The International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) is a new peer reviewed periodical for scientific exchange and public dissemination of up-to-date scientific knowledge on conflict and violence. The subjects on which the IJCV concentrates has always been a concern in many areas of academic life. Consequently, the journal encompasses contributions from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, education, social psychology, criminology, ethnology, history, political philosophy, urban studies, and the study of religions. The IJCV is open access, i. e. all articles are available to all on the internet, free of charge and without restriction.

The IJCV is edited by Wilhelm Heitmeyer (University of Bielefeld), Douglas Massey (Princeton University), Steven Messner (University of Albany, NY), James Sidanius (Harvard University) and Michel Wieviorka (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris).

The Journal für Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung (JKG, Journal for Conflict and Violence Research) is the antecessor of the IJCV. It has been published by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence between 1999 and 2005.