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Everyday Political Subjectification and the Rise of Regressive Politics. Downward Mobility, Urbanization and the Production of Space in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig
The crises of the last 15 years have increased social polarization. At the same time, the far right has gained ground in society and right-wing violence has risen sharply. The DFG project analyzes the social fault lines through a multi-sited ethnography, especially in the urban peripheries of Frankfurt/Main and Leipzig.
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Attacks on Life – The Targeting of Infrastructure in Armed Conflicts
The targeting of infrastructure in armed conflicts has not received much attention from conflict scholars, who have focused more on direct violence against civilians. However, selective targeting of infrastructure leads to immense suffering, resulting in health and humanitarian crises during and after the attacks. This project aims to comprehensively investigate this phenomenon using various data and social science methods.
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Arms Control Approaches to Nanotechnology – The Contribution of Public International Law
The pilot study aims to identify gaps in current arms control law and investigate the question of whether the containment of nanotechnology under international law requires new treaties. The cross-connection to international humanitarian law and the means and methods of warfare are also of interest.
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Chinese Adaptation to Conflict Risks in the Era of the Belt and Road Initiative
As a result of its investments in overseas infrastructure, China has become significantly exposed to conflict risks. This project studies how China is adapting to these risks, taking a disaggregated view of several distinct groups of actors. It examines how these actors perceive overseas conflict risks, and how Chinese policies and overseas agency are changing in response.
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The Politics of Norm Change in International Peace and Security Law
This interdisciplinary project explores how norm contestation and the justification of the use of force have evolved over time and influenced the development of the prohibition of force and the right to self-defense under the UN Charter. Focusing on the role of Article 51 letters, it explores ongoing disputes between Western and non-Western states over the right of self-defense against non-state actors.
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Debate Artists
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Democracy beyond Legitimate Coercion: Deadly Use of Force by the Police in the Philippines and Brazil
The DFG-funded Projekt investigates state coercion in the form of deadly police violence in times of domestic peace in two democracies of the Global South.
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The Impact of the Collective Reincorporation of Former FARC-EP Fighters on the Local Reconstruction of the Social Fabric in Colombia
Can the social fabric, torn apart by years of armed conflict, be mended? Can interactions between former combatants and host communities reduce social distance and mistrust among them? This project delves into these questions by analyzing the collective reintegration of ex-FARC-EP members and its impact on local social reconstruction in Colombia, drawing on over 1,200 surveys, in-depth interviews, focus groups, and ethnographic observations.
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DFG Network “Territorializations of the Radical Right – Appropriations of Space and Discursive Framings”
The DFG research network enables up to 20 researchers at all levels of qualification in human geography to engage in an ongoing collective dialog on politics of the radical right. The focus is on the concept of territorialization.
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The Effects of Far Right Challenges on International Organizations (FARRIO)
The FARRIO project is dedicated to the rise of the New Right in international politics. It examines the effects of transnational activities of the New Right on the European Union, the United Nations and its sub-organizations in various policy areas.
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The Collectivization of International Security through Processes of Institutionalization in Public International Law
As part of the Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Security”, the project examines the historical process of the collectivization of international security under international law. In the current field of tension between multilateralism on the one hand and decollectivization on the other, historical analyses could show whether and how past institutionalizations have shaped the collective perceptions of security amidst tensions in the international order.
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New Forms of Warfare: The Transformation of War
Given the high-tech nature of Western armed forces with remote-controlled, semi-autonomous and autonomous systems, this project examines in particular the characteristics of the use of autonomous and robotic technologies as well as the social impact of high-tech warfare on possible post-war orders. In this way, the project contributes both to basic research and increasingly to applied research on the technologization of war.
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A New Role for NATO in the High North? The European Arctic and Russia’s War against Ukraine
The project is dedicated to the security and foreign policy of the European Arctic states (Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland) since 2014, which have had to reformulate their posturea towards Russia since the Russian attack. The project tracks change and continuity vis-à-vis Russia as well as NATO.
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Elite Management and Ethnic Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa
This research project investigates how ethnic power relations (EPR)—the inclusion or exclusion of ethnic groups in government— impact ethnic conflict in Africa. It advances a theoretical framework of ethnic elite management and compiles a comprehensive database on the ethnic composition of African governments. This allows to reevaluate and extend theories and findings about the relationship between EPR and violent conflict.
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Evils of a Global Past: Post-colonial Genocide Memory and Glocally Entangled Reconciliation Politics
The project studies the reappraisal of colonial violence and related politics of redress. We examine which claims are made by whom, which institutions are engaged, and how the resulting practices and discourses surrounding reconciliation affect social identities and the actual processes of working through the past.
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Peace Report
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Violence against Social Activists: Causes, Patterns, and Transformations
The project takes stock of and advances research on the targeted, lethal violence faced by social activists around the world. It aims to identify causes, patterns as well as transformations of this specific type of violence.
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Preparing for Peace: International and Local Responses to the Spread of Violent Extremism
The potential spread of violence from Sahelian states to the broader region, specifically the coastal countries Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin has recently become a key policy concern. Building on a growing literature on antici¬patory (inter¬national) governance, this research project explores different rationales and practices of preventing violent extremism in coastal African countries and the under¬standings of (in)security and peace under¬pinning them. It thereby explores the interactions between (un)certainty and (in)security and the political consequences that evolve from the particular way in which violent extremism is predominantly addressed in the region.
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Global House of Young Voices
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Heuristics and Repertoires of Collective Security: A Comparative Analysis in the Field of International Law
As part of the DFG Collaborative Research Centre “Dynamics of Security”, the project examines the question of whether and under what conditions the securitization of interstate relations leads not only to processes of institutionalization under international law, but also to the collectivization of international security.
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hope: Prevent
The project hope (helping to cope) aims at training and supporting Ukrainian (school) psychologists to provide optimal support after traumatic events in the course of the current war with a special focus on children.
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Dynamics of Interaction in Contexts of Shrinking Civic Space
In the context of the phenomenon of shrinking civic space, the project firstly analyzes restrictions on civic space through so-called NGO laws. Secondly, it examines the interplay between governmental restrictions, domestic election observers, and international democracy support in the context of electoral processes and, thirdly, civic space restrictions and domestic protest dynamics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Internationalization of Intrastate Armed Conflict
In the context of the research center Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe), this collaborative project with Goethe University Frankfurt investigates the internationalization of intrastate armed conflict. Its aims are to develop a conceptualization of the overall phenomenon, systematically review and integrate existing research, and conduct focused studies to deepen our knowledge on key forms of internationalization.
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Conflict and Art: The Transformative Potential of Aesthetic Practices
The project explores how art holds transformative potential in addressing and mitigating violent conflict.
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The Justification of War and International Order. From Past to Present
Based on the assumption that, throughout the history of international relations, interstate violence has always required justification, the project examines the connection between the (de)legitimization of military force and the construction of normative world orders in the past and present.
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KURI – Configurations of Social and Political Practices in Dealing with Radical Islam
The consortium project KURI aims to support politics and society in finding basic, practice-oriented answers to the problems of dealing with islamism in Germany and Europe.
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Living to Fight Each Other Another Day: Armed Group Relationships in Multiparty Civil Wars
Contrary to conventional accounts, in many multi-party civil wars there is extensive cooperation between the various armed groups involved. Based on a detailed empirical analysis, the project examines the conditions under which these groups can cooperate, why and how different types of cooperative relationships emerge, and what effects cooperation and its failure have on the course of the war.
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Local Perceptions of Regional Interventions: AU and ECOWAS in Burkina Faso and The Gambia
Drawing on two case studies – Burkina Faso (2014/15) and The Gambia (2016/17) – this collaborative research project explores how African citizens experience and evaluate interventions by the African Union (AU) and ECOWAS and what they expect from the two regional organizations.
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Echoes of the past: How Germany's Peaceful Revolution in 1989 and its remembrance affect democracy today
35 years after the Peaceful Revolution in Germany, official historiography presents it as a success story. It is intended to serve as a role model for future generations and inspire democratic participation. The project “Echoes of the Past” thus examines what Germans know about the revolution today, what narratives exist about the events and what effects they have on democratic attitudes.
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Normativity of International Practices
The introduction of practice theories to International Relations (IR) has also revived the longstanding debate about relationship between norms and practice. This project explores how practices theories can contribute to the vivid research area of IR norms research by drawing on field-theoretic approaches and pragmatic sociology.
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Over Their Dead Bodies: Underlying Axioms and Contemporary Use and Handling of Human Remains from Institutional Collections
This NetIAS-funded interdisciplinary research group explores diverse conceptual, ethical and political issues that arise from contemporary treatment of human remains that are held in different museums and academic collections across the world.
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Parliaments in Security Policy
Having parliament participate in military deployment decisions is often argued to have a peace promoting effect. But how can parliaments influence deployment decisions to begin with? Do they actually contribute to a more peaceful foreign policy? And do multilateral missions, in which deployment decisions are no longer solely in the hands of a single state, undermine the opportunities for national parliaments to make a meaningful contribution?
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PATTERN: How Does the Past Matter? The Russian War of Aggression Against Ukraine and the Cold War
Can the lessons of the Cold War guide us in transforming the current confrontation with Russia into regulated forms of deterrence, coexistence or cooperation? By employing an applied history approach, PATTERN combines insights from contemporary history and political science to address this question. The project seeks to apply Cold War lessons to today’s challenges in three key domains: nuclear threats, hybrid warfare, and crisis management.
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Perspectives of Arms Control
In times of growing geopolitical tensions, questions of arms control, disarmament and nonproliferation regain importance. To support political decision-makers, the German Federal Foreign Office and PRIF have established a joint doctoral program. The doctoral researchers analyze historical, current and future arms control issues and integrate scientific debates with practical implementation. Following a successful pilot phase (2019-2024), the project continues with two doctoral positions (2024-2027/8).
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Politics and Practice of Fact-Finding by International Organisations
This project explores why and to what effect international organizations (IO) use fact-finding missions to investigate conflict situations and enforce norms. The project studies the increasing role of these missions and related mechanisms by focusing on how expert-led inquiries navigate IO politicization, gain authority, and influence the enforcement of international law across areas like human rights, global health, arms control, and sustainability.
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UN Policing – Legal Basis, Status and Directives on the Use of Force
The DFG project aims to provide a more systematic overview of the international legal framework applicable to UN police missions. In particular, differences in the police components under international law between military and civilian personnel are to be identified.
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Prevention Project
How can the prevention of humanitarian crises and human rights violations be improved? Under the aegis of the NYU School of Law, an international research group integrates evidence-based expertise into policy-recommendations for key actors in international and multilateral organizations to make prevention practices more effective.
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PRIF@School – Network Peace Research and Educational Practice
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Fact-Finding in the Law of Armed Conflict
The project aims to identify the general contours of the law of fact-finding, taking into account the specifics of armed conflict. In particular, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for better implementation of and compliance with international humanitarian law, as well as the work of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission will be examined.
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Deception & Inquiry in International Security: The logic of epistemic struggle from the Cold War to cyber conflict
Deceptive stratagems like disinformation or covert influence operations have become central problems of international security – widely seen as threats to the production of political knowledge. Yet ‘deception’ remains a surprisingly marginal and misunderstood political concept. This project uncovers the relation between deceptive statecraft and the search for political knowledge, explaining why it is becoming increasingly significant for international security today.
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The Role of Coercion in Peacebuilding: Insights from Africa in an Inter-Regional Perspective
The project explores the role of coercion in peacebuilding, focusing in particular on actors from the Global South. Designed as a cooperative project, it is implemented jointly by the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra, Ghana, and PRIF.
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Transitional Justice in the Nuclear Age: Addressing Past Legacies of Nuclear Use and Testing
The project investigates efforts to address lasting injustices caused by nuclear weapons. While both the use of nuclear weapons in World War II and nuclear testing have entailed widespread human suffering and environmental damage, responsible states have yet to address these legacies in adequate ways. The project analyzes victims’ struggles for nuclear justice, as well as international norm dynamics relating to nuclear justice.
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Trust Dynamics in the Context of Mass Protests
The project examines the dynamics of trust in the interaction between protest movements and the state. On the one hand, it brings together international research on the role of trust in and for social movements and develops a research agenda. On the other hand, it examines the role and development of trust in protests in (post-)revolutionary contexts and in far-reaching reforms of justice systems.
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Contradictions in Processes of Deradicalization
This DFG-funded project explores the different factors that lead individuals away from broadly defined 'extremism' and towards deradicalization, with a particular focus on the role which contradictions play in such processes.
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Dealing with Resistances and Backlash of Gender Equality Norms in Peacebuilding
Backlash and resistance against gender-sensitive human rights are ubiquitous. A prominent example is certainly the Colombian peace treaty or the failed peace process in Afghanistan. This project brings together two strands of feminist research: First, feminist research on, but also critique of, liberal peacebuilding; second, research on forms of resistance and so-called gender backlash regarding gender-sensitive human rights.
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Effects and Modes of Effects of Humanitarian Military Interventions
Military interventions with the declared aim of protecting the target country’s citizens from ongoing violence have triggered broad political and academic debates. Nevertheless, there is a lack of systematic knowledge about the effects of these so-called humanitarian military interventions that are also discussed as operations under the responsibility to protect and as protection of civilians in peace missions.
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The Arms Control Negotiation Academy
ACONA aims to fill the gap in the current arms control skills training base by combining technical expertise with the acquisition of advanced negotiation skills. By combining expert lectures with immersive training exercises, the Academy will train emerging leaders in the fields of arms control, peace and conflict studies and international security.
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African Non-military Conflict Intervention Practices (ANCIP)
The competence network ANCIP, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (2022-2026), seeks to (1) establish an online database of non-military interventions by the African Union (AU) and African Regional Economic Communities (RECs), (2) empirically reconstruct non-military intervention practices and routines by specific African actors, and (3) advance the theoretical debate as well as strategic policy advice on these issues.
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CBWNet – Compliance with and Enforcement of the Norms Against Chemical and Biological Weapons
Compliance with and enforcement of the norms against chemical and biological weapons (CBW) are important factors for the success of CBW disarmament. The PRIF sub-project in the CBWNet project analyzes related political and legal challenges and processes as well as their interaction with the norms. The joint research project CBWNet studies the normative framework of CBW control and develops policy options to strengthen it in a sustainable way.
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Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR)
The CNTR research and transfer cluster explores new military-relevant technologies and developments in the natural sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective. Our team of researchers from different disciplines investigates impacts on international security, classifies them in a scientifically sound manner and, on this basis, develops recommendations for action to strengthen arms control.
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ConTrust: Trust in Conflict
The ConTrust research initiative investigates the origins and formation of trust in social coexistence. With the help of empirical and normative research into trust in conflict contexts, the project aims to draw practical conclusions regarding the possibilities of shaping conflicts in such a way that trust can be formed and stabilized in a productive manner. From this, the researchers want to develop a diagnostic of the dynamics of trust and mistrust in typical conflict constellations and use it to establish an international center for trust and conflict research.
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German-Colombian Peace Institute CAPAZ
As part of the Colombian peace process, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports the development and work of a German-Colombian Peace Institute (Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz - CAPAZ) in Bogotá. The institute has now become the core of a broad academic network within Colombia and between Colombia and Germany. In particular, universities from regions of Colombia that have been most affected by the conflict are also involved.
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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium
The EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium is a network of six independent European think tanks supporting the non-proliferation and disarmament policies of the European Union and leading a network of over 100 European think tanks working on arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament.
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Research Network “External Democracy Promotion”
The Research Network “External Democracy Promotion” (EDP) brings together political scientists from Germany and Europe who work at the intersection of international relations and comparative political analysis on questions relating to the international promotion of democracy.
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Research Center „Transformations of Political Violence“ (TraCe)
Digitalization, climate change, globalization: The “Transformations of Political Violence” (TraCe) research center investigates whether and how forms of political violence are changing in the face of current global developments. The aim of the Hessian network is to identify conditions for peace within society and internationally as well as to develop strategies to contain political violence.
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Leibniz Cooperations
PRIF cooperates with institutes of the Leibniz Association in Leibniz Research Alliances, Research Networks and Leibniz Labs.
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PrEval
PrEval is a joint project to strengthen evaluation and quality management in the areas of extremism prevention, democracy promotion and civic education. The focus of its work is on dialog with professional practice in order to (further) develop formats and structures in a needs-based and practical manner. PrEval is an open network that makes its findings accessible through various transfer formats.
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RadiGaMe – Processes of Radicalization on Gaming Platforms and Messenger-Services
The PRIF subproject of the RadiGaMe research consortium analyzes extremist activities on gaming and gaming-related platforms, in particular the communication dynamics in these digital spaces. PRIF is also responsible for knowledge transfer within the overall network and organizes exchange formats between academia, civil society, tech platforms and law enforcement agencies, among others. PRIF also focuses on the development and improvement of prevention approaches in digital gaming spaces.
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RADIS – Transfer Project Social Causes and Effects of Radical Islam in Germany and Europe
Islamism has a deep impact on various areas of society. Media debates change the image of Muslims as a whole and trigger dynamics of polarisation. As a threat scenario, Islamism justifies far-reaching security policy measures, prevention approaches, and the funding of numerous research projects. To support this field of research and make the insights more visible, the RADIS transfer project provides support for a research network on Islamism by organizing joint events and pooling various knowledge transfer formats.
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VORTEX – Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism
The MSCA doctoral network VORTEX brings together 8 universities and research institutes and employs 10 doctoral students. Its primary goal is to develop new, evidence-based and innovative strategies to combat ideological and behavioral radicalization.
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