Lives in Peace Research : : The Oslo Stories.

• Superior document: Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies ; v.3
• Author: Tønnesson, Stein.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2022.; {copy}2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (520 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- About the Authors and Interviewees -- The PRIO Peace Files -- Contents -- List of Photographs -- 1 Inspiration from a Father: Johan Galtung -- 2 Uniting Nations for Peace: Ingrid Eide -- 3 Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge -- The Pioneer Years -- Non-Violent Resistance -- The Second World War and Early Peace Research -- Peace Activism -- Non-Violence as Pragmatism -- Pensioner and Activism -- 4 Pioneer and Patron of Social Science and Peace Research: Erik Rinde (1919-1994) -- A Family with Traditions -- No. 31 Munthes gate -- Erik Rinde and Social Sciences -- Rinde's Attitude to Research-related Dilemmas -- Peace Research -- Financial Stratagems under Erik Rinde's Chairpersonship -- Sources -- 5 A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 6 Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide -- Pre-PRIO Career -- Attitudes to the Cold War -- The New International Economic Order (NIEO) -- Specializing in Human Rights -- Human Rights in International Affairs -- Minorities and Indigenous Peoples -- The Accidental PRIOite -- Was PRIO Entirely Novel? -- 7 The Lifelong Peace Advocate: Marek Thee (1918-99) -- From Childhood in Small-Town Poland to Youth Activist in Gdańsk [Danzig] (1918-1938) -- A Refugee's Journey across the Mediterranean (6 March 1939-28 June 1939) -- From Stateless Refugee to Polish Diplomat in Israel (1939-1952) -- (Re)migration to Poland and Launching an Academic Career (1952) -- Working in Vietnam and Laos (1955-1963) -- The Final Years at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (1963-1968) -- Leaving Poland (for Israel) and Heading for Norway (1968) -- Becoming the Editor of the Newly Established Bulletin of Peace Proposals (1969-1989) -- A Voluminous Production on the Possibilities for Peace -- A Lifelong Dedication to a Better Future -- Concluding Thoughts-By Marek Thee.

A Postscript from the Author -- 8 Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem -- 9 The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen -- 10 From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard -- Political Science -- Johan Galtung and PRIO -- Labour Party Politics -- A Conscientious Objector -- PRIO's Egalitarianism -- Revealing Military Secrets -- Institute at War with Itself -- Heavy Water -- Returning as Director -- A New Era of Normalcy -- The Punching Machine -- Opposition from a New Angle -- Leaving PRIO for UNIDIR -- Returning as Director of NUPI -- 11 The Peace Policy Maker: Dan Smith -- The Literary Road to Peace Research -- A Mother's Tales-And the Library -- Becoming a Leader at 22 -- Discovering Peace Research -- Coming to PRIO -- Funding and Policymaking -- PRIO's Three Heroes -- Engaging in the Balkans and in Cyprus -- The PRIO Centre for the Study of Civil War -- International Alert -- The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) -- Three Narrowly but Deeply Divided Cultures -- Agnostic About the Monarchy -- Mapping World Peace and Conflict -- The Peacebuilding Palette -- Worries for the World -- 12 Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken -- Education and Interest in Peace -- The Afghanistan Laboratory -- Military Power or Dialogue -- The Afghanistan Commission -- Minefields-Work to Impact Policy and Practice -- Research into Migration -- The PRIO Director -- Research Dissemination -- Gender Distribution and Leadership -- Framework Conditions and Organizational Culture -- The Development of Peace Research and the Challenges it Faces -- The Paradox of Peace Research -- Notes -- 13 On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge -- A Bus Journey to Africa -- Travelling by Train to Latin America -- Unsatisfying Theories -- A Well-Intentioned but Failed Peace Treaty.

The North/South Coalition -- Working with Dan Smith -- Explaining Peace Through Systematic Comparison -- Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- The Importance of Fieldwork -- The Utility of the UN in Its Various Roles -- 14 PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes -- The Fight Against Nuclear Arms -- Pioneering Gender Quotas -- Cooperation and Conflict in the Women's Movement -- The Women's Group: Just like Family -- The Path to 'State Feminism' -- State Feminism Goes Global -- A German Child During and After the War -- Academia and Activism in 1960s America -- Politician and Diplomat -- Overseeing the Secret Services -- Back to the Academy: Gender and Peace Research -- 15 Searching the Archives for a Missing Peace: Hilde Henriksen Waage -- Born into the Salvation Army -- Becoming a Historian -- Arriving at 'Hippie' PRIO -- Interrupted by PRIO Directorship -- Meeting Three Good Men -- Jan Egeland, 'The Saviour' -- Fellow Historians -- Fitting in at PRIO -- Good Directors-Necessary Changes -- Hunting for Funds -- The Oslo Process -- The Missing Counterbalance -- Joining the University and Learning Hebrew -- 16 Fresh Grounded Peace Research: Åshild Kolås -- 17 The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates -- A Student in the United States -- Moving to Norway -- Getting to Know PRIO and Love -- Directing PRIO's New Center of Excellence -- Doubting (or Dissecting?) the Democratic Peace -- Editing Journals -- Peer Review and Joint Authorship -- A South Asian Orientation -- Gauging the Future of Peace Research -- 18 A Historian's Paths to Peace -- History and Multi-Disciplinarity -- First Path: War as War -- Second Path: Horror -- Third Path: Outbreaks -- Fourth Path: Severity -- Fifth Path: Endings -- Sixth Path: Viability -- Seventh Path: Regional Transitions -- Eighth Path: Peace Practices -- Ninth Path: Minor Utopias -- Conclusion.

19 Managing Peace Researchers: Lene Kristin Borg and Grete Thingelstad -- PRIO's Anarchic Past -- The Peace Researchers They Met -- Restructuring a Research Institute -- Managing Researchers: Herding Cats -- A Loss of Visibility? -- Comparing PRIO's Directors -- How to Recruit Researchers -- Conscientious Objectors (COs) and Gender Balance -- Fantastic Lives -- 20 Peace Is More Than the Absence of War: Inger Skjelsbæk -- 21 A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev -- Joining the Soviet Military? -- Trying to Build a European House -- Seeing the Wall Come Down -- The First Norwegian Encounters -- The Demise of the USSR -- A Changed Moscow -- A Young Female Director -- Brilliant Students and Security Dialogue -- Dan Smith Doubles PRIO's Size -- Am I Really a Peace Researcher? -- The American Attraction -- Through Norway to America in a Quest for Recognition -- A Military in Trouble -- Oil, Gas and Nuclear Modernization -- Multidisciplinarity -- PRIO's Strengths and Weaknesses -- Going to Work at PRIO -- 22 Non-pacifist Philosophy in Good Faith: Henrik Syse -- Faith and Early Thoughts -- Discovering Philosophy -- Theology and Philosophy -- A Philosopher Among Social Scientists -- Non-pacifist Peace Research -- Religion for and Against War -- The Power of Texts -- Norms and Presidents -- Priests and Prophets -- Gender -- The Nobel Committee -- A Sunday School Teacher -- 22nd of July 2011 -- 23 Creating a Third Space in the Cyprus Conflict: Mete Hatay -- The Cyprus Partition -- Becoming an Activist -- The PRIO Cyprus Centre -- Who is 'the Other'? -- A 'Guerrilla Researcher' -- Resolving the Problem Step by Step -- Having the International Community on Their Side -- Resolving Problems-Not 'the Problem' -- 24 Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo -- Independent -- International -- Interdisciplinary.

The Nonviolent Tradition -- Publish or Perish! -- Policy Implications -- PRIO as a Community -- Methods -- Galtung's Legacy -- Journal of Peace Research's Ten Most-Frequently Cited Articles -- Person Index.