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Tobias Ide is new Associate Fellow at TraCe  read more : New Research Perspectives for TraCe

Parliamentary Evening in Berlin brings TraCe and Members of Parliament into Dialogue  read more : Current Dynamics of War – Hybrid, Unbounded, Everywhere?

TraCe Research Colloquium at Goethe University Frankfurt  read more : Researching Transformations in an Age of Transformation

Danica Trifunjagić has joined Research Area Interpretations  read more : New Associate Fellow Joins TraCe

Workshop for Early Career Researcher on Career Planning and Future Pathways  read more : Recalibrating the Compass

New TraCe Policy Brief by Verena Lasso Mena and Markus Lederer examines emergence and relevance of the concept “Ecocide”   read more : From Genocide to Ecocide

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

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

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

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

Interactive platform for “Code of Cou­rage” features quiz, audio versions, and texts in English, German, Russian, and Spanish  read more : Comic on Digital Security Accessible in Four Languages via New Interactive Version

Digital exchange on colonial violence, LGBTIQ+ activism, and other collaborative work  read more : Colloquium and General Assembly

Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) granted funding until 2028  read more : Further Research on Transformations of Political Violence: TraCe Enters its Second Phase

„The Local Turn and the Global South in Critical Peacebuilding Studies“ published (open access)  read more : New Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies with TraCe Contributions

Verena Lasso Mena writes PRIF Blog on her experience at COP30 in Belém (in German)  read more : Between Civil Society's Expectation and Diplomatic Stagnation

Colombian delegation visits Berlin to discuss the status of the Colombian peace process  read more : Exchange on the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement

Researchers discuss “slow violence” at the fourth TraCe Annual Conference in Marburg  read more : Beyond the Spectacle

Linking research on political violence with practical knowledge from civil society and EU policy   read more : Violence Against Civil Society Actors: TraCe in Dialogue with Brussels Stakeholders

TraCe warmly welcomes Anja-Liisa Gonsior and Iris Volg  read more : New Addition to TraCe Research Team

JLU Giessen organizes digital TraCe Research Colloquium   read more : Detention in Non-International Armed Conflicts

The exhibition “(In)Visibility of Violence” at KUNSTHALLE GIESSEN has ended   read more : Art and Science in Dialogue

TraCe presents highlights of knowledge transfer and plans for the future in Bonn  read more : BMFTR Status Conference on Peace and Conflict Studies

TraCe was a guest at the Crisis Talks Series in Brussels  read more : Human Rights Under Pressure

Young Researchers Conference of the German-Colombian Peace Institute (CAPAZ) with support from TraCe  read more : Peacebuilding in Difficult Times

Final workshop of the BZeFK research network in Augsburg examines transfer  read more : Impulses and Challenges for Knowledge Transfer

Interdisciplinary workshop at TU Darmstadt explores dimensions of urban violence   read more : Rethinking Urban Violence

Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann co-curated an exhibition as part of the Reeperbahn Festival  read more : Postcards from Khartoum

TraCe contributes to BAKS workshop on transnational organized crime and its consequences  read more : Drug Trafficking from Latin America and the Resulting Security Threats

Part two of the TraCe lecture series at Goethe-University Frankfurt starts this winter term  read more : New Perspectives on Transformations of Political Violence

PRIF Annual Conference 2025 – realized in cooperation with TraCe – examines restitution, reparations, and power relations  read more : Colonial Pasts and Contemporary Search for Justice

New anthology offers artistic perspectives on the history and future of Sudan   read more : Sudan Retold – an Art Book About the History & Future of Sudan

TraCe Policy Brief on violence against activists in the Brazilian Amazon also published in Portuguese  read more : Policy Brief Published in Portuguese

TraCe welcomes Visiting Fellow Gruia Bădescu to Darmstadt  read more : New Perspectives on Interpretations of Violence in the City

León Castellanos-Jankiewicz returns to Giessen for another TraCe Fellowship  read more : TraCe Welcomes Back Visiting Fellow

TraCe welcomes Liudmyla Pidkuimukha and Elspeth Oppermann  read more : New Visiting Fellows at TraCe

Registration now open for TraCe’s fourth annual conference in Marburg on “slow violence”  read more : Beyond the Spectacle

TraCe welcomes three new Associate Fellows  read more : New Researchers Join TraCe

Exhibition opening at KUNSTHALLE GIESSEN attracks large audience  read more : Violence Between Visibility and Invisibility

New TraCe Policy Brief by Jonas Wolff, Juan Albarracín, and Rodrigo Moura Karolczak explores violence and the role of deforestation  read more : Violence Against Social Activists in the Brazilian Amazon

TraCe ECR Rita Kopp at Summer School in Syracuse, NY  read more : Young Researcher in International Exchange

TraCe Policy Brief No. 9 by Rita Kopp revisits the results of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the political progress made since  read more : Truth Spoken, Progress Delayed

TraCe Working Paper No. 6 in collaboration with KUNSTHALLE GIESSEN published (in German)  read more : Working Paper (In)Visibility of Violence

First Part of the TraCe lecture series in the summer semester 2025 completed  read more : Transformations of Political Violence: New Perspectives

TraCe represented through Keynote and numerous contributions  read more : Memory Studies Association (MSA) Conference 2025 in Prague

Hanna Pfeifer elected to management level  read more : New Board of the Junge Akademie Begins its Term of Office

TU Darmstadt brings together perspectives from research, practice, and activism  read more : TraCe Colloquium Explores “Ecocide” as Political Violence

Political Lunch at PRIF with Sally Ghattas and comments by TraCe Visiting Fellow A. Dirk Moses  read more : Australia’s Genocide Discourse and Aboriginal Politics

TraCe event on the future of remembrance at the Literaturhaus Frankfurt   read more : How Can Remembrance on Collective Violence Succeed in a Pluralistic Society?

Coffee chat with A. Dirk Moses at PRIF  read more : Challenges for Academics in Public Life

Christian Reuter featured on the ITCS Pizzatime Tech Podcast (in German)  read more : What is the Connection between Computer Science and Peace and Conflict Studies?

Adam Kochanski from the University of Guelph visits TraCe  read more : TraCe Welcomes New Visiting Fellow

Coffee chat with A. Dirk Moses at PRIF  read more : Challenges for Academics in Public Life

Open call for conference for young researchers from the Colombian-German Institute for Peace (CAPAZ) with support from TraCe  read more : Protecting and Strengthening Peacebuilding in Difficult Times

DAAD KIWi Policy Talk with TraCe Visiting Fellow Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel about German Bundestag elections published  read more : What’s at Stake for Germany in International Academic Exchange

Prof. Dr. A. Dirk Moses from the City College of New York visits TraCe in June und July 2025   read more : TraCe Welcomes Visiting Fellow

Members come together to exchange perspectives on the future of TraCe  read more : Seventh TraCe Colloquium and General Assembly in Frankfurt

Podcast episode published PRIF Talk with Markus Lederer (in German)  read more : Climate Summits in the Presence of Political Violence

Prof. Dr. Tania Li from the University of Toronto Visits Marburg  read more : TraCe Welcomes Visiting Fellow

Association of Bettina Brockmeyer and Hannah Ahlheim from Justus Liebig University Giessen  read more : TraCe Welcomes New Researchers

Contribution to the BMBF Science Year 2024 by the Center for Conflict Studies (Marburg) in cooperation with TraCe  read more : Review: Lecture Series on Freedom

Research on the legitimation of war in past and present  read more : Hendrik Simon at the European University Institute

Masterclass for Early Career Researchers at the Center for Conflict Studies Marburg  read more : Common Challenges for Emerging Scholars

Fourth TraCe lecture series at Goethe-University Frankfurt starts in summer term 2025  read more : New Perspectives on Transformations of Political Violence

Peace and Conflict Studies amidst “Zeitenwende”: Which research, how funded, how communicated?  read more : Science Policy Panel Discussion at the AFK Colloquium

TraCe researchers edit Special Issue with Cultural Dynamics Journal (online first)  read more : Displaying and Processing Political Violence in Museum Spaces

German Society for Military Law and Inter­national Humani­tarian Law honors book “A Century of Anarchy?”  read more : Hendrik Simon Awarded with Moltke Prize

Researchers represent TraCe with panels and presentations at ISA Convention in Chicago   read more : TraCe at ISA Convention

Researchers present their current TraCe projects  read more : Research Colloquium at Goethe University

New TraCe Policy Brief by Laura Camila Barrios Sabogal and Jonas Wolff sheds light on the recent humanitarian crisis in Catatumbo  read more : Escalation of Violence amidst Colombia’s Struggle for Peace

Call for Abstracts published with deadline on April 1, 2025  read more : TraCe Annual Conference “Beyond the Spectacle: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Slow Violence and Political Harm”

TraCe involved in group exhibition about the (in)visibility of violence in 2025  read more : Continued Cooperation with Kunsthalle Giessen

Laura Guntrum publishes comic about digital security for activists  read more : Code of Courage

TraCe researchers practice their media skills  read more : Media Training for TraCe Researchers

New TraCe Policy Brief by Suparna Banerjee examines religiously motivated violence in the context of right-wing government under Narendra Modi   read more : 'Beef Lynching' in India

Start of Rirhandu Mageza-Barthel's Fellowship and Association of Kristine Andra Avram  read more : TraCe Welcomes New Researchers

Edited by Christian Reuter and with contributions from Laura Guntrum and Stefka Schmid   read more : 2nd Edition of Information Technology for Peace and Security released

Ten TraCe researchers publish fifth TraCe Working Paper  read more : Memory Before Violence

New monograph co-authored by Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Annika Bjorkdahl  read more : Peace and the Politics of Memory

Hanna Pfeifer und Regine Schwab über die Eskalation der Gewalt im Nahen Osten  read more : Wissenschaft und Frieden – Neues Heft mit Beiträgen von TraCe-Mitgliedern

Fourth TraCe Working Paper with Sabine Mannitz and Núrel Bahí Reitz examines paths and politics of recognizing colonial genocides  read more : Transformations in Genocide Discourse

Article by TraCe Visiting Fellow Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl published in Foreign Affairs Magazine  read more : Targeted Killings Won't Destroy Hezbollah

Digital exhibition by Kunsthalle Giessen on the occasion of the dialogue panel on October 30, 2024  read more : Depictions of Excessive Force – between Disturbance and Attraction

Jephta Uaravaera Nguherimo begins Fellowship  read more : TraCe welcomes new Visiting Fellow

Sabine Mannitz as Short-Term Visiting Scholar at the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS)  read more : Visiting Scholar at Cornell University, NY

Jonas J. Driedger analyzes scenarios of the US-Election in new TraCe Policy Brief (in German)  read more : How Another Trump Presidency Would Affect the Russo-Ukrainian War

FAZ-Artikel von Hendrik Simon erschienen  read more : Krieg als politisches Mittel: Gab es ein Recht auf Krieg?

Workshop an der TU Darmstadt nimmt den urbanen Raum in den Blick  read more : Stadt, Konflikt und politische Gewalt

Association of Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann  read more : TraCe welcomes new researcher

Jonas J. Driedger zu Besuch im naxos.Kino  read more : Filmgespräch zu „Intercepted”

International workshop at ConTrust (Goethe University Frankfurt) in cooperation with PRIF and TraCe  read more : Exchange on targeted violence against social activists

Fifth TraCe Policy Brief by Elena Dressler and Jonas Wolff identifies causes and discusses policy implications  read more : Escalation of Violence in Ecuador

Juan Albarracín and Suparna Banerjee begin Fellowships  read more : TraCe welcomes Visiting Fellows

Fourth TraCe Policy Brief by Laura Guntrum and Christian Reuter sheds light on digital violence against social activists  read more : Examining the Spectrum of Digital Violence Against Social Activists

Third TraCe Working Paper by Visiting Fellow Juan Albarracín and Jonas Wolff sheds light on its characteristics, causes, and transformations  read more : Targeted Violence Against Social Activists

TraCe members organize Panel at Memory Studies Association (MSA) annual Conference in Lima   read more : Politics of Public Space and Transformations of Memories of Violence

Workshop Report  read more : Dealing with fieldwork risk: Data security and beyond

Informationsveranstaltung zum Zwischenbericht der Enquete-Kommission mit dem Bundestagsabgeordneten Philip Krämer  read more : Zwischenbericht zum Afghanistan Einsatz

Several events on War Incarceration Camps and Cosmopolitan Memory in Post-Colonial Contexts  read more : Advisory Board Member Anoma Pieris on visit in Frankfurt

The deadline for abstract submission has been extended until June 7, 2024  read more : Third Annual Conference: The Excessive Use of Force

TraCe Research in South Africa  read more : Dr. Mariel Reiss held two lectures at the University of Pretoria

Lecture series “Violence as a Global Challenge” on Wednesday evenings in Darmstadt   read more : Third edition of the TraCe Lecture Series this summer term

The Call for Papers for the third TraCe Annual Conference is online  read more : “The Excessive Use of Force”

TraCe members came together for scientific and organizational exchange   read more : Sixth TraCe Colloquium and General Assembly in Frankfurt

Prof. Dr Jonas Wolff speaks at the BMZ about perspectives on the current conflict in Ecuador  read more : Scenario workshop on Ecuador

In-depth report on event in Bogotá published  read more : Memory as a resource in conflict transformation

Dr Kaya de Wolff and Verena Lasso Mena share insights to their field research at PRIF Talk   read more : New TraCe Podcast Episode Online (in German)

Researchers discuss police violence in public colloquium  read more : TraCe Research Colloquium at Marburg University

TraCe Visiting Fellow Miyerlandy Cabanzo Valencia organized workshop at PRIF  read more : Workshop: “BEYOND ACADEMIA” – How researchers can engage practice

Frankfurt students deal with global perspectives on NATO  read more : TraCe organizes school workshop on NATO

Association of Stefka Schmid  read more : TraCe welcomes new researcher

Association of Juliana González Villamizar and Iris Volg   read more : TraCe Team starts the new year with new members

Hendrik Simon introduces a new format on Völkerrechtsblog   read more : ReflectiÖns on Monroe-Doctrine

Review on TraCe conference in Darmstadt highlighting practical exchange on digital peacebuilding (in German)  read more : Spotlight on TraCe: BMBF reports on “ICT4Peace” dialogue panel

Sabine Mannitz and Merle Ecker identify dominant agents influencing Swedish discourse in PRIF Working Paper  read more : Analysis of public media discourse on Sámi Truth Commission in Sweden

Researchers discuss at PRIF  read more : TraCe-Workshop on “The Backlash against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda”

Prof. Dr Markus Lederer and Verena Lasso Mena report from COP28  read more : Challenges of climate diplomacy at the UN Climate Conference in Dubai

New TraCe Policy Brief (in German) on Human Rights Day highlights demands on German politics  read more : Global rights of LGBTIQ* people under scrutiny

International scholars convened for three-day conference „The Monroe Doctrine: History, Interpretations, Legacy”   read more : International Conference on Monroe Doctrine at Goethe University

Why the research center is suspending its activities on the social media platform  read more : TraCe leaves Twitter/X

Bundled Colombia expertise for a non-public exchange with politicians  read more : TraCe goes Berlin: Policy dialogue with federal ministries & members of parliament

Panel discussion on “Coming to Terms with Colonial Violence”  read more : TraCe goes Brüssel: Research Center was a guest at the Crisis Talks

New TraCe Policy Brief examines reintegration in rural communities  read more : Reintegration of former FARC combatants in Colombia

Faculty of Humanities honors research in Memory Studies  read more : Astrid Erll receives honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen

International workshop in Bogotá explored the role of media in peacebuilding  read more : TraCe Stakeholder Workshop „Memory as a Resource in Conflict Transformation”

TraCe researchers organized a workshop with advisory board member Stathis Kalyvas  read more : Workshop „The Internationalization of Intrastate Conflict”

TraCe members come together for scientific and organizational exchange  read more : Fifth TraCe Colloquium and General Meeting in Giessen

Lecture series "Arguing Violence. Making Peace." on Wednesday evenings in Giessen  read more : Second edition of the TraCe Lecture Series this winter term

From September 20-22, international scholars discussed Technology and Transformations of Political Violence  read more : “Science · Peace · Security 2023” took place in Darmstadt

Just in time for SPS - TraCe Welcomes Fellows in Darmstadt  read more : Welcome, Miyerlandy Cabanzo Valencia and Dr Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl

New TraCe Working Paper Examines Continuity and Change in War Justification.  read more : Transformation of Justification of Violence?

We Welcome Prof. Dr Annika Björkdahl  read more : Visiting Fellow supports TraCe Research

TraCe scholars organize Panel at Pan-European Conference for International Relations in Potsdam   read more : Panel “Seeking Truth, Justice, and Reparations after (Colonial) Violence”

Association of Rita Theresa Kopp and Álvaro Okura de Almeida  read more : TraCe Team continues to grow

Dr León Castellanos-Jankiewicz new Fellow with TraCe  read more : TraCe Team welcomes Visiting Fellow

Summary of TraCe activities in 2022  read more : TraCe featured in PRIF Review

Planned research stay in Oxford  read more : Regine Schwab visits Stathis Kalyvas

Panel discussion with Philip Krämer, MdB took place at the TU Darmstadt  read more : State Building in Afghanistan – Lessons Learned?

TraCe scholars organize panel at the Memory Studies Association Conference in Newcastle  read more : Panel “Memory Before Violence” at Memory Studies Association Conference

Interdisciplinary exchange on the concept of transformation with Prof. Dr Wolfgang Merkel (WZB)  read more : Fourth TraCe Research Colloquium in Darmstadt

Open Section Meeting of the DVPW Section on International Relations in Friedrichshafen  read more : TraCe participates with own panel at IR Section Meeting 2023

TraCe and ConTrust organized workshop on 6 June 2023  read more : Workshop „Repression, Conflict and Trust“ took place in Frankfurt

Register for the interdisciplinary conference taking place on September 20-22 2023 in Darmstadt   read more : Registration open for Science Peace Security

TraCe PI Nicole Deitelhoff receives Loewe Top Professorship  read more : Excellence Award from the State of Hesse for peace research

Ohio State University politics professor passes unexpectedly  read more : Mourning the Death of Academic Advisory Board Member Bear Braumoeller

On April 25, David Mwambari presented on Migration and Memory in Africa  read more : New Frontiers in Memory Studies: Memory in East Africa

Call for Conference on December 1-2, 2023 organized by Justus-Liebig University Giessen and TraCe  read more : Call for Papers | The Monroe Doctrine: History, Interpretations, Legacy

TraCe Members Astrid Erll and Christopher Daase are Guests on Podcast "PRIF Talk"  read more : First TraCe Podcast Episode Online

First TraCe Policy Brief by Sabine Mannitz, Lea Deborah Scheu and Isabelle Stephanblome  read more : Three Years Since Hanau: How Inclusive is Germany’s Contemporary Remembrance Culture?

80 international scholars discussed "Language(s) of Violence"   read more : TraCe Annual Conference "Language(s) of Violence"

A recording of the TraCe kick-off event on December 13, 2022 is now available on our YouTube channel  read more : „TraCe Goes Berlin“ – Kick-Off event now on YouTube

Regine Schwab points to the failure of the international community in her PRIF blog  read more : The earthquake in northwestern Syria - a natural and political disaster

TraCe members meet for scientific and organizational exchange  read more : Third TraCe Research Colloquium and Association Meeting in Frankfurt

Principal Investigator Sabine Mannitz and Rita Theresa Kopp discuss Canadian decision in blog article  read more : Canada compensates colonial violence - a step towards justice?

Association of Dr Özge Özdemir and Dr des. Hendrik Simon  read more : The TraCe Team Grows

TraCe Research Associate Jonas J. Driedger publishes new article  read more : The Putin-Regime’s Risk Acceptance and the War against Ukraine

International conference on the role of media and journalists in peacebuilding takes place in Colombia in 2023  read more : Call for Papers: Memory as a Resource in Conflict Transformation

First TraCe Working Paper outlines research program on political violence  read more : Transformation of Political Violence?

On 13.12.2022 the TraCe Kick-Off took place in Berlin   read more : TraCe Goes Berlin: Kick-Off on Russian-Ukrainian War in Political Berlin

Interdisciplinary exchange on affect in violence research  read more : Second TraCe Research Colloquium in Marburg

Markus Lederer an Verena Lasso Mena observe negotiations  read more : TraCe Researchers participate in COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh

TraCe participants meet in Darmstadt for joint discussion  read more : Second TraCe Association meeting

TraCe lecture series in coming winter semester both in person and online  read more : „Perspectives on Violence in the 21st Century“ also on YouTube

TraCe lecture series will be held weekly in Marburg in the coming winter semester  read more : Lecture Series “Perspectives on Violence in the 21st Century” This Winter Term

More visibility for the research center “Transformations of Political Violence” through its own website  read more : TraCe Goes Online

Interdisciplinary exchange with keynote speaker Stefan Malthaner  read more : First Research Colloquium in Darmstadt

TraCe-Participants come together to coordinate joint work  read more : First Association Meeting in Frankfurt

Five Hessian research institutions cooperate in interdisciplinary joint project  read more : Researching Political Violence: TraCe Takes up Work