Interdisciplinary Center for Peace and Conflict Research in Bavaria
Research program – Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions
When tyranny ends, when societies come to terms with their past, when values change, people contest what these transitions mean. How these interpretational struggles unfold is essential for societal peace in the present and future.
In the research network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions („Deutungskämpfe im Übergang“) we examine such contestations from an interdisciplinary perspective.
In particular, we focus on meaning struggles over the international order, responsibility for violence, and the role of non-state actors.
Our network promotes diverse methodologies, interdisciplinary exchange, and institutionalization of peace and conflict research in Bavaria. We strive for societal and political impact in the region and beyond by sharing results with political actors, academia, and the broader public.
The network brings together scholars from the Universities of Augsburg and Bayreuth (coordination) as well as from the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (Munich–Berlin).
Our guiding question:
How do struggles over meaning contribute to peace?
Research Areas
Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions
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Pictures: Destroyed train bridge in Ukraine ( Dmytro Balkhovitin, licensed); UN building at Geneva ( Mathias Reding, Unsplash); Diversity/rainbow flag ( Benson Kua, CC BY-SA 2.0)






