Born 1930, one of the world' leading professors of peace studies and undoubtedly its most prolific writer and lecturer. Has worked at dozens of universities and research institutes - Oslo, Dubrovnik, Berlin, Santiago, Princeton, Geneva, Hawaii, Kyoto, Schlaining, Witten/Herdecke, Tromsoe...
He established the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and the Journal of Peace Research in 1964. He has published hundreds of articles and, by 2005, some 120 books, including "Human Rights in Another Key", "Choose Peace" and "Peace By Peaceful Means. Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization."
Galtung has been a consultant to several UN agencies. He holds numerous honorary degrees and awards, among them the Right Livelihood Award.
Over the last years Galtung has developed TRANSCEND, a Development and Peace Network with about 300 scholars and activists around the globe. Many of them, such as Dietrich Fischer are Associates of TFF too.
Galtung is married to Fumiko Nishimura and they live a "transnational" life moving between Kyoto, U.S., France, Spain and Norway.
More about Galtung on Wikipedia.
Galtung, Wiberg and Oberg will publish a book on Yugoslavia summarizing the breakdown and the missed opportunities for peace and justice there. In it they build on their combined 110 man-years of experience from that region.
Johan Galtung and Jan Oberg first met in 1974 when Galtung was director of the Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik, IUC, where Oberg was a student.

He joined TFF as Associate when it was set up in 1985.