TraCe is a research center in Hesse, Germany.
TraCe is the short form for:
Transformations of Political Violence.
TraCe is a cluster of 5 research institutions:
1. PRIF, the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
2. the Goethe University in Frankfurt
3. the Justus Liebig University in Giessen
4. the Philipps University in Marburg
5. the Technical University in Darmstadt
TraCe receives money for research.
The money comes from the German Federal Ministry for Research, Technology and Space.
There are many scientists at TraCe.
For example, from the fields of politics, history, and law.
The scientists do research together.
Research means:
Experts study a specific topic.
They want to discover something new.
The research of TraCe is about political violence.
Political violence means:
Violence is used to achieve a political goal.
People used to think:
Political violence is becoming less common.
But that is not true.
Political violence has only changed.
TraCe investigates the changes.
The goals of TraCe are:
better understand political violence
find ways to prevent political violence
You can read more about it on the page Research Topics.
We want to inform others about our work.
And about the results of our research.
This is what we do:
We write about our research.
We give presentations.
We talk to other people about our research.
For example, with politicians at events.
Do you have any questions?
Then you can call us.
The phone number is:
069 - 959 104 24
You can also send us an email.
The email address is:
trace-transfer@prif.org
Images: © Lebenshilfe für Menschen mit geistiger Behinderung Bremen e. V., Illustrator Stefan Albers
Text: © Werbelektorat Petra Eppig, Büro für Leichte Sprache, Einfache Sprache und Lektorat: https://werbelektorat-im-taunus.de