WG5 Europe and Peace & Security
The Russian war against Ukraine has disrupted long-standing expectations about the durability of peace on the European continent – and about Europe’s continuing ability to foster peace abroad. This Working Group investigates the changing role of Europe in promoting peace in the world and will examine how peace research can contribute to designing better policies for peace in Europe and abroad. This Working Group will investigate the reverberations of current insecurities on the European peace and security architecture, its institutional landscape and the future of regional security organizations, how Europe can cope with authoritarian contestation within its own borders and globally in the field of peacebuilding, European peacebuilding efforts abroad as well as the future of European integration and what the future role of Europe in dealing with crises and promoting peace in the wake of the war in Ukraine can plausibly be.
Co-leadership:
Holger Niemann is co-leader of working group 5 “Europe, peace & security” and a member of the leadership team of CA PEACE. He is a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH). Holger Niemann’s research focuses on the global and regional ordering processes of peace and security, international norms and practices, the United Nations and European peace and security orders. He is also working on participatory research methods and the relationship between science and society.
Prof. Dr. Ursula Schroeder is Director of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH) and Professor of Political Science at University of Hamburg, Germany. Previously, she was a Professor of International Security at Free University Berlin. Her research explores the transformation of peace and security orders in a world of multiple crises. She currently leads research and knowledge exchange projects on German peacebuilding and stabilization efforts, the effects of climate change on security, and on the politics of protection in a new era. She completed her PhD at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.
