Gudrun Østby

Research Professor

Email: gudrun@prio.org

Mobile phone: +47 98 67 15 43

Twitter: @GudrunOstby

Research Interests

Armed conflict and maternal- and child health
Education and conflict
Education and crime
Sexual and gender-based violence
Children in conflict
Horizontal inequalities and conflict
Socioeconomics of Islamist Radicalization

Gudrun Østby
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News

Thursday, 18 Jun 2026

A Syrian refugee family outside the Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-supported shelter for Syrian refugee women who are victims of sexual and gender-based violence. Nikki Gamer / Catholic Relief Services

World Refugee Day: Funding gaps and policy questions

As World Refugee Day 2026 is being marked, it is worth pointing to the strong foundations that exist based on research, which can inform policy at a time when humanitarian needs are pressing, while border control practices lead to migrant deaths.

Multimedia

Thursday, 26 Jan 2023

08:34

Education is Our Only Hope for the Future

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Multimedia

Tuesday, 17 Jan 2023

07:59

Our Dreams and Aspirations

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Report – other

2022

'Something Is Better than Nothing': Online Learning Pursuits of Rohingya Youth and Teachers in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Internal report

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Forced displacement and utilization of maternal health care services in host communities: micro-level evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 1986–2016

Journal article in Journal of Refugee Studies

Multimedia

Thursday, 19 Jan 2023

04:40

Education Barriers for Rohingya Children

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Event

Wednesday, 14 Dec 2022 13:00–15:00 UTC+01

Marte Nilsen, Haakon Gjerløw, Sine Dyrby Christensen, Kristin Thomassen Wæringsaasen and Gudrun Østby. Photo: PRIO

Education for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Community Initiatives, Humanitarian Aid and the Impact of COVID-19

Five years have passed since more than 700,000 Rohingya fled from the brutal military crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

Journal article

2022

No right to read: National regulatory restrictions on refugee rights to formal education in low- and middle-income host countries

Journal article in International Journal of Educational Development

Policy brief

2018

Forced Displacement, Migration and Pregnancy Risk: Micro-level evidence from Burundi

GPS Policy Brief

Journal article

2023

Left Further Behind after the COVID-19 School Closures: Survey Evidence on Rohingya Refugees and Host Communities in Bangladesh

Journal article in Journal on Education in Emergencies

Multimedia

Wednesday, 18 Jan 2023

05:55

Rohingya Girl's Education

Rohingya refugees make films about their struggle for education.

Policy brief

2022

What can we learn from refugee-led education in Kenya?

PRIO Policy Brief

PRIO Paper

2020

Walking the Talk? Financing for Education in Emergencies, 2015–2018

PRIO Paper

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