The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Director's Shortlist is a list of candidates considered worthy to win the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts and actions for the promotion of peace.
It has been prepared by the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo since 2002, and is a list of the most worthy potential Nobel laureates based on independent research and assessments.
[1][2][3][4] From 2014 to 2025, 10 of the speculated candidates were eventually awarded: Malala Yousafzai (2014), Juan Manuel Santos (2016), Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad (2018), Abiy Ahmed (2019), World Food Programme (2020), Dmitry Muratov (2021), Memorial (2022), Narges Mohammadi (2023) and Nihon Hidankyo (2024).
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Médecins Sans Frontières who are already Nobel laureates were speculated of possibly earning their third and second award respectively.
Names of recipients of the Prize are shown in Bold