"Ukraine war, climate change, the coronavirus pandemic, growing social inequality, and populism—the list of crises is endless and shows that our society is currently facing numerous conflicts and changes, and these are always accompanied by uncertainty and unsettlement. Violence and conflict are marked by uncertainty. They induce uncertainty and this, in turn, leads to new conflicts. The two go hand in hand, says Prof. Dr. Andreas Zick, head of Bielefeld University’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence (IKG).

One of the central topics in Zick’s field, which is characterized by empirical social research, is how social groups deal with uncertainty in conflict situations. How do they exploit and instrumentalize uncertainty for their own ends? Where does uncertainty also contribute to conflict resolution? Can uncertainty also help societies to grow and evolve? According to Zick, these are questions that have so far received too little attention in research on conflicts between groups".

Here to the complete interview.