Work in Progress

This is the English landing page of the Austrian "Büro für interdisziplinäre Friedensforschung und politische Psychologie" (BFIF) and its founder Franz Jedlicka.

Updates will mostly be published on the following platforms:

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Franz-Jedlicka
• www.facebook.com/peacebuilding.pm 
• www.x.com/peace_studies_ 
• www.instagram.com/franz.jedlicka ,
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/franz-jedlicka/ 
• https://sdg16.podbean.com (Podcast with English and German episodes)
• https://www.xing.com/profile/Franz_Jedlicka021711 
• https://youtube.com/@peacestudies 

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

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

What is Peace Mainstreaming?

Peace mainstreaming, a term coined by peace researcher Franz Jedlicka, is a long-term peace strategy that should be implemented within a country if the political forces within that country strive to make it more stable and peaceful. However, it is not a method of conflict resolution between two countries.

On the one hand, peace mainstreaming means recognizing and reducing violence, oppression and discrimination in all areas of society. On the other hand, it means promoting a culture of empathy by propagating and practising the principle of non-violent conflict resolution in all areas of society. Furthermore, peaceful ideals of masculinity must be promoted.

Most important for the first area is a ban on all forms of violence, starting with the ban on violence in child-rearing and violence against women (Legislation-Peace Nexus). For the second part, it is important to make known and practice communication models that are characterized by attentive listening (e.g. empathy circles). This is the only way to recognize human suffering and provide appropriate help. Non-violent masculinity can be achieved by promoting active fatherhood, but also by increasing the number of men in social and healthcare professions (caring masculinities).

Translations in other languages will be published on https://franzjedlicka.wordpress.com  and https://sites.google.com/view/peace-studies/ 

What is the Legislation-Peace Nexus?

 .. read more in this article.

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