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Over the course of the past two decades, general interest in the intersections of environment, peace and conflict has increased significantly, especially in response to rapid environmental change and...

PRIF awarded this year's Ernst-Otto Czempiel Award to political scientist Roger Mac Ginty. In doing so, the jury recognizes his 2021 monograph "Everyday Peace: How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict", in which Mac Ginty explores how people in conflict zones can resist and disrupt totalizing war logics in everyday actions - even in combat. As the jury stated the author focuses a central peace policy problem and takes an extraordinarily innovative and transdisciplinary approach to it. The prize was handed over at PRIF's Annual Conference on October 12, 2023. Professor Eva Senghaas-Knobloch, member of the jury together with Dr. Jörn Grävingholt and Professor Jonas Wolff, held the laudatio that is published here.
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Eva Senghaas-Knobloch



Die Soziologin und Politikwissenschaftlerin Eva Senghaas-Knobloch lehrte bis 2008 als Professorin an der Universität Bremen. Als Senior Researcher am artec Forschungszentrum Nachhaltigkeit in Bremen befasst sie sich derzeit mit Themen eines nachhaltigen Friedens. // The sociologist and political scientist Eva Senghaas-Knobloch taught as a professor at the University of Bremen until 2008. As a senior researcher at the artec Sustainability Research Center in Bremen, she is currently working on issues of sustainable peace.

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Der Beitrag Ernst-Otto Czempiel Award 2023 for Roger Mac Ginty. Laudatio by Eva Senghaas-Knobloch erschien zuerst auf PRIF BLOG.

Extremismus, Fundamentalismus, Islamismus, Islamophobie oder Islamkritik sind allesamt umstrittene Begriffe, die in öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Diskursen inhaltlich unterschiedlich ausgedeutet werden. Diskussionen über solche "Kernbegriffe" sind unerlässlich. Um gemeinsam wissenschaftlich arbeiten zu können, muss aber ein gemeinsames Verständnis über die verwendeten Begriffe und ihre Definition gefunden werden. Dieser Blogbeitrag plädiert für einen pragmatischen Umgang mit Begriffen und Definitionen und zeigt dies exemplarisch an dem Begriff "Islamismus".
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Martin Kahl



PD Dr. Martin Kahl ist Stellvertretender Direktor des Instituts für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH) und leitet dort den Forschungsbereich "Gesellschaftlicher Frieden und Innere Sicherheit". Er koordiniert das vom BMBF finanzierte Forschungsprojekt "KURI – Konfigurationen von gesellschaftlichen und politischen Praktiken im Umgang mit dem radikalen Islam". // PD Dr Martin Kahl is Deputy Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), where he leads the research area "Societal Peace and Internal Security". He coordinates the BMBF-funded research project "Configurations of social and political practices in dealing with radical Islam (KURI)".

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Der Beitrag Umstrittene Begriffe pragmatisch definieren: Beispiel "Islamismus" erschien zuerst auf PRIF BLOG.

Although the US has often prided itself of the status of sole interlocutor in the Middle East "conflict", it has equally gained the reputation of an interested and biased mediator. In parallel, the European Community or EC – now European Union, EU – claimed to have a 'more balanced' approach on the Middle East file, which in turn garnered Palestinians' trust. But during the current escalation, the EU has been woefully disunited. This blog argues that a more unified European voice can only come about by "walking the talk" of an Israel-Palestine policy/peace agreement based on purported basic European values.
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Anna Khakee



Anna Khakee ist Associate Professor für internationale Beziehungen an der Universität von Malta und Direktorin des EMA (European MA in Human Rights and Democratisation). Zu den Forschungsinteressen von Prof. Khakee gehören Demokratisierung/Demokratieförderung und humanitäre Maßnahmen. // Anna Khakee is Associate Professor in International Relations at the University of Malta and EMA (European MA in Human Rights and Democratisation) Director. Prof. Khakee's research interests include democratization/democracy promotion and humanitarian action.

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Der Beitrag The EU and the Israel-Palestine Test erschien zuerst auf PRIF BLOG.

Research on extremism and related phenomena such as radicalization or terrorism is emotionally demanding and can even become dangerous, in part because it frequently means engaging with intense, and at times violent, societal conflict. The most recent escalation in the Israel-Palestine conflict is a poignant example of this, in which researchers specialized in antisemitism, Islamophobia, or Islamist and right-wing extremism are expected to keep up with fast-paced developments while simultaneously navigating the emotional impact of unfolding violence. This blog post highlights the difficulties researchers face in this field and proposes suggestions for addressing these challenges at the institutional and structural levels.
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Reem Ahmed



Reem Ahmed is a Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and a PhD candidate at the University of Hamburg. Her research focuses on extremism, (counter-)terrorism, and platform regulation. She is currently part of a research project team on social and political practices in dealing with Islamism in Germany (KURI). | Twitter: @RAhmed105

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Der Beitrag How can research on topics surrounding radicalization, extremism, and terrorism be safe and socially sustainable? erschien zuerst auf PRIF BLOG.