Konfliktdynamik

This article focuses, firstly, on the differentiation between various target groups of hostility, thereby addressing the question of the extent to which hostile attitudes toward the religion of Islam and toward Muslim individuals are identical....

The basis for all considerations in this article is that conflicts have a communicative life of their own that cannot be controlled by humans but can be influenced (Eidenschink 2023). If we further assume that leadership is a term that means...

Music festivals are culturally, socially, and economically significant events that, as temporary organizations, operate under unique conditions. Their dynamic structures, diverse stakeholder relations, and short-term employment patterns generate...

Power imbalances which result from social discrimination have not been given sufficient attention up to now in the German mediation profession. Because they can affect every mediation, an anti-discriminatory attitude should not be limited to special...

The article addresses the phenomenon of institutional racism. It outlines an analytical framework that can be used to assess an organization’s specific risk of institutional racism. Such risk profiles can be purposefully applied in the planning of...

This article explores the challenges and prerequisites of anti-racist organizational development (AROD) in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It analyzes why symbolic actions often fail, how structural resistance manifests, and what roles leadership...

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) according to Marshall Rosenberg is increasingly recognised as a resource for international conflict transformation. This focus article explores its potential not merely as a communication technique, but as an attitude...

How can conflicts between younger and older people be resolved? And how can we establish new forms of dialogue between different generations? As a social lab, GenerationenCampus25 explores new forms of intergenerational work at the municipal level....

Julia von Dobeneck sheds light on the methodological and factual differences between diplomacy and mediation in a conversation with the former German ambassador Rüdiger König. They discuss how to deal with self-interests of mediating states, the...

Since the 1990s, peace mediation has become highly professionalized and differentiated from traditional diplomacy. Influenced by the liberal peace paradigm, a norm-based approach dominated for a long time by primarily Western actors, and favored by...