Working groups and Initiatives at the Institute for Political Science

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK) is an independent and interdisciplinary registered association located at the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University.

Founded in 1991, the HIIK is dedicated to the distribution of knowledge over the emergence, course, and settlement of interstate, intrastate, and substate political conflicts.

The Conflict Barometer is published annually and contains current research findings for each given year. Furthermore, the HIIK updates and maintains the conflict database CONTRA.

To find out more about the Conflict Barometer and its related work as well as the underlying methodology, please visit our website at www.hiik.de/en/.

Contact

Heidelberger Institut für Internationale Konfliktforschung e. V.
c/o Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
Bergheimer Straße 58
69115 Heidelberg
E-Mail: info@hiik.de
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIIKeV/
Website: www.hiik.de

The Forum for international Security (FiS) is a platform founded in the spring of 2009 for initiatives and institutions, as well as for individuals, who are interested in the exchange of information on current issues relating to international security and who would like to obtain new insight into topics through interdisciplinary dialogue. The goal of this organization is to connect different institutions and people who engage in the study of foreign and security policy, conflict research, and international law.

A special emphasis is placed upon the interdisciplinary exchange between science or research and practical applications. To guarantee this exchange, the FiS organizes, in addition to its individual events, the annual “Heidelberger Dialogue for International Security”.

Further information can be found on the FiS website.

Contact

Forum für internationale Sicherheit Heidelberg e.V.
c/o Institut für Politische Wissenschaft
Bergheimer Straße 58
69115 Heidelberg
E-Mail: info@fis-hd.de
Social Links: https://linktr.ee/fisheidelberg

The Student Association for Foreign and Security Policy Heidelberg (ASH) is a non-partisan student association promoting a deeper academic discussion of current topics in security and foreign policy at Heidelberg University.

 As a member of the (national) Academic Association for Security Studies (BSH), we are part of the largest network for future professionals in security policy in Germany. 

We organize excursions, lectures, and seminars/workshops with a special focus on training exercises in cooperation with national and international partners, in which we simulate crisis rooms and inter-NGO cooperation. We also provide our members with opportunities to publish in journalistic as well as academic publications and to participate in several academies on the national level.

Contact

E-Mail: heidelberg@sicherheitspolitik.de
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Außen-und-Sicherheitspolitik-Heidelberg/1425095521128190
Website des Bundesverbands: http://www.sicherheitspolitik.de