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Our research network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions is hosting the following policy workshop (in German) at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich on 25 November 2026. Thematik & Zielsetzung Russlands […]
We kindly invite you to the lecture by our new member Dr. K. Andra Avram (University of Bayreuth): „Narrative Zugänge zum Verständnis von Verantwortung im Kontext staatlicher Repression“ 1 July […]
Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke, Chair for Sociology in Africa at the University of Bayreuth, has been appointed to the board of the German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF). PD Dr. […]
Our Forum on Contested transitions and perspectives on peace – Deutungskämpfe im Übergang in the Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (ZeFKo Studies in Peace and Conflict) is now available & […]
Bayreuth Peace Talks with Hanna Israel “Politische Polarisierung: Über die Wirkung von persönlichen Gesprächen und konstruktivem Journalismus” (17 July 2025) During her talk, Hanna Israel discussed ways to reduce societal divisions. As […]
Roundtable discussion at the MSC2026: „Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order“ Speakers: Hosted by Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke, Chair for […]
As part of the Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict research network, there are currently two postdoc positions (m/f/d) available at the Chair for Sociology in Africa, University of Bayreuth. Postdoc 1: […]
The Transferzentrum Frieden Augsburg (TFA) cordially invites you to an interactive talk regarding the colonial entanglements of the city of Augsburg. The event (in German) takes place on 25 March […]
On the occasion of the Munich Security Conference (MSC), the Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research (FoKS) held its annual Fellow Assembly on 12–13 February 2026. Our […]
The Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict, and Security Research (FoKS) is publishing the FoKS Fellow Perspektiven, a format for short and policy-oriented analysis dedicated to political decision-makers. FoKS includes […]
Roundtable discussion – „Defuse It or Lose It: How to Defuse Interdependence Without Blowing Up the Liberal World Order“ 12.2.2026 | 18:30 | Amerikahaus, Karolinensaal, Karolinenplatz 3, Munich The Bavarian […]
The volume Zur Intervention: Afghanistan und die Folgen by our co-coordinator Florian Kühn, published in October 2023, is now available as open access. Find free access to the book here […]
For their Open Conference the International Relations Section of the German Political Science Association (DVPW) invites proposals for individual papers, panels (with 3-4 papers, chair and discussant) or roundtables (chair […]
The Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) has extended the interdisciplinary regional network “Bavarian Centre for Peace and Conflict Research” until 2028. The network brings together the University […]
The following post-doc position is currently available within our Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions network at the University of Bayreuth. Apply by 1st February 2026. Stellenausschreibung Post-Doc (m/w/d): „Deutungskämpfe um Verantwortung für Gewalt von […]
The recent retreat (4-5 December 2025) at the Forschungscampus Waischenfeld brought together members of the UBT Peace and Conflict Research Network for an engaging two-day event centered on networking, discussing, […]
22–24 April 2026 | Regensburg, Germany The Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) invites submissions for its 13th Annual Conference, titled “From Contested Pasts to (In)Secure Futures: Politics […]
“Whither Solidarity? The Global South between Fragmentation and Shifting Architectures of Power” Lecture and discussion Lina BenabdallahAssociate Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, North Carolina (USA) December […]
This year, a group of history students under the supervision of PD Dr. Julia Eichenberg and Alexander Schwarz, M.A., researchers within the Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions network, organized the special exhibition „Leben im Umbruch: Bayern […]
How can dialogue between science and society be improved? Around 30 experts from politics, practice, and academia explored this question at the transfer workshop of the Bavarian Centre for Peace […]
The Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions Research Network will host its final workshop on 13-14 October 2025 in Augsburg, focusing on the transfer of research findings. We have developed interesting research findings on interpretive […]
Recently, our network member Dr. Christian Methfessel, postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) Munich-Berlin, published an essay in the Journal of Comparative Southeast European Studies. The […]
From July 30 to August 1, 2025, a workshop was held for the third time with the aim of collegially (self-) empowering young academics. As part of the research network […]
After the devastation of World War I, the League of Nations was supposed to secure world peace. Strict arms restrictions for the defeated nations and international control mechanisms were intended […]
On July 17, 2025, another exciting evening of the Bayreuth Peace Talks in cooperation with the Bavarian Scientific Alliance for Peace, Conflict, and Security Research (FoKS) took place in the Bayreuth City […]
PD Dr. Florian Kühn, co-coordinator of our research network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions, was interviewed about the growing trade in crystals from Afghanistan as part of a recent report on Swedish public television […]
The 2025 Peace Report (“Friedensgutachten”) is available now! Peace is in retreat: Russia’s war in Ukraine is destabilizing Europe, the war in Gaza is plunging the Middle East into suffering […]
Augsburg’s Mayor Eva Weber speaks in the podcast “Augsburg direkt“ on the occasion of the peace festival program “375 Years of the Peace Festival” with Professor Christoph Weller about the Transfer Center Peace Augsburg, the […]
Statement by the board of the German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK) on academic freedom Background on AFK The German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK) was […]
How can we overcome prejudice? This question lies at the heart of this Bayreuth Peace Talks. Prejudice against people with opposing political views is considered one of the main drivers of social division. […]
On May 21, the closing event of the special exhibition Leben im Umbruch. Bayern 1918-1925. Zwischen Demokratie, Selbstbestimmung und Gewalt took place at the Historical Museum Bayreuth. The evening began with […]
We kindly invite you to the following event (in German)! Holocaust-Erinnerung, Antisemitismus und Nahostkonflikt. Überlegungen zur gegenwärtigen Debatte in Deutschland Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Jacob Eder (Barenboim-Said Akademie, Berlin) 24.6.2025 […]
On June 18, 2025, as part of the Augsburg Peace Festival, the event “From El Dorado to Augsburg: Making Colonial History Visible!” takes place. Through a diverse program, it addresses Augsburg’s colonial legacy—focusing […]
As part of our BMBF-funded research network conflicts.meanings.transitions, we were honored to host Prof. Kingshuk Chatterjee at the University of Bayreuth in May 2025. A distinguished historian from the University of […]
We cordially invite you to the German Peace Summer School 2025: “Mind the Gaps! Intersektionalität erleben, Gesellschaft gestalten”, taking place from June 19 to 21, 2025, in Augsburg, Germany. This year’s […]
We cordially invite you to the finissage of the exhibition “Leben im Umbruch. Bayern 1918 – 1925. Zwischen Demokratie, Selbstbestimmung und Gewalt”. During the event, Dr. Alexander Korb (Memorium Nürnberger […]
We kindly invite you to the upcoming Bayreuth Peace Talks event: „Exit Wounds: Aftershocks of the Gaza Conflict in Levantine Middle East“ Lecture by our guest researcher Kingshuk Chatterjee (Professor […]
This year’s Augsburger Friedensfest will be accompanied by the lecture series “Frieden riskieren?”. The challenges, opportunities and tensions associated with the pursuit of peace will be examined from various academic […]
30 July-1st August 2025, Augsburg The BMBF-funded research network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions invites young scholars to a PhD workshop. In this collegial setting, doctoral students can present their projects, receive feedback, expand […]
Language, Ideology, and the Dynamics of Conflict: Unpacking Political Behaviour 15 May 2025 | Workshop at the University of Bayreuth with Kingshuk Chatterjee (Professor of History, Calcutta University) Join us […]
Report of the roundtable discussion “Peace and Conflict Studies amidst the ‘Zeitenwende’: Which research, how funded, how communicated?” As part of the colloquium of the German Association for Peace and […]
Since 14 March, the Historisches Museum Bayreuth has been hosting the special exhibition Leben im Umbruch. Bayern 1918–1925. Zwischen Demokratie, Selbstbestimmung und Gewalt (“Life in Turmoil: Bavaria 1918–1925. Between Democracy, […]
The dossier included in the current issue of Wissenschaft und Frieden (W&F 1/2025) features eight contributions that offer insights into the unique characteristics and diversity of feminist peace research. Our […]
Life in upheaval. Bavaria 1918-1925: Between democracy, self-determination and violence (Bayreuth) Special exhibition | 15.3.-1.6.2025 | Historisches Museum, Kirchplatz 4, Bayreuth Our research network kindly invites you to the special […]
Our colleague Daniel Stahl (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) recently presented the results of his research within Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions at the conference Who is Afraid of Normativity?. The conference was organized to honor the […]
The Bavarian Research Alliance for Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies (FoKS) celebrated a successful launch with the Fellow Assembly (see photo) on February 13–14, 2025, at the Hochschule für Philosophie […]
From January 29 to 31, 2025, approximately 20 students, lecturers, and civil society activists tested intersectional educational methods in practice, reflecting on both their potential and limitations across various target […]
22 January 2025 | 18:00-19:30 CET | H27, GWII, University of Bayreuth & Livestream We kindly invite you to the upcoming lecture by Prof. John Heathershaw (University of Exeter), held […]
15 January 2025 | 14:15–15:45 | H 26, Campus University of Regensburg This talk forms part of the lecture series War. Peace. Security. organised by Dr Cindy Wittke (IOS Regensburg) […]
Two days of insightful discussions on our research findings and future planning for Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions: Impressions of our recent network meeting 2024 in an historical setting on the Erlangen campus of […]
Dietmar Süß from Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions, together with Sybille Steinbacher, recently published an edited volume on the historical context and historical-political consequences of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The volume (245 pages) was […]
Freshly published article by our co-coordinator Florian P. Kühn within the School of Blogal Studies, hosted by the University of Gothenburg In the article, Florian Kühn argues that the US […]
From 28-30 October 2024, our research network gathered 17 participants for the 2nd workshop for doctoral peace and conflict researchers in Bavaria. The workshop, held at the Franken-Akademie in Lichtenfels, […]
Jan Sändig and Jana Hönke, members of Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions, recently published a new article (together with Claude Kabemba) within the area of Peace and Conflict Research. Contention and concessions: Exploring the […]
24-25 October 2024 | University of Bayreuth The workshop brings together an interdisciplinary team of European scholars, practitioners, and activists engaged in studying international arms production and transfer, with a […]
“Coloniality of Peace” by Mahdis Azarmandi & Christina Pauls was recently published within the Virtual Encyclopaedia – Rewriting Peace and Conflict. The coloniality of peace describes how appeals to peace […]
2nd Networking Workshop for Peace and Conflict Research in Bavaria7.-8.10.2024 | Augsburg The BMBF-funded network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions is inviting for its 2nd Networking Workshop for Peace and Conflict Research in Bavaria. […]
28-30 October 2024, Franken-Akademie/Schloss Schney in Lichtenfels The BMBF-funded research network Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions invites young scholars to a PhD workshop. The aim is to discuss research projects, connect with others, and […]
The research network Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict Studies and the South-South program of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) are calling for the selection of five […]
We hosted two exciting postcolonial thinkers – Swati Parashar & Adam Sandor – at the University of Bayreuth on 30 April 2024. Relisten to their talk: “The Bodies that don’t […]
Peace Summer School 2024 – „Konfliktokratie: über Konflikt und Demokratie sprechen“19-21 July 2024 | Im Annahof 4, Augsburg Details on the program and registration (in German) The Peace Summer School […]
The Peace Report/Friedensgutachten 2024 was published recently, co-edited by the BICC, IFSH, INEF, and PRIF – four leading peace and conflict research institutes in Germany. Summary The global conflict situation […]
“Responses to the climate crisis: Implications for peace and security” The German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) awards funding to support research projects that deal with the effects of the […]
On 3 June 2024 (18:00), the FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and the International Academy of Nuremberg Principles will be screening “Argentina, 1985.” The film will be shown in its original language (Spanish) […]
Review of Cornelissen & Mondini (Hrsg.) 2021: The Mediatization of War and Peace. The Role of the Media in Political Communication, Narratives, and Public Memory (1914–1939). Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg. […]
The Bodies that don’t count: Understanding the Coloniality of Violence in our Times 30 April 2024 | 18-19:30 | Kunstmuseum Bayreuth (Maximilianstr. 33) Discussion between Swati Parashar (University of Gothenburg)and […]
The Bavarian Science Alliance for Peace, Conflict and Security Research is a new cross-university research network to promote these fields of research and the transfer of knowledge to politics and […]
The special issue – freshly published in Environment and Security – brings together two stands of research that have hitherto often been examined separately: climate-related conflict and environmental peacebuilding. By […]
Postcolonial Re-evaluations: On interpreting Conflicts, Violence, and War 25 April 2024 | Workshop at the University of Bayreuth with Swati Parashar (School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University) This workshop invites […]
Our colleagues from Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict have developed a virtual Encyclopaedia – online now! https://rewritingpeaceandconflict.net/ What is it about? Scholars, practitioners and activists from different geographies […]
17-18 September 2024 | Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg Keynote speaker: Prof. Andrea Petö (Central European University) Narratives of violence pervade our discursive environment and manifest materially, often in normalising […]
On 16 February 2024, the Presidents and representatives of five Bavarian universities founded a new research alliance in the field of Peace and Conflict Studies. The cooperation – Bayerische Wissenschaftsallianz […]
Bericht von Rachel Owusu & Jan Sändig (Universität Bayreuth) Angesichts der Kampfhandlungen in der Ukraine, darunter die Zerstörung des Kachowka-Staudamms, drang ein oft vernachlässigtes, jedoch hochrelevantes Thema zuletzt mehr in […]
9-10 October 2024 | Technical University of Munich (TUM Science & Study Center Raitenhaslach) The annual Workshop on Conflict Dynamics brings together early career researchers working on political violence, including […]
On 30 November 2023, a round table event was held in cooperation with the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial on the topic of “The History of Concentration Camp Survivors’ Associations after […]
We are pleased about the nice review of the recently published volume “Zur Intervention. Afghanistan und die Folgen” within the series “Andruck” of Deutschlandfunk radio. The volume was edited by […]
This week, 19 young peace and conflict researchers will meet at Lichtenfels for discussing their doctoral projects. The cooperation with the GGS Augsburg allows for an additional session on “Strengthening […]
Freshly available – the volume Zur Intervention: Afghanistan und die Folgen, edited by our co-coordinator Florian Kühn together with Teresa Koloma Beck (University of Hamburg), has just been published by […]
The Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) is currently holding is Annual Conference „(Re-)Ordering Eastern Europe“ (12-13 October 2023) at Regensburg. As keynote speaker, Martin Müller (University […]
As part of the doctoral students’ forum at the 54th German Historians’ Day, Alexander Schwarz gave a visual presentation of his research topic. As a research associate at the University […]
Die Bayerische Wissenschaftsallianz für Friedens-, Konflikt- und Sicherheitsforschung ist ein im Aufbau befindliches, mit Mitteln des Freistaates Bayern gefördertes hochschulübergreifendes Forschungsnetzwerk. Gründungsmitglieder sind die Universität Augsburg (Trägeruniversität), die Universität der […]
Kein Frieden ohne Konflikt? Bayerisches Netzwerk erforscht die Rolle von Deutungskämpfen in Gesellschaften weltweit Kürzlich stellte Jan Sändig, Co-Koordinator des Regionalclusters „Deutungskämpfe im Übergang“ an der Universität Bayreuth, den Verbund […]
First workshop for PhD candidates in peace and conflict studies in Bavaria 26-28 October 2023 | Franken-Akademie/Schloss Schney in Lichtenfels The research network conflicts.meanings.transitions – Bavarian Center for Peace and […]
Vom 21.-23. Juli 2023 veranstaltet der ASKA e.V. (Alumni und Studierende der Konfliktforschung Augsburg) zusammen mit dem Lehrstuhl für Politikwissenschaft, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung der Universität Augsburg die dreitägige Peace Summer […]
All things change the same? Inception workshop of Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions 21-23 June 2023, University of Bayreuth The workshop tackled different approaches to the study of peace and conflict in transitionprocesses focusing […]
4.7.2023 | 18:00 Uhr | S-Forum der Stadtbücherei, Ernst-Reuther Platz 1, 86150 Augsburg Vortrag und Diskussion mit Prof. Dr. Tobias Debiel, Mitherausgeber des „Friedensgutachtens“. Janina Hentschel, Leiterin des Büros für […]
‘Let the Field Speak’: Re-visiting the Rules of Knowledge Production in Peace and Conflict Studies 21st June 2023 | 18:00–19:30 | Historischer Sitzungssaal, Altes Rathaus/Kunstmuseum, Maximilianstr. 33, Bayreuth Keynote speech […]
A selection of pictures from the Roundtable Wissenschaft trifft Politik: Sicherheit durch Krisenprävention, which took place on 26 May 2023 at the Bavarian State Parliament. Photo credit: Andrea Stölzl Opening […]
26. Mai 2023 | 15-17 Uhr | Bayerischer Landtag, MünchenAnmeldung erforderlich Die GRÜNEN im Bayerischen Landtag laden Sie am 26. Mai um 15 Uhr ein zur Veranstaltung „Wissenschaft trifft Politik: […]
“‘The Welser-Phantom’: How has the Welser Colony in Venezuela been remembered?” Lecture and book presentation with livestream26 May 2023, 16:00-18:00Location: Fugger und Welser Erlebnismuseum, Äußeres Pfaffengässchen 23, 86152 Augsburg The […]
Keynote speech by our distinguished colleague Prof. Navnita Chadha Behera (University of Delhi): „Let the field speak: Re-visiting the rules of knowledge production in peace and conflict studies“ Host: PD […]
22.5.2023, 18-20, Iwalewahaus Bayreuth and online A Bayreuth Peace Talk hosted by the UBT Peace and Conflict Research Network and the IAS. Online participation is possible! Since April 15th 2023, […]
The German Association for Historical Peace and Conflict Research (AKHF) recently continued its talk series. The latest round has been on “Challenges of Peace and Conflict Research due to the […]
The workshop of the Bavarian Center for Peace and Conflict Research (BZeFK) in Augsburg was kicked off prominently by Claudia Roth, Minister of State for Culture and Media. More than […]
We are thankful to Claudia Roth (State Secretary for Culture and Media) as well as Jürgen Enninger (Department for Culture, World Heritage and Sport at Augsburg) for the interesting discussion […]
Thank you for joining us at the Reichshof Bayreuth on January 26, 2023 for the event titled “11 Monate Krieg gegen die Ukraine – Was war, was kommt?” Please see […]
On February 2 and 3, 2023, 25 academics will meet in Augsburg for an intensive exchange on existing research priorities and cooperation opportunities in order to further strengthen peace and […]
Podiumsdiskussion in der Reihe „Bayreuther Friedensgespräche“ Am 24. Februar 2022 begann Russland seinen Angriff auf die Ukraine. Seitdem ist fast ein Jahr vergangen. Die Universität Bayreuth möchte dies zum Anlass […]
Die großen Herausforderungen des noch jungen Jahrtausends werden geprägt durch Konflikte, die oft Folge, aber auch Ursache krisenhafter politischer Entwicklungen sind. Globale Hegemoniekämpfe, zerfallende regionale Sicherheitsordnungen und nationale Eskalationsstrategien – […]
10.11.2022, 18-19:30 Uhr, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, München
October 25th, 2022, 19:00Lecture hall 34, building “INF/AI” on campus, University of Bayreuth
What signs have been missed by policymakers and why? How do we get to peace negotiations? And what impact does the war of aggression have on other regions of the […]
