page_title: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt
section_title: Research departments
hierarchical_section_title: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt / Research departments
caption_attribution_description: English: Welcome area.
context_page_description: The Peace Research Institute Frankfurt is a research institute in Frankfurt am Main focused on violent international and internal conflicts and research of conditions for and promotion of the concept of peace. With over 90 employees, PRIF is one of the largest peace research institutes in Germany.
  The Think Tank for Peace Research and International Relations was established in 1970 as an independent foundation under public law by the State Government of Hesse. PRIF conducts knowledge-oriented basic research, analyses the causes of violent international and internal conflicts, and researches the conditions of peace.
  One of PRIF's most essential tasks involves making the findings of the institute’s basic research on the causes of conflicts and violence useful for the practice of developing peace. PRIF provides knowledge and recommendations to public and policy makers.
  The research institute's library is open to the public and has an extensive collection of specialised literature on peace and conflict research. Institution cooperates with higher education institutions with especially close links to Goethe University Frankfurt and Technische Universität Darmstadt.
context_section_description: Central research topics and perspectives include:
  •	Arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation
  •	International organizations, international law and normative orders
  •	Non-state violent actors, transnational corporations, civil society
  •	Radicalization and political violence
  •	Intrastate conflicts, organization and transformation of political rule
  •	Globalization and local life-worlds
  
  Research at PRIF is mainly structured by its research programmes. With its programme-bound research, PRIF combines basic research that encompasses the entire institute with applied research and its practical implementation.
  Since 2018, the Institute's "Peace and Coercion" research programme has focused on the ambivalent relationship between coercion and the establishment and maintenance of peace.
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