Centre for International Relations/Peace and Conflict Research (CIRP)

History

CIRP was founded in 1991 by Volker Rittberger to provide a focal point and administrative frame for research on international politics and peace and conflict in Tübingen. It built on the earlier Tübingen Peace Research Group (TPRG) - Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung Tübingen (AGFF), which had been set up in 1968. From 1987 to 2008, CIRP published the Tübingen Working Papers for International Politics and Peace Research (TAPIR). Since 2008, Thomas Diez and Andreas Hasenclever are co-directors of CIRP.

Mission

CIRP’s main contribution is the combination of peace and conflict studies with the broader field of International Relations, and the interdisciplinary exchange with International Law, Sociology and other relevant fields. CIRP is interested in the application of International Relations Theory to the analysis of conflict, conceptual questions of peace and conflict, and the impact of conflicts and a changing global environment on international order. CIRP’s research fields are reflected in Tübingen’s MA Programme in Peace Research and International Relations.

Past and Current Projects

Current Projects

Cohesion through Security? Discourses, Interactions and Practices of European Cohesion in the Field of Security (ZUSE) Subproject: Through Security to European Identity? Threat and identity construction in EU discourse.

Start date - January 1, 2021

Project led by Thomas Diez, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research.

Transformation of Violence-Centered Masculinities After Armed Conflict.

Period: 1 October 2019 – 30 September 2023

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever, together with Prof. Abels, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

The Struggle for International Order - Arms Control in the United Nations System.

Start date - 1 July, 2019

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever, together with Prof. von Bernstorff. This subproject is part of the project "Threatened Orders", funded by the the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Past Projects

GLOBUS Reconsidering European Contributions to Global Justice

Period: 1 June 2016 – 31 May 2020

International research project funded by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Union. Researchers: Thomas Diez, Bettina Ahrens, Franz von Lucke.

Local orders under threat from land grabbing – Global civil society and international law as curse or blessing? (Sub-Project F07, Project Area F).

Period: 2015 - June 2019
Project led by Andreas Hasenclever. Funded by the DFG.

The EU, Regional Conflicts and the Promotion of Regional Cooperation: A Successful Strategy for a Global Challenge? (RegioConf)

Period: 1 January 2013 - 2015

Funded by Compagnia di San Paolo, through the programme “Europe and Global Challenges” together with Volkswagenstiftung and Riksbankens Jubileumsfondet. Tübingen researchers: Thomas Diez and Eva Scherwitz.

The Securitisation of Climate Change – Actors, Processes, Consequences (ClimaSec)

Period: 1 October 2012 - 2015

Funded by German Science Foundation (DFG). Project Staff: Thomas Diez, Franz von Lucke, Zehra Wellmann.

SFB 923 -C05 Threatened Political Orders in African Developing Countries

Period: July 2011 - June 2015

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever. Funded by the DFG.

Mediation and Peacebuilding through Churches and Church-related Organizations in the Context of Conflict and Violence

Period: 2011 - 2012

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever. Funded by German Church Development Service (EED).

Security management between Democracies

Period: October 2007 - September 2009

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever. Funded by DFG.

The international organization of democratic peace

Period: February 2005 - January 2007

Project led by Andreas Hasenclever. Funded by DSF.

"German foreign policy after unification. Realistic forecasts put to the test."
Period: 1997 - 1999
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Research Foundation.

"The Effects of International Regimes: the Influence of Distributional Benefits on the Robustness of Conflict Settlements"
Period: 1993 - 1998
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Research Foundation.

"The Importance of International Regimes as Institutes for the Nonviolent Treatment of the East-West Conflict"
Period: 1986 - 1992
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Research Foundation.

"Possibilities and limits of international disarmament and arms control administration: The case of OPANAL".
Period: 1983 - 1985
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Society for Peace and Conflict Research/German Research Foundation.

"Possibilities for strengthening disarmament policy planning capacity in the Federal Republic of Germany".
Period: 1978 - 1980
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Society for Peace and Conflict Research.

"Constitutional Framework of Disarmament Policy under the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany".
Period: 1974 - 1975
Project led by Volker Rittberger. Funded by German Society for Peace and Conflict Research.