Cindy Horst

Research Professor

Email: cindy@prio.org

Mobile phone: +47 405 18 690

Twitter: @CindyMHorst

Research Interests

Culture and violent conflict
Everyday resistance
Active citizenship
Mobility and transnationalism affecting (national) identities
The impact of transnationalism on (post-)conflict situations
Interactions between refugees and the refugee regime
Refugee Livelihoods
Diaspora Engagements
Ethical and Methodological challenges of fieldwork in conflict situations

Cindy Horst
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News & events
Publications
Blog posts
Audio & video

Recorded event

Monday, 17 Feb 2025 15:00–16:00 UTC+01

Halleh Ghorashi in conversation on the role of art in times of war, oppression and exile. 05.10.2023. Photo: Melisa Krassenstein

01:07:40

Transforming Society Through Community-Engaged Research: A Conversation with Halleh Ghorashi

This seminar will explore how engaged scholarship can drive meaningful change.

News

Wednesday, 25 Sep 2024

New project funding! Expanding the search for new ways of working along the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus

New research project to draw on empirical research about locally-led responses to environmentally- and conflict-induced protracted displacement in Uganda, Somalia and Sri Lanka, as ways of addressing complex crises, in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.

News

Thursday, 8 Dec 2022

INSPIRE project banner. Photo: Kasia Grabska

Two new special issues: Art, conflict and contexts of displacement

In two new special issues of Conflict and society and Music and Arts in Action, the editors, PRIO researchers Katarzyna Grabska & Cindy Horst, and Katarzyna Grabska & Roy Huijsmans respectively, bring together important new research contributions.

Recorded event

Friday, 20 May 2022 09:00–11:30 UTC+02

Syrian refugee children in a Lebanese school classroom. Photo: Russell Watkins / Department for International Development / CC BY-SA 2.0

01:37:24

Refugee Education Reimagined: A Pedagogy of Hope

Join us for a morning of research findings, animations and debate on how education can enable refugees and communities to build durable futures when there is great uncertainty about where these futures will be.

News

Wednesday, 16 Feb 2022

Survey data collection for the MIGNEX project. Photo: Jørgen Carling

Migration-Related PhD Courses

Three migration-related PhD courses will be offered at PRIO in the course of 2022: (1) Migration theory: perspectives on time and temporalities, (2) Survey methods in migration research: design, implementation, and analysis, and (3) Ethnographic fieldwork methodology: approaches, tools, and ethics.

News

Tuesday, 28 Sep 2021

First day of school for Somali refugees at a primary school in Dadaab, Kenya. Photo: UNHCR / S.Perham

Agents of Change? How to fulfill the promise of education to refugees

Hassan Aden and Cindy Horst have contributed a post to the PRIO Blog on refugee education and promises, fulfilled or unfulfilled.

PRIO Blogs

Thursday, 17 Jun 2021

First day of school for Somali refugees at a primary school in Dadaab, Kenya. UNHCR / S.Perham

Agents of Change? How to fulfill the promise of education to refugees

Education in situations of conflict and crisis is central in efforts to protect children and youth in the near-term and fostering peaceful coexistence over the longer-term. But how can education enable individuals and communities to build durable futures when there is great uncertainty about where these futures will be? Education ...

News

Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021

Animated story coming this #RefugeeWeek: 'An Agent Of Change'

This #RefugeeWeek, nearing the launch of 'An Agent Of Change' a story from young refugees in #Dadaab of transformative education, made by PositiveNegatives together with PRIO Doctoral researcher Hassan Aden.

Event

Monday, 16 Dec 2024 09:00–10:00 UTC+01

A Palestinian chef prepares free meals to distribute to displaced individuals in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2024. Photo: Majdi Fathi/Nur Photo via Getty Images

Styrking av lokalt ledet humanitær respons

Dette seminaret vil utforske hva slags innovative løsninger og reell overføring av beslutningsmakt som kreves for å oppnå en bærekraftig og effektiv lokalisering av bistandsarbeidet.

News

Tuesday, 13 Jun 2023

Hassan Aden Successfully Defends His PhD Thesis

Today, Hassan Aden has defended his PhD thesis at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.

News

Thursday, 22 Sep 2022

International PhD Students Participate in Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology Course

As part of the NORHED II project Partnership for Peace: Better Higher Education for Resilient Societies, PRIO hosted a PhD-level course in Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology.

News

Friday, 13 May 2022

From fieldwork in Tema, Ghana. Photo: Jørgen Carling

PhD-Level Course: Ethnographic Fieldwork Methodology

PRIO invites applications for this course, which will be taught in person in Oslo in September 2022.

Recorded event

Tuesday, 9 Nov 2021 15:30–16:30 UTC+01

01:19:45

The Meaning of Color

In the spring and summer of 2020, #Blacklivesmatter protests brought youth into the streets in high numbers; also in Norway.

Event

Wednesday, 1 Sep 2021 12:00–13:00 UTC+03

Film still from 'Spaces of Reconciliation'.

Film and Discussion: Spaces of Reconciliation

For 29 years, Cypriots were unable to cross the ceasefire line that divides their island.

News

Thursday, 17 Jun 2021

New Animation Highlights Need for Refugee Education and Durable Futures

Education in situations of conflict and crisis is central in efforts to protect children and youth in the near-term and fostering peaceful coexistence over the longer-term.

News

Thursday, 22 Apr 2021

Integration and Development: Need for Dialogue

How does integration in the country of settlement matter for diaspora members’ development engagements in the Global South? And how has this intersection been addressed in policy and practice? A video from webinar the discussing these questions is available.

Current projects

Project

Jan 2020 – Dec 2025

Inspirational Creative Practice: The Work of Artists after War and Violent Conflict (INSPIRE)

Led by Katarzyna Grabska.

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