• The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence conducts theoretical and empirical analyses on the different forms, dimensions, and causes of conflict and violence. Interdisciplinary approaches throw light on various aspects of ethnic, religious, and cultural conflicts and violence. The same applies to specific political manifestations such as right-wing extremism and the attitudes on which it is based. The research program also covers other forms of violence, such as those exercised by adolescents. 
  
  
• Our research takes into consideration the complex interactions between social developments (for example disintegration), social psychological mechanisms, collective groups of actors, and sociospatial contexts..
  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Documentation of the International Conference on the ocassion of the15th Anniversary of the IKG, 19.-21. November at the ZiF, Bielefeld
  Societal Conflicts and Violence Research. The Frame-Setting Speeches.
  
  
• Results on Group-Focused Enmity in Europe (PDF) Zick, A., Küpper, B. & Hövermann, A. (2011). Intolerance, Prejudice and Discrimination. A European Report.


• Research on Conflict and Violence