CENTER FOR PEACE MEDIATION

​The Center for Peace Mediation is a small university-based institution for applied research in peace and conflict studies specializing on mediation in political conflicts and peace processes.

The Center is active in the areas of ​Research & Analysis, Academic Teaching, Facilitation & Support and ​Policy & Strategy.

The Center is part of the Institute for Conflict Management at European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany, and home to an interdisciplinary team of scholar-practitioners.

​Since 2018, the CPM is running a Research and Transfer Project on Peace Mediation with and at the Federal Foreign Office.

​The Center explores and supports the practice of peace mediation with the aim to enable it to be more effective, reflective and responsible.

One of the Center`s main characteristics is its transfer approach, which is based on close collaboration between science, practice and policy and stimulates joint reflection, mutual learning and support of each others`work in and on peace mediation.

A special focus of its research activities is to seek for constructive ways to deal with the dilemmas of peace mediation. In its teaching, training and consultancy for diplomats, political decision-makers and civil society actors the Center interlinks methods, ethics and legal dimensions of peace mediation.

Upcoming

Publications

• 23/24 Aug 18: Workshop at Transsectoral PeaceLab. Looking for Hybrid Solutions to Hybrid Conflicts: Academia, Civil Society, and the Arts at Viadrina
• Nov 18: Authors‘ Workshop „Rethinking Peace Mediation“ in New York City. Here you can find the Call for Papers.
  

​Past

• 24-25 May/19 Jun 18: Kolloquium Normative Dimensionen internationaler Streitbeilegung: Friedensmediation in der Ukrainekrise in Theorie und Praxis an der Bucerius Law School
• 23-27 Apr 18: Training and Problem Solving Workshop at German Federal Foreign Office Diplomacy & Peace Mediation in Action
• 12-16 Mar 18: Module 2 in MAS Mediation in Peace Processes at ETH Zürich
• 14/15 Feb 18: Kick-Off Workshop B/ORDERS IN MOTION Research Project Tough Choices: Dilemmas and Decisions in Peacemaking
• 14 Dec 17: Presentation of Research Findings Track III Dialogues in Ukraine at MinTOT, Kiev/Ukraine
• 29 Nov 17: Presentation of Research Findings and expert discussion Track III Dialogues in Ukraine in cooperation with zif

• 10 Nov 17: Presentation of Research Findings Track III Dialogues in Ukraine at Childfund study visit program
• 15/16 Nov 17: Workshops Viadrina Days of Conflict (management) 
  ​at European University Viadrina
• 24-25 Oct 17:  Workshop on Method, Multitrack and Mindsets Training for International Diplomats, German Federal Foreign Office at Regional Network Meeting, Kiev/Ukraine
• 5 Oct 17: Presentation of Research Findings Track III Dialogues in Ukraine at OSCE, Ukraine​

• AK Curriculum und Didaktik der AFK (2018): Mitteilung an den Wissenschaftsrat zur Evaluation der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in Deutschland und Österreich
• Kyselova, Kraus, Kirchhoff, von Dobeneck (2017):  Track III Dialogues in Ukraine: Full ​Research Report
• Kirchhoff/Kraus (2017): Mediation in internationalen Konflikten und Friedensprozessen. In: eds. Trenczek/Berning/Lenz, Mediation und Konfliktmanagement. 2. überarb. Aufl. 
• IMSD (2017): Friedensmediation in den Koalitionsvertrag integrieren. Eine Positionierung der Initiative Mediation Support.
• IMSD/Auswärtiges Amt (2017): Normativer Bezugsrahmen und völkerrechtliche Grundlagen der Friedensmediation. 
  ​Nr. 5 der Fact Sheet-Reihe Friedensmediation und Mediation Support 
  
• ​Kyselova/von Dobeneck (2017): Track III Dialogues in Ukraine: Major Patterns and Resulting Risks. Research-based Policy Paper. CPM/KMA Research project. Ukrainian version.
• Kerber/Kraus (ed.) (2017): Dialogue in Odessa, Ukraine. Findings and suggestions based on a series of interviews with local dialogue actors, carried out in Odessa in 2015/Ukrainian version.​
• Kraus/Kirchhoff/Mason (2017): Safe Spaces: Mapping the Red Lines in Peacemakers' Trade-Offs. Research Outline 
• ​Federal Foreign Office/IMSD (2017): Basics of Mediation: Concepts and Definitions. Fact Sheet Series Peace Mediation and Mediation Support.
• ​IMSD/Auswärtiges Amt (2016): 
  Konfliktanalyse und Mediation Entry Points. 
  ​Nr. 4 der Fact Sheet-Reihe Friedensmediation und Mediation Support 
• IMSD/Auswärtiges Amt (2016): 
  Die Rollen und Beiträge von Staaten im Bereich Friedensmediation. 
  Nr. 3 der Fact Sheet-Reihe Friedensmediation und Mediation Support 
• IMSD/Auswärtiges Amt (2016): 
  Die Rollen und Beiträge von multilateralen und nichtstaatlichen Akteuren im Bereich Friedensmediation. Nr. 2 der Fact Sheet-Reihe Friedensmediation und Mediation Support
• IMSD/Auswärtiges Amt (2016): Grundlagen der Mediation: Konzepte und Definitionen.
  ​Nr. 1 der Fact Sheet-Reihe Friedensmediation und Mediation Support