Programme for the AFK Colloquium now online!
The programme for the AFK Colloquium 2026 is now online. Once again, we have succeeded in putting together a very diverse and exciting programme for the colloquium.
German Association for Peace and Conflict Research
The German Association for Peace and Conflict Research (AFK) is a scientific association that brings together peace researchers from a wide range of disciplines in German-speaking countries. Its interdisciplinary nature is reflected in the various areas that deal with the concepts of peace and conflict and extend far beyond political science. In particular, the AFK promotes academic work, concepts and models that are intended to contribute to an understanding of the causes and consequences of war and peace. In this way, a broad multidisciplinary basis can be created for a political practice orientated towards peaceful coexistence.
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Forest conservation: From conflict to peace. Environmental peacebuilding perspectives from Liberia, Braziland Cambodia
Forest conservation carries both conflict risks while offers powerful pathways to environmental peacebuilding, where resource conflicts are transformed into opportunities for cooperation. When implemented with conflict sensitivity, these initiatives...
Online Workshop on Abuse of Power in Academia
SAVE THE DATE: Workshop on Abuse of Power in Academia: Online-Workshop on a protection concept for the AFK 28 October 2025; 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. In the online...
Colloquium
The annual AFK Colloquium are a particularly important event for German-speaking peace and conflict research and are an integral part of the AFK’s work. In addition to academic exchange, they serve in particular to raise public awareness of the approaches and content of peace and conflict research. The individual colloquia each focus on a highly relevant topic and thus indirectly address social dynamics.
Promotion of young scholars
Young AFK
The Young AFK Working Group is aimed at all researchers who are active in the interdisciplinary field of peace and conflict research.
In this context, ‘young academics’ refers to all researchers across all generations who have only been working in the field for a short time.
The AFK prize for upcoming scholars
The Christiane Rajewsky Prize is aimed at young academics who have made an outstanding contribution to peace and conflict research through their research. One master’s thesis and one dissertation are honoured.