Johan Galtung

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]