Welcome to TraCe

The Research Center “Transformations of Political Violence” (TraCe) is an inter­disciplinary research network of five Hessian research Institutions: PRIF – Peace Research In­stitute Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Philipps University Marburg and Technical University of Darmstadt.

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Funded by the Federal Minis­try of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), more than for­ty scientists conduct multi-perspective research on the trans­formations of political vio­lence since April 2022.

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The five participating institutions in Hesse

University of Marburg
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen

Language as a Tool of Domination

New TraCe Policy Brief by Liudmyla Pidkuimukha examines the impact of the “Russian World” agenda in Ukraine  read more : Language as a Tool of Domination

New Researcher Joins TraCe

TraCe welcomes a new Associate Fellow  read more : New Researcher Joins TraCe

The Internationalization of Armed Internal Conflicts

Seventh TraCe Working Paper examines the state of research, available data and explanatory approaches  read more : The Internationalization of Armed Internal Conflicts

Background and Implications of the US Military Intervention in Venezuela

New TraCe Policy Brief (in German) by Anika Oettler, Stefan Peters, and Jonas Wolff looks at transformation of US Latin America Policy  read more : Background and Implications of the US Military Intervention in Venezuela