Biography
Johan Vincent Galtung (born 24 October 1930) is a Norwegian sociologist who is 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 served as 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 has since 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.
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-10-24 (94 years old)
RelationshipsIngrid Eide (1956-01-01 - 1968-01-01)
ChildrenAndreas Galtung
FatherAugust Galtung
MotherHelga Holmboe
CitizenshipsNorway
Awardshonorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense, honorary doctor of the University of Alicante, Brage Prize for non-fiction, Erik Bye's Memorial Prize, Jamnalal Bajaj Award, Prices of the Norwegian Association of Sociology, Humanist Prize, Right Livelihood Award
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