Facts and Figures
This Was 2023
PRIF in the media
Top issues in the media
Publications
Teaching
Everyday Peace: How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict
Roger Mac Ginty
The Ernst-Otto Czempiel Award 2023 was presented to political scientist Roger Mac Ginty. The jury honoured his monograph “Everyday Peace: How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict”. Mac Ginty analyzes how people in conflict zones can resist and disrupt the totalizing logic of war through everyday actions. The award ceremony took place during the PRIF annual conference.
Find more information on the annual conference in the article “Regime Competition – Cold War 2.0?” in this issue.
Publications: Highlights 2023
Contestation and norm robustness
The monograph explores how the dispute over international norms affects their validity in the context of four current case studies.
Zimmmermann, Lisbeth/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Lesch, Max/Arcudi, Antonio/Peez, Anton: International Norm Disputes: The Link Between Contestation and Norm Robustness, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.
Autonomous weapons systems in international criminal law
Barry de Vries’ monograph analyzes how international criminal law deals with individual responsibility in the context of autonomous weapons systems.
de Vries, Barry: Individual Criminal Responsibility for Autonomous Weapons Systems in International Criminal Law, Brill, 2023.
Economic elites in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru
In this comparative historical analysis, Jonas Wolff and others examine how economic actors have influenced Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru since the middle of the 20th century.
Crabtree, John/Durand, Francisco/Wolff, Jonas: Business Power and the State in the Central Andes, Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.
Study on civil conflict transformation
Samantha Ruppel's book investigates collaborative partnerships in peace work in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Ruppel, Samantha: Lokal verankerte Zivile Konfliktbearbeitung zwischen Partnerschaft und Machtungleichgewicht, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2023.
Rule in international politics
The volume, edited by Christopher Daase, Nicole Deitelhoff and Antonia Witt, explores conceptualizations as well as characteristics and practices of domination in international politics.
Daase, Christopher/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Witt, Antonia (eds.): Rule in International Politics, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Journal articles and chapters in edited volumes
| Authors | Title | Publication | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schwab, Regine/Pfeifer, Hanna (eds.) | Politicising the Rebel Governance Paradigm | Special Issue of Small Wars and Insurgencies, 34(1), 2023 | |
| Driedger, Jonas J. | Risk Acceptance and Offensive War: The Case of Russia under the Putin Regime | Contemporary Security Policy, 44(2), 2023 199–225 | 10.1080/13523260.2023.2164974 |
| Fehl, Caroline | Protect and Punish: Norm Linkage and International Responses to Mass Atrocities | European Journal of International Relations, 29(3), 2023 | 10.1177/13540661231158548 |
| Lesch, Max | From Norm Violations to Norm Development: Deviance, International Institutions, and the Torture Prohibition | International Studies Quarterly, 67(3), 2023, 1–13 | 10.1093/isq/sqad04 |
| Rahlf, Lotta | From Democratic Resistance to Hostility against a “Covid-Regime” – Conspiracy Theories as Cross-Milieu Catalysts of Radicalization | Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2023 | 10.1080/1057610X.2023.2169894 |
| Lambach, Daniel/Bayer, Marcus/Bethke, Felix S./Dressler, Matteo/Duduoet, Véronique | Gewaltfreier Widerstand und demokratische Konsolidierung | Springer, 2023 | |
| Coni-Zimmer, Melanie/Deitelhoff, Nicole/Schumann, Diane | The Path of Least Resistance: Why International Institutions Maintain Dialogue Forums | International Affairs, 99(3), 2023, 941–961 | 10.1093/ia/iiad032 |
| Wolff, Jonas | From the Varieties of Democracy to the Defense of Liberal Democracy. V-Dem and the Reconstitution of Liberal Hegemony under Threat | Contemporary Politics, 29(2), July 2023, 161–181 | 10.1080/13569775.2022.2096191 |
| Witt, Antonia/Anderl, Felix | Problematising the Global in Global IR | Journal of International Studies, Online First, 2023, 13–22 | 10.1177/03058298221139330 |
| Ben Aharon, Eldad | Political Audience and Non-Linear Securitisation: Revisiting Israel–Iran Relations and the Making of the 1979 Islamic Revolution | European Journal of International Security, 8(4), 2023 | 10.1017/eis.2023.26 |
| Baumgart-Ochse, Claudia | Israel‘s Religious Soft Power: Within and Beyond Judaism | Mandaville, Peter (Hrsg.): The Geopolitics of Religious Soft Power. How States Use Religion in Foreign Policy, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023, 211-231 | |
| Driedger, Jonas J./Polianskii, Mikhail | Utility-Based Predictions of Military Escalation: Why Experts Forecasted Russia Would Not Invade Ukraine | Contemporary Security Policy (CSP), 44(4), 2023, 544–560 | 10.1080/13523260.2023.2259153 |
| Weipert-Fenner, Irene | Socioeconomic Reforms in Times of Political Transformation: Conflicts over the Political Economy in Egypt and Tunisia Post-2011 | Mediterranean Politics, 2023 | 10.1080/13629395.2023.2207428 |
| Witt, Antonia | Forging an African Union Identity: The Power of Experience | Global Studies Quarterly, 3(3), 2023 | 10.1093/isagsq/ksad052 |
| Schwab, Regine | Same Same but Different? Ideological Differentiation and Intra-Jihadist Competition in the Syrian Civil War | Journal of Global Security Studies, 8(1), 2023, 1–20 | 10.1093/jogss/ogac045 |
Completed Doctorates 2023
Dr Hande Abay Gaspar
The dissertation “Varianz salafistischer Radikalisierungsprozesse” by Hande Abay Gaspar examines, which social and political opportunity structures can promote or slow down violent radicalization and which mechanisms are triggered in the process.
Dr Ben Christian
In his doctoral thesis “‚Kritik von innen‘ in Internationalen Organisationen”, Ben Christian analyzes the culture of criticism in international organizations and showed the consequences for their oppressive handling of internal dissent and their organizational stability.
Dr Anton Peez
The doctoral project “International Sanctions in the 21st Century: Imposition, Domestic Consequences, and Target State Capacity” of Anton Peez draws on new data, methods and a more recent timeframe to investigate the impact of economic sanctions on democracy and human rights.
Dr Clara Auguste Süß
In her dissertation “Radicalization of the Marginalized? Dynamics of Islamist Radicalization in Tunisia post-2011”, Clara-Auguste Süß explores the connection between violent Islamist radicalization, marginalization and democratization in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
We Are PRIF
Staff
Composition by status groups/departments
Equal opportunities at PRIF
| Status group | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent research staff | 7 | 7 |
| Permanent staff in administration and science communication | 15 | 6 |
| Management functions in research | 7 | 5 |
| Management functions in administration and science communication | 1 | 2 |
| Fixed-term research staff | 29 | 24 |
| Fixed-term staff in administration and science communication | 10 | 6 |
| Doctoral students | 14 | 12 |
Global Network
Global network: International Cooperations, visiting fellows and research stays of PRIF in 2023.
data: Natural Earth/OpenStreetMap. Max Kohler/PRIF
Our visiting fellows in 2023
| Name | Institution | Land |
|---|---|---|
| Annika Björkdahl (Visiting professor) | Lund University | Sweden |
| Nicole Doerr (Visiting professor) | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| Gilbert Khadiagala (Visiting professor) | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
| Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl (Visiting professor) | Leiden University | Netherlands |
| Anindya Sekhar Purakayastha (Visiting professor) | Kazi Nazrul University | India |
| Mónica Chinchilla Adell | Universidad de Navarra | Spain |
| Christoph Humrich | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
| Alex Kuehl | American University | USA |
| Santiago López Álvarez | Rice University | United States |
| Jusaima Moaid-azm Peregrina | Universidad de Granada | Spain |
| Xie Peixuan | Peking University | China |
| Zhou Yiqi | Shanghai Institute for International Studies (SIIS) | China |
Sponsors
| Sponsors | Funded project |
|---|---|
| Adickes Foundation via Goethe University Frankfurt/GRADE | Grants for PhD students |
| Association of the Dioceses of Germany | Arms Export Report of the Joint Conference Church and Development 2022 |
| City of Frankfurt am Main | Debattierkünstler*innen (Debate Artists) |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | Elite Management and Ethnic Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | Everyday Political Subjectification and the Rise of Regressive Politics. Downward Mobility, Urbanization and the Production of Space in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | Democracy beyond Legitimate Coercion: Deadly Use of Force by the Police in the Philippines and Brazil |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | Legitimacy Policy through Dialogue Forums? Global Economic Institutions and their Critics |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | Local Perceptions of Regional Interventions: AU and ECOWAS in Burkina Faso and The Gambia |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) | A New Role for NATO – Walter Benjamin post |
| European Union | Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (Subprojects E-Learning Course on Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and EU Policies and EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Internships) |
| European Union – Horizon Europe | VORTEX – Coping with Varieties of Radicalization into Terrorism and Extremism |
| Federal Foreign Office | Doctoral program for young researchers in the areas of arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation |
| Federal Foreign Office | Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR) |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | African Non-Military Conflict Intervention Practices (ANCIP) – Special Envoys and Civil Society |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Compliance with and Enforcement of the Norms against CBW |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | KURI – Configurations of Social and Political Practices in Dealing with Radical Islam |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | RADIS – Transfer Project Social Causes and Effects of Radical Islam in Germany and Europe |
| Federal Ministry of Education and Research | Research Center Transformations of Political Violence (TraCe) |
| Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community | PrEval II: Evaluation Designs for Prevention Measures |
| Fondation Avec et Pour Autres | ACONA – Arms Control Negotiation Academy |
| Fondation Avec et Pour Autres | Coercion in Peacebuilding |
| German Foundation for Peace Research | Annual Conference 2023 |
| German Foundation for Peace Research | Effects and Modes of Effects of Humanitarian Military Interventions |
| German Foundation for Peace Research | Peace Report 2023 |
| Greenpeace Germany e.V. | Study: Foreign and Security Policy Justifications for German Arms Exports |
| Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts via Goethe University Frankfurt | ConTrust: Trust in Conflict |
| Humboldt Foundation | German Chancellor Fellowship |
| Leibniz Association | Drifting Apart: International Institutions in Crisis and the Management of Dissociation Processes |
| Leibniz Association | Leibniz Research Alliance “Value of the Past” |
| Leibniz Association | Leibniz Research Network “Environmental Crises – Crisis Environments” |
| Leibniz Association | Leibniz Research Network “Integrated Earth System Research” |
Organizational Chart
Board of Trustees
Head
Angela Dorn, Hessian Minister of State for Science and the Arts
(represented permanently by State Secretary Ayse Asar)
Members
- Boris Rhein, Minister-President of Hesse
- Ulrich Scharlack, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Dr Christina Norwig, Federal Ministry of Education and Research
- Mike Josef, Mayor of the City of Frankfurt
- Prof. Dr Enrico Schleiff, President of Goethe University Frankfurt
- Dr Paula Macedo Weiß
- Martin Kobler, ambassador (ret.)
Participants in the meetings in an advisory capacity:
- Prof. Dr Tanja Börzel, Chair of PRIF's Scientific Advisory Board
- Dr Niklas Schörnig, Chair of Research Council
Executive Board
Executive Director
Prof. Dr Nicole Deitelhoff
Deputy Director
Prof. Dr Christopher Daase
Administrative Director
Susanne Boetsch
Permanent board members
- Dr Claudia Baumgart-Ochse (interim)
- Dr Sabine Mannitz
- Prof. Dr Jonas Wolff
Members elected by Research Council
- Dr Caroline Fehl
- Dr Dirk Peters
Head of IT
- Lars Mausehund
Advisor to the Executive Board
- Dr Cosima Glahn
Scientific Advisor to the Executive Director
- Helena Hirschler
Research Council
Chair
Dr Niklas Schörnig
Vice Chairmanship
- Dr Daniel Mullis
- Dr Regine Schwab
Scientific Advisory Board
Chair
- Prof. Dr Tanja Börzel, Berlin
Vice Chairmanship
- Prof. Dr Bernhard Zangl, Munich
Members
- Prof. Dr Matthias Basedau, Hamburg
- Prof. Dr Annika Björkdahl, Lund
- Prof. Dr Benedikt Korf, Zurich
- Prof. Dr Charlotte Heath-Kelly, Warwick
- Prof. Dr Maria Rost Rublee, Melbourne
- Prof. Dr Arlene Trickner, Bogotá
- Prof. Dr Wolfgang Wagner, Amsterdam
- Prof. Dr Daniel Ziblatt, Berlin
Research Department 1International Security
Head
Prof. Dr Christopher Daase
RG Emerging Disruptive Technologies
Dr Niklas Schörnig (Co-Head)
EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium
- Prof. Dr Christopher Daase (Head)
- Dr Niklas Schörnig (Coordination)
RG Biological and Chemical Weapons Control
Dr Una Jakob (Co-Head)
Research Department 2International Institutions
Head
Prof. Dr Nicole Deitelhoff
RG Public International Law
Prof. Dr Thilo Marauhn (Head)
Leibniz Research Network (LRN) “Environmental Crises – Crisis Environments”
Dr Stefan Kroll (Coordination)
Research Department 3Transnational Politics
Head (interim)
Dr Claudia Baumgart-Ochse
RG Terrorism
- Prof. Dr Hanna Pfeifer (Head)
RG Radicalization
- Dr Hande Abay Gaspar (Head)
- Prof. Dr Julian Junk (Head)
Research Department 4Intrastate Conflict
Head
Prof. Dr Jonas Wolff
Network “External Democracy Promotion” (EDP)
Prof. Dr Jonas Wolff (Head)
RG Regime Competition
- Dr Irene Weipert-Fenner
- Dr Pascal Abb (Coordination)
Research Department 5Glocal Junctions
Head
Dr Sabine Mannitz
Junior Research Group African Intervention Politics
Dr Antonia Witt (Head)
Leibniz Research Alliance “Value of the Past”
Dr Sabine Mannitz (PRIF-Contact Person/PI)
Science Communication
Head
Dr Stefan Kroll
Head of Berlin Office
Dr Stefan Kroll (interim)
Head of Library
Dr Andreas Heinemann
Administration
Head
Susanne Boetsch
Library
Inventory
- 64,239 books, including 3,673 e-books; additional access to 40,000 more e-books. Access to over 1,300 electronic Journals in the field of Policial Science, also approximately 8,850 bound volumes of journals and over 70,000 documents of gray literature.
New acquisitions
- New acquisitions: 555 titles in print and 596 e-books
Open Access
- peer-reviewed journal articles in open access: 36, which means 88% could be published open access
- 1 monograph in open access.