Halvard Buhaug

Research Professor

Email: halvard@prio.org

Halvard Buhaug
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News

Wednesday, 11 Dec 2024

Jowhar IDP camp in Somalia. Photo: UN photo

A call for more precision in research on the climate-conflict-migration nexus

There is a need for more precision, as well as more robust data, to strengthen research on the climate-conflict-migration nexus. To address pressing policy concerns, overarching generalizations are rarely helpful.

News

Sunday, 18 Aug 2024

Illustration. Photo: Andrew Neel (Unsplash)

PRIO Invites Journalists to Apply for Residence Linked to Groundbreaking Research

PRIO hosts six research projects funded by prestigious grants for Europe’s most groundbreaking research. There is now an opportunity for journalists to spend 3-5 months at the institute and engage with these projects.

Journal article

2024

Societal determinants of flood-induced displacement

Journal article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Report – external series

2022

Climate and International Migration Flows: A Sensitivity Analysis of Gravity Model Specifications

QuantMig Background Paper

News

Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021

What predicts asylum migration flows?

In a new study published in Nature Communications,PRIO researchers use a machine-learning analysis framework to identify leadingpredictors of contemporary asylum migration to the European Union.

News

Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024

From uncertainty to policy: A guide to migration scenarios. n/a

Virtual book launch of 'From uncertainty to policy: A guide to migration scenarios' on International Migrants Day

Can migration be forecasted in today's unpredictable world? How can policymakers and scholars navigate inherent uncertainty, with robust and realistic models?

Journal article

2024

Conceptual mapping of climate-related challenges to human mobility. Illustration: Gilmore et al.

Defining severe risks related to mobility from climate change

Journal article in Climate Risk Management

Journal article

2023

What is in a number? Some reflections on disaster displacement modelling

Journal article in International Migration

News

Friday, 10 Dec 2021

19th IMISCOE Annual Conference. Photo: OsloMet

Call for Papers: 2022 IMISCOE Conference

We invite submissions of abstracts for a proposed session at the 19th IMISCOE Annual Conference in Oslo, on migrant-host interactions in the Global South.

Climate & Conflict

Friday, 5 Mar 2021

Climate-conflict research: A decade of scientific progress

The last decade was the warmest on record, with 2020 tied with 2016 for the all-time high average annual global temperature. This 10-year period also saw armed conflicts at severity levels not seen since the Cold War era. Could there be a causal link between these trends? To the frustration ...

Book chapter

2024

Migration drivers across time and space: selected examples

Book chapter in From Uncertainty to Policy: A Guide to Migration Scenarios

News

Tuesday, 9 Jan 2024

Image of flood-affected persons generated by Stable Diffusion. Illustration: Creative ML OpenRAIL-M license

New PNAS Study Shows Conflict Aggravates Disaster Displacement

Study finds that illiberal political rule and armed conflict are linked to higher human displacement in major floods.

PRIO Paper

2023

Migrant exposure and individual-level trust: First impressions from a systematic literature review

PRIO Paper

Journal article

2021

Climatic conditions are weak predictors of asylum migration

Journal article in Nature Communications

PRIO Paper

2018

Urban Social Disorder: An Update

PRIO Paper