Norwegian sociologist and peace scholar (1930–2024)
Johan Galtung
Galtung in 2012
Born
Johan Vincent Galtung
(1930-10-24)24 October 1930
Oslo, Norway
Died
17 February 2024(2024-02-17) (aged 93)
Bærum, Norway
Alma mater
University of Oslo
Known for
Principal founder of peace and conflict studies
Spouses
Ingrid Eide
(m. 1956; div. 1968)
Fumiko Nishimura
(m. 1969)
Children
4
Awards
Right Livelihood Award (1987)
Scientific career
Fields
Sociology, peace and conflict studies
Institutions
Columbia University, University of Oslo, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Founder and Director of Peace Research Institute Oslo
In office 1959–1969
Succeeded by
Asbjørn Eide
Johan Vincent Galtung (24 October 1930 – 17 February 2024) was a Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies.[1] 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.
In 1969, he was appointed to the world's first chair in peace and conflict studies, at the University of Oslo. He resigned his Oslo professorship in 1977 and thereafter held professorships at several other universities; from 1993 to 2000 he taught as Distinguished Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Hawaii. He was the Tun Mahathir Professor of Global Peace at the International Islamic University Malaysia until 2015.[2]
^John D. Brewer, Peace processes: a sociological approach, p. 7, Polity Press, 2010
^"Public Lecture: "Seeking Peace from Resolving Conflict between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar and Sri Lanka" by Prof. Dr. Johan Galtung". Archived from the original on 3 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
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