Movements
Politician and activist Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok in August. Now that incident is having regional ripple effects. Pavel Baev is a research professor at PRIO; His work focuses on Russian military reform, energy interests in Russia’s foreign and security policy, and Russia’s relations with Europe and NATO. Given his professional and personal relationship to the country, I asked him to walk us through what this latest poisoning could do to Russia's relations with its allies and neighbors.
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16 min
September 03, 2020 4- Money, Class, Migration
How does migration affect social class? Marta Bivand Erdal wants to find out. She's just been awarded a prestigious European Research Council grant to look families in four cities in Asia, to try to find out how migration has (or has not) changed their fortunes. Marta and Indigo talk pop culture migration narratives like Crazy Rich Asians, about language barriers in fieldwork, and how the Eurovision movie might be relevant to Marta's interests.
Marta will be hiring two post-docs for her project in 2021–22. If you want to learn more, please visit the Migration Rhytyhms project webpage.
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25 min
August 26, 2020 3- "It's an internal yoga process": Finishing a PhD
PRIO researcher Júlia Palik recently defended her PhD "Interstate rivals’ intervention in third-party civil wars: The comparative case of Saudi Arabia and Iran in Yemen (2004-2018)" from Corvinus University of Budapest. While writing it, she was also working at PRIO. We spoke about some of the challenges she faced with her research, her reflections on being an expert from outside a region, and what tips she has for current and future PhD candidates.
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21 min

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