International Journal of Conflict and Violence
Encyclopedia
The International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV) is an open access interdisciplinary
scientific journal
covering conflict
- and violence
-research.
The journal is sponsored by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
(Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung, IKG) and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). It is published twice a year in English since 2007. The journal encompasses contributions from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, education, social psychology, criminology, ethnology, history, political philosophy, urban studies, economics, and the study of religions.
Interdisciplinarity
Interdisciplinarity involves the combining of two or more academic fields into one single discipline. An interdisciplinary field crosses traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought, as new needs and professions have emerged....
scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
covering conflict
War
War is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
- and violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...
-research.
The journal is sponsored by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence at Bielefeld University is a research center concentrated on theoretical and empirical analyses of both constructive and destructive conflicts and their consequences.The institute publishes the International Journal of Conflict and...
(Institut für interdisziplinäre Konflikt- und Gewaltforschung, IKG) and the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG). It is published twice a year in English since 2007. The journal encompasses contributions from a wide range of disciplines including sociology, political science, education, social psychology, criminology, ethnology, history, political philosophy, urban studies, economics, and the study of religions.
Editors
- Wilhelm HeitmeyerWilhelm HeitmeyerWilhelm Heitmeyer is a German academic, sociologist, administrator and Professor of Socialisation at Bielefeld University in Germany.-Career:Heitmeyer specializes in the research on right-wing extremism and on group-focused enmity....
, Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld UniversityBielefeld University is a university in Bielefeld, Germany. Founded in 1969, it is one of the country's newer universities, and considers itself a "reform" university, following a different style of organization and teaching than the established universities...
, Germany - Douglas S. Massey, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, United States - Steven F. Messner, University of Albany, NY, United States
- James Sidanius, Harvard University, United States
- Michel WieviorkaMichel WieviorkaMichel Wieviorka is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change....
, École des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesÉcole des Hautes Études en Sciences SocialesThe École des hautes études en sciences sociales is a leading French institution for research and higher education, a Grand Établissement. Its mission is research and research training in the social sciences, including the relationship these latter maintain with the natural and life sciences...
, France
Advisory Board
- Daniel Bar-TalDaniel Bar-TalDaniel Bar-Tal is an Israeli academic, author and Branco Weiss Professor of Research in Child Development and Education at School of Education, Tel Aviv University.-Early life:...
, Tel Aviv University, Israel - Tore Bjørgo, Norwegian Police University College, Oslo, Norway
- Ronald Crelinsten, University of Victoria, Canada
- Robert D. Crutchfield, University of Washington, United States
- Donatella della PortaDonatella della PortaDonatella della Porta is a professor of political science and sociology, known for her research in the areas of social movements, corruption, political violence and political sociology....
, European University Institute, Firenze, Italy - Julia Eckert, University of Bern, Switzerland
- Manuel Eisner, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Richard B. Felson, Pennsylvania State University, United States
- Gideon Fishman, University of Haifa, Israel
- Ted Robert GurrTed Robert GurrTed Robert Gurr is one of the world’s leading authorities on political conflict and instability. His book Why Men Rebel emphasized the importance of social psychological factors and ideology as root sources of political violence...
, University of Maryland, United States - Heinz-Gerhard HauptHeinz-Gerhard HauptHeinz-Gerhard Haupt was born 1943. Since 1998 he is professor of Social History at Faculty of History, Theology, and Philosophy, Bielefeld University .-Academia:...
, University of Bielefeld, Germany - Miles HewstoneMiles HewstoneMiles Hewstone is a leading social psychologist who is well-known for his work on social relations.He graduated from the University of Bristol in 1978 and then moved to the University of Oxford from which he obtained a D.Phil. in social psychology in 1981. He pursued post-doctoral work at the...
, University of Oxford, United Kingdom - Rowell HuesmannRowell HuesmannRowell Huesmann is the Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Psychology and Research Professor in the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan. He is currently Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics in ISR and head of the Aggression...
, University of Michigan, United States - Barbara Krahé, University of Potsdam, Germany
- Gary LaFreeGary LaFreeGary LaFree is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Maryland and the director of the National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism . His main areas of expertise are sociology, criminology, race and crime, and terrorism.-Education:LaFree...
, University of Maryland, United States - Didier Lapeyronnie, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France
- Jens LudwigJens LudwigJens Ludwig is the lead guitarist and co-founderof the German power metal band Edguy. Jens has played nearly all the band's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up other than Tobias Sammet to have any songwriting credits...
, University of Chicago, United States - Jitka Malečková, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic
- Nonna Mayer, Centre de Recherches Politiques de Sciences Po, Paris, France
- Herfried MünklerHerfried MünklerHerfried Münkler is Professor of Political Theory at Humboldt University in Berlin. Münkler is a regular commentator on global affairs in the German media and author of numerous books on the history of political ideas, on state building and on the theory of war, such as "Machiavelli" , "Gewalt und...
, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany - Friedhelm Neidhardt, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany
- Thomas PettigrewThomas PettigrewThomas Joseph Pettigrew , sometimes known as "Mummy" Pettigrew, was a surgeon and antiquarian who became an expert on Ancient Egyptian mummies...
, University of California Santa Cruz, United States - Leung Ping-kwan, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Ekaterina Stepanova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation
- Helmut Thome, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
- Loïc WacquantLoïc WacquantLoïc Wacquant is a sociologist, specializing in urban sociology, urban poverty, racial inequality, the body, social theory and ethnography....
, University of California, Berkeley, United States - Jorge ValaJorge ValaJorge Vala, PhD in Social Psychology, University of Louvain , was a full professor at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, and is currently a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences /University of Lisbon.-Research focus:...
, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - Ulrich Wagner, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
- Abebe Zegeye, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Andreas ZickAndreas ZickAndreas Zick was born 1962. He is currently professor of Socialization and Conflict Research at Faculty of Education Science, .-Academia:Andreas Zick is Professor for Socialization and Conflict Research at the Faculty of Education Science at the University of Bielefeld, Germany...
, University of Bielefeld, Germany