Norwegian sociologist and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies Johan Vincent Galtung has sadly passed away. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo in 1959 and served as its first director until 1970. He also established the Journal of Peace Research in 1964.
Johan Galtung Cause of death
Johan Galtung died in Oslo on Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the age of 93. There was no news about his cause of death at the time of his news publication.
Johan Galtung obituary information
Johan Galtung was born in Oslo. He earned the cand. real. degree in mathematics at the University of Oslo in 1956, and a year later completed the mag. art. (PhD) degree in sociology at the same university. He received the first of thirteen honorary doctorates in 1975.
Johan Galtung was the director general of the International University Centre in Dubrovnik and helped to found and lead the World Future Studies Federation. He has held visiting positions at other universities, including Santiago, Chile, the United Nations University in Geneva, and at Columbia, Princeton, and the University of Hawaii. In 2014, he was appointed as the first Tun Mahathir Professor of Global Peace at the International Islamic University Malaysia.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
