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Research Professor Paul Beaumont writes about PISA and its reliability as an indicator of the quality of the Norwegian school system in this Aftenposten op-ed.
Breakfast seminar: Living up to its Promises? The Gendered Legacies of Colombia’s Peace Agreement 10 Years Later
To what extent have the ambitions of the peace agreement become a reality?
Finland's President Alexander Stubb at NUPI
NUPI is proud to present a meeting with the President of the Republic of Finland, H.E. Alexander Stubb.
Breakfast seminar: Russia’s illiberal conservatives and the warfare state
Russia's illiberal conservatives won the culture war but struggle on the economy. Katharina Bluhm explains why, and sheds light on why inflation now has become their battleground.
Breakfast seminar: The Role of UN Peacebuilding in a World Characterised by Greater Geopolitical Tensions
For every dollar invested in peace, nearly 100 are invested in preparing for war. At this seminar, we will discuss how the peacebuilding community can better mobilize the political and financial support it needs.
The NUPI Lecture on International Affairs 2026
We are pleased to invite you to the NUPI Lecture on International Affairs. The topic of this year's lecture is AI in international politics.
Breakfast seminar: Stabilising the Sahel – What is the role and responsibility of Norway and Europe?
Join us for this event, where two authors and experts on security in the Sahel reflect on challenges and lessons for the region, its neighbours, Europe and the wider world.
The Adaptive Peacebuilding Guidebook
When we hear the word “peace”, we often think of the end of a war, a peace agreement, or large-scale reconstruction efforts that follow a conflict. In reality, however, peace does not emerge the day after a conflict ends. Rather, it is nurtured gradually through everyday interactions, relationships, and collective efforts. Peace is not something that can be delivered from the outside; it is something that emerges from within societies and communities themselves. The “Adaptive Peacebuilding Guidebook” seeks to translate this understanding into a practical framework through the approach known as Adaptive Peacebuilding. The academic foundations, theories, and concepts underpinning Adaptive Peacebuilding have already been articulated in the book Adaptive Peacebuilding: A New Approach to Sustaining Peace in the 21st Century . Adaptive Peacebuilding views peacebuilding not as a process of implementing predetermined plans or applying universal solutions, but as a process through which people learn, reflect, and adapt collectively in response to changing circumstances. Based on the academic insights presented in that book, the newly published guidebook to Adaptive Peacebuilding clearly summarizes the concept of Adaptive Peacebuilding for practitioners and presents eight case studies from United Nations agencies, bilateral development agencies such as JICA, and NGOs.