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Violence, Protest and Resistance

In Conflict Studies, violence represents the most intense expression of conflict. In our research projects, we examine the various forms that violence can take, such as genocide, terrorism, sexual violence and hate crimes. We also explore how and why individuals participate in violent acts, how those involved (perpetrators, victims and bystanders) perceive violence, and how seemingly uninvolved parties, such as civilians, can influence violent dynamics. We also analyse measures that can be taken to prevent and de-escalate violence.

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  Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict (funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, 2022-2026)
  
  Redressing Sexual Violence in Truth Commissions (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2016-2021)
  
  Civil Insurgency between Collective Self-Protection and Local Pacification. Peace Communities in the Colombian and Guatemalecan Violent Conflicts (funded by the German Research Foundation, 2013-2017)
  
  Gender Relations in Confined Spaces. Conditions, Scope and Forms of Sexual Violence Against Women in Conflict-Related Refugee Camps (funded by German Foundation of Peace Studies, 2013-2016)
  
  PiKS: Prevention in Kindergarten and Schools (Cooperation project on violence prevention of the Philipps-University and the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf, 2012-2014)
  
  Einsicht - Marburg against Violence (Support by the University town Marburg, in cooperation with the Hessen Network against Violence since 2013)
  
  

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  Kristine Avram: Ascribing Individual Criminal Responsibility in the Aftermath of Collective Violence and Repression - A Conceptual Framework of Perceptions, Interpretations and Effects
  
  Philipp Naucke: In the Face of Clientelised Statehood. An Ethnography of Paradoxical Encounters between the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó and Colombian State Institutions.
  
  Philipp Schultheiß: "NVA-Traditionsverbände als geschichtspolitische Akteure des DDR-Aufarbeitungsprozesses"
  
  Steffi Pohl: How can early violence prevention succeed? Concept and evaluation of the multi-level programme 'Prevention in KiTa and School' (PiKS) (2015)
  
  Timothy Williams: The Complexity of Evil – a Multi-Faceted Approach to Genocide Perpetration (2017)