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Johan Galtung

Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar · Norway · Academics · Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93

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Johan Vincent Galtung was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and was its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964.

A life in dates

2024Died17 February 20242017Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseAward2011Erik Bye's Memorial PrizeAward2002Honorary Doctor of the University of AlicanteAward2001Prices of the Norwegian Association of SociologyAward2000Brage Prize for non-fictionAward1993Jamnalal Bajaj AwardAward1988Humanist PrizeAward1987Right Livelihood AwardAward1930Born24 October 1930

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Galtung speaking at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City in September 2012.Galtung speaking at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City in September 2012.

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Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense2017
Erik Bye's Memorial Prize2011
Honorary Doctor of the University of Alicante2002
Prices of the Norwegian Association of Sociology2001
Brage Prize for non-fiction2000
Jamnalal Bajaj Award1993
Humanist Prize1988
Right Livelihood Award1987

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Country
Norway
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1930 to 2024 · aged 93

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