What do the citizens of Hamburg perceive as a crisis? Where and in what ways do crises affect their areas of life – and how do citizens deal with that? This is what the IFSH researchers want to find…

In many societies, individuals, informal groups or self-organised associations contribute to peacebuilding from below, e.g. in everyday conflicts such as inter-ethnic disputes, disputes over resources…

Spectacular ransomware attacks made the headlines during the pandemic, epitomising the growing threat of cybercrime. The headlines are rife with private corporations falling prey to some form of…

For decades, interventions into the Earth system to prevent the most severe consequences of climate change were the stuff of science fiction novels or computer simulations. Meantime, however,…

Criminal cyber-attacks have become one of the greatest security threats, with potentially enormous economic as well as dramatic socio-political consequences. In order to contain these risks, UN…