Since 2016, NeFKÖ has developed into a pluralistic network bringing together people engaged in peace and conflict research and peacebuilding in Austria. Its members work at universities and other higher education institutions, in educational institutions and associations, non-governmental organisations and the public sector, or as self-employed professionals and private individuals. They work across disciplines and through interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, across generations and with a forward-looking perspective.
NeFKÖ’s overarching aim is to promote peace and conflict research and high-quality peacebuilding by civilian actors in Austria. A central guiding principle in both its engagement with peacebuilding and the development of practical initiatives is the close connection between theory and practice. In this context, NeFKÖ’s activities provide a space for exchange and cooperation, where participants can connect and develop their existing areas of focus, as well as support and advance new ones.
At the organisational centre of the network is its annual conference, which is prepared by an organising team newly constituted each year. From this central point of exchange and connection, further collaborations develop among participants and with related initiatives outside the network.
To learn more about NeFKÖ’s work, interested individuals can join the mailing list, where information about projects and publications on research and practice in peace and conflict transformation is shared. Once subscribed, members can reach everyone on the list by sending an email to nefkoe-post(at)googlegroups.com. The list is administered and kept up to date. For further questions: maximilian.lakitsch(at)uni-graz.at
The organisations and institutions currently represented in the network include:
- Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Stadtschlaining
- Conflict, Peace and Democracy Cluster, University of Graz
- Friedensbüro, Salzburg
- Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation
- International Institute for Peace, Vienna
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Austrian Branch, Vienna
- Shabka, Vienna
- Centre for Peace Research and Peace Education, University of Klagenfurt
Watch here our latest annual meeting at Friedensbüro Salzburg.
