PEACE STUDIES

Work in Progress

This is the English blog of the Austrian "Büro für interdisziplinäre Friedensforschung und politische Psychologie" (BFIF) and its founder Franz Jedlicka. It is still work in progress.

Meanwhile you can follow our work on the following pages / social profiles:

The German websites (we are located in Austria) and and social links are:

www.friedensforschung.com (main website: "Büro für interdisziplinäre Friedensforschung")
www.twitter.com/franz_jedlicka
https://www.youtube.com/@friedensforschung
www.instagram.com/friedensforschung ,
www.xing.com/pages/buero-fuer-interdisziplinaere-friedensforschung

Culture of Violence Scale

The Culture of Violence Scale is a tool for estimating the acceptance of violence within societies.

According to our research - and based on the theories of Johan Galtung - wars in the 21st century are only started by countries / societies where violence is accepted in other societal areas as well: In the upbringing of children (corporal punishment), in the treatment of women (domestic violence), the acceptance of capital punishment (the death penalty), to name a few factors.

You can find it on Researchgate and on LinkedIn (free downloads)

A good article about our work ..

.. was published on PRESSENZA.com in May 2023.
Your can read it >> HERE

What is peace mainstreaming?

Peace researcher Franz Jedlicka sometimes uses the term "Peace Mainstreaming" to explain which aspects must be taken into account to build or foster sustainable peace . or: to build a "culture of peace":

a legal ban of child corporal punishment
outlawing judicial corporal punishment
outlawing the death penalty (capital punishment)
a legal ban of domestic violence against women
measures for gender equality
outlawing discrimination of LGBTIQ+ persons
reducing violence in the media

And, most likely: secularization.

Austrian Forum for Peace 2023

Franz Jedlicka, founder of the BFIF (Office for Interdisciplinary Peace Studies, located in Austria) will also participate in the upcoming Austrian Forum for Peace in the Peace Castle Stadtschlaining (Burgenland Region of Austria).

Hopefully there will be a chance to talk about his research focusing on the linkage between a widespread domestic violence (against children and women) in the countries of the world and their tendency to be involved in armed conflicts.