With the establishment of the regional research center in Hesse, the participating partner institutions strengthen their existing cooperation and bundle their expertise. The idea for this joint project arose in the context of the close cooperation between PRIF and Goethe University (through the research center Normative Orders and the cluster initiative ConTrust) as well as in the close exchange between the partner institutions involved. By developing a thematic profile and establishing permanent series of events, the Hessian institutions are creating a regional center of excellence for research, teaching and knowledge transfer that is internationally visible and systematically contributes to the containment and prevention of political violence.
The Center brings together disciplinary perspectives from political science, sociology, history and law, social anthropology, social psychology, cultural and linguistic studies, and computer science, as well as various methodological approaches.
