About us

PRIF analyzes the causes of international and intrastate conflicts and researches multiple ways to resolve them. The institute combines interdisciplinary basic research with the knowledge transfer to politics, the media and society.

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Mission and Organization

We ana­lyze the cau­ses of in­ter­na­tio­nal and in­tra­state con­flicts and research multiple ways to solve them. As one of the lea­ding peace re­search in­sti­tutes in Eu­rope, we com­bine inter­disciplinary ba­sic re­search with know­ledge trans­fer into po­li­cy-ma­king, me­dia and s­ocie­ty. In this miss­ion and as a mem­ber of the Leib­niz Asso­cia­tion, we are fun­ded by the fe­de­ral gov­ern­ment and the state of Hesse.

Wall with drawing of a dove of peace and a rifle and the words “Imagine Peace”

Our team

Our team consists of over 100 employees from research, administration and communication. 

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PRIF History

Founded in 1970 as the Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research, PRIF can look back on more than 50 years of history. In 2009, the institute was accepted into the Leibniz Association. To reflect its increasing internationalization, the institute has been using the English acronym PRIF - for Peace Research Institute Frankfurt - since 2023.

Here is PRIF's history

Blick am Institutsgebäude des PRIF hoch, in den Fenstern spiegelt sich die Skyline Frankfurts

PRIF Review

Our current PRIF Review offers insights into findings of our research and science communication over the past year. The editorial articles cover various research topics, introduce new projects and present the results of completed research activities. The articles are supplemented by an annual review of publications, media work and other facts and figures about PRIF.

PRIF Review 2023

How to get here

PRIF Site Map

Please take one of several S-Bahn lines to Frankfurt and get off at “Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof” (Main Station). Leave the station building through the south gate (when you walk towards to south gate the “mib”-Market is on your left hand side, the tracks of the long-distance trains are on your right hand side).Outside the station, please cross the street and the tram line tracks and go straight on “Baseler Straße” heading to the Main river. After only 200 m you have reached PRIF.

The tram stop “Baseler Straße” is located directly in front of PRIF's building. Tram lines 12, 16 and 21 run here. Frankfurt's Main Station (“Hauptbahnhof”) is only 200 m away.
 

Please note that there are no parking spaces at PRIF!
There is a public parking lot (fee required!) at the south side of Frankfurt's main station.

Coming from A 5 via “Westkreuz” or from A 66 via “Nordwestkreuz”, please take A 648 to “Frankfurt Messe” (Frankfurt Fair). Entering the city of Frankfurt, A 648 turns into “Theodor-Heuss-Allee”, then into “Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage” and into “Düsseldorfer Straße”. Please stay on that street, passing the “Messe” and later the “Hauptbahnhof” (Main Station) on your right hand side.
Shortly after passing the Main Station, the street's name becomes “Baseler Straße” and now you also pass PRIF on your right hand side. Make a sharp right at the next crossing and turn into “Karlsruher Straße”. From here you can enter the parking lot at the “Hauptbahnhof Südseite”.
 

Via “Theatertunnel” (Theater Tunnel) and “Gutleutstraße” you get to “Baseler Straße”. Please cross and immediately turn right into “Karlsruher Straße”. From here you can enter the parking lot at the “Hauptbahnhof Südseite”.

Coming from A 3, please take exit No. 51 to “Frankfurt am Main Süd” and get on B 43/44 to Frankfurt. Follow this road into Frankfurt. From “Kennedyallee”, make a left into “Stresemannallee” following directions to “Hauptbahnhof” (Main Station) and “Messe” (Fair). Now you cross the Main River on “Friedensbrücke” and take the right one of two lanes turning to the left. At the “Baseler Platz” turn halfway left into “Karlsruher Straße”. From here you can enter the parking lot at the “Hauptbahnhof Südseite”.

PRIF’s Berlin Office is located in the building of the Leibniz Association, House 1, 5th floor, Chausseestraße 111, 10115 Berlin.

The building Chausseestraße 111/Chausseehof is located at the corner of Invalidenstraße/Chausseestraße. Use public transport to get there:

  • U-Bahn: U6 (underground station Naturkundemuseum)
  • Tram: M5, M8, M10, 12 (underground station Naturkundemuseum)
  • S-Bahn: S1, S2, S25, S26 (Berlin Nordbahnhof, 5 minutes walking)

After entering the main entrance, cross the hall straight ahead and take the small glass door on the right (to Haus 2) at first. The atrium is now on the left. Follow the signs to Lift C (Haus 1), which is located at the back of the atrium. Lift C takes you to the 5th floor directly in front of the PRIF office. Alternatively, lift B also leads to the 5th floor.

Photo Credit: Courtesy by Jamison Lowell via flickr