Center for Peace Mediation

CENTER FOR PEACE MEDIATION

The Center for Peace Mediation is a small practice-oriented research institution in the field of Applied Peace & Conflict Studies based at European University Viadrina. The Center researches, supports and teaches mediation, dialogue and decision-making in peace processes and polarized societies.

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

Since 2018, the CPM is running the Mediation Hub, a research and transfer project on peace mediation with and at the Federal Foreign Office.

In its research, support and teaching, the Center seeks to enable the mediation practice of diplomats, political decision-makers and civil society actors to be more effective, reflective and responsible.

The Center`s activities are driven by critical scientific analysis, hands-on methodological skills and an explicit societal impetus.

A red thread running through all of the Center`s activities is to seek creative, yet responsible ways to deal with the multiple dilemmas in peace mediation and political decision making.

News

Blog Post on Alternativen zu Afghanistan - Runder Tisch Friedensmediation diskutiert Deutschlands Potenzial als Vermittlungsakteur in Viadrina Logbuch
Out Now: Peace Mediation in Germany's Foreign Policy. Uniting Method, Power and Politics (Holper/Kirchhoff)
Interview Naher Osten, ferner Frieden? Ein mediationsmethodischer Blick auf den Nahost-Konflikt (Holper/Kirchhoff) in Viadrina Logbuch
Out Now: Article on Normen als Ordnungsrahmen der Friedensmediation (Holper/Kirchhoff/Würkert) in Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Upcoming

27 Oct 21: Online-Dialog Wie sehen Sie das Nr. 2 "Gegeneinander - Nebeneinander - Miteinander: Wie wollen wir in unserer Doppelstadt zusammenleben?"

27 Oct 21: Online-Dialog Wie sehen Sie das Nr. 2 "Gegeneinander - Nebeneinander - Miteinander: Wie wollen wir in unserer Doppelstadt zusammenleben?"
29-30 Nov 21: Module "Conflict Prevention and Management" in Master of International Law and Humanitarian Law, LL.M.
19 Jan 22: B/orders in Motion Research Factory „Bis hierhin und nicht weiter? Das Dilemma der ´roten Linie` in Friedensvermittlungen“
11-12 Feb 22: Vortrag "Wider den Konsens: Agonistische Dialoge in sich polarisierenden Gesellschaften" auf der Tagung „Widerspruch. Tagung „Widerspruch!? Medien, Praktiken und Räume des Widersprechens“ der Isa Lohmann-Siems Stiftung

Podcasts

PeacebyPeace · S3E4 | Deutschland & Friedensmediation (Teil 1): Zwischen Methodik, Macht und Politik

PeacebyPeace · S3E5 | Deutschland & Friedensmediation (Teil 2): Interview mit Niels Annen

In two PeacebyPeace Podcast episodes Sarah Brockmeier discusses Germany's role in peace mediation with Niels Annen, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and Dr. Anne Holper, Julia von Dobeneck and Prof. Dr. Lars Kirchhoff from the Center for Peace Mediation on the occasion of releasing the volume Friedensmediation. Spannungsfeld aus Methodik, Macht und Politik / Peace Mediation in Germany´s Foreign Politicy. Uniting Method, Power and Politics

Past

13-17 Sep 21: Peace Mediation & Crisis Diplomacy in Action Course 2021 Mediation and Dialogue in Polarized and Divided Societies in cooperation with the Training Academy for International Diplomats of the German Federal Foreign Office
2 Sep 21: Konferenz "30 Jahre Weimarer Dreieck: Die gemeinsame Gestaltungskraft von Deutschland, Frankreich und Polen für Europa neu entfalten“ in Kooperation der Viadrina mit dem Centre Marc Bloch und der Stiftung Genshagen
25 Aug 21: Round Table "Germany as Peace Mediation Actor 2021 & Beyond", hosted by Berghof Foundation & Center for Peace Mediation
24 Jun 21: Workshop "Dilemmas in Mediation Processes" at swisspeace Summer School: Ukraine - Opportunities and Challenges for Dialogue
13 Apr 21: Seminar "Forget Consensus, Embrace Agonism?" at Corridors Programm with Mediation and Dialogue Research Centre, Kiev Mohyla Academy
18 Mar 21: Workshop "Dilemmata in politischen Krisen und Konflikten: Eine Navigationshilfe" at German Association for Peace and Conflict Studies Conference 2021
24 Feb 21: Online-Dialogue "Wie sehen Sie das?" Online-Austausch zur Corona-Situation in Frankfurt (Oder)
4 Feb 21: Paper Presentation "This far and no further?" Dynamics of Red Lines in Peacemaking at Swiss Political Science Association Conference 2021
17-18 Dec 20: Module on Conflict Prevention and Management in Master of International Law and Humanitarian Law, LL.M.
9 Nov 20: Online Peaceland Talk "Inclusion Dilemmas in Peacebuilding & Dialogue in Ukraine", Mediation & Dialogue Research Center, Kyiv Mohyla Academy, Ukraine
5 Nov 20: Contribution to European Science Diplomacy Online Conference
26 Oct 20: Mediation & Dialogue Workshops at Ukraine Calling
17-18 Sep 20: Mediation Workshop at Mercator Fellowship on International Affairs
11 Sep 20: Input to Panel "Multi-track EU Mediation – Voices from the Field on Opportunities & Challenges" at Conference Mediation as a key CFSP Instrument of the German Council Presidency

31 Aug-4 Sep 20: Peace Mediation & Crisis Diplomacy in Action Course 2020: Mediation Responses to Conflicts in Times of Corona with Training Academy for International Diplomats of German Federal Foreign Office
25 Aug 20: Workshop on Conflict Mediation in the Context of Diversity at Viadrinicum 2020: Transsectoral Lab: (Post-)Migration. (Dis-)Integrative Encounters

Publications

Holper/Kirchhoff (eds.) (2021): Peace Mediation in Germany`s Foreign Policy. Uniting Method, Power and Politics
Holper/Kirchhoff/Würkert (2021): Normen als Ordnungsrahmen der Friedensmediation.
Holper/Kirchhoff (2021): Rethinking the Professionalisation of Peace Mediation.
Holper/Kyselova (2020): Inclusion Dilemmas in Peacebuilding and Dialogues in Ukraine.
Holper/Kirchhoff (2020): (Dys-)Functions and Potentials of Norms as a Guidance System for Peace Mediators.
Holper/Kirchhoff (eds.) (2020): Friedensmediation - Spannungsfeld aus Methodik, Macht und Politik.
Holper/Kirchhoff/Leschinski/Röder/Vogt/von Dobeneck/Walter-Drop (2020): Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on fragile contexts and foreign policy instruments / Auswirkungen der Covid-19 Pandemie auf fragile Kontexte und außenpolitische Instrumente
IMSD (2020): Konzept Friedensmediation in die außenpolitische Praxis umsetzen! Stellungnahme für den Unterausschuss Zivile Krisenprävention, Konfliktbearbeitung & vernetztes Handeln
Kraus (now Holper)/Frazer/Kirchhoff/Kyselova/Mason/Palmiano Federer (2019): Dilemmas and Trade-Offs in Peacemaking: A Framework for Navigating Difficult Decisions.
Federal Foreign Office/IMSD (2019): Methodology and communication tools in peace mediation.
Federal Foreign Office/IMSD (2019): The normative framework and the international legal basis of peace mediation.
Kirchhoff/Kraus (now Holper)(2018): "...es lassen sich, wie so oft in Konflikten, zwei komplett unterschiedliche Geschichte erzählen".
Kraus (now Holper)/Kyselova (2018): Doing Action Research on Dialogues in Ukraine.
AK Curriculum und Didaktik der AFK (2018): Mitteilung an den Wissenschaftsrat zur Evaluation der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung in Deutschland und Österreich