What is Johan Galtung?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Johan Galtung | image = Johan Galtung - Trento.JPG | image_size = 250px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|10|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] | death_date = {{death date|2024|02|17}} | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | ethnicity = | fields = [[Sociology]], [[peace and conflict studies]], [[Mathematics]] | workplaces = [[Columbia University]], [[University of Oslo]], [[Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)]] | alma_mater = [[University of Oslo]] | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Principal founder of peace and conflict studies | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = [[Right Livelihood Award]] (1987) | religion = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | footnotes = }} '''Johan Galtung''' (born 24 October 1930 in [[Oslo]]; d. 2024)<ref>https://www.nettavisen.no/johan-galtung/forsker/dodsfall/fredsforsker-johan-galtung-er-dod/s/5-95-1649677. Retrieved 2024-02-17</ref><ref name=visdom/> was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[sociology|sociologist]] and [[mathematician]]. He was the main founder of the discipline of [[peace and conflict studies]]. He thought that [[world peace]] is not only the absence of war but also freedom from [[poverty]] and [[discrimination]]. In 1987, he won the [[Right Livelihood Award]]. ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=visdom>{{cite web|url=http://www.visdomsnettet.dk/a-402-1/|title=FREDSKOMPETENCE & KREATIVITET|language=da|accessdate=1 February 2013}}</ref> }} {{Bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Galtung, Johan}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Norwegian mathematicians]] [[Category:Nonviolence advocates]] [[Category:Scientists from Oslo]] [[Category:European sociologists]]