The research network “Postcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict Studies“, the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) and the Forum Transregionale Studien open the call for contributions for the Virtual Encyclopaedia on Peace and Conflict Studies and the TRAFO ‒ Blog for Transregional Research, with a thematic focus on methodological innovations and alternative formats of knowledge production and circulation. The call is aimed at researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, activists, social movements, collectives, artists, and professionals from and/or based in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean. Contributions of individual or collective authorship related to the theme of the call are welcome. Five contributions will be selected from the submitted proposals.

Closing date for applications: 15.08.2026