{"id":6663,"date":"2025-03-01T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reverent-antonelli.23-88-7-78.plesk.page\/cluster-project-contrust-trust-in-conflict\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:19:24","slug":"cluster-project-contrust-trust-in-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/cluster-project-contrust-trust-in-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Cluster project &#8220;ConTrust &#8211; Trust in conflict&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Cluster project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">ConTrust &#8211; Trust in conflict<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As a joint research initiative of Goethe University and the Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research Frankfurt, ConTrust stands in contrast to prevailing trends in relevant research. Firstly, it does not see trust as an opposite concept to that of conflict, but assumes that trust only emerges, forms and proves itself in conflict: Trust in and through conflict. Secondly, the research initiative seeks to methodologically transcend conventional disciplinary boundaries in the study of trust and conflict as well as the gap between empirical and normative analyses. Thirdly, the initiative&#8217;s research places the &#8220;question of trust&#8221; in a framework that explores new qualities of uncertainty (and insecurity) that did not only become apparent during the coronavirus pandemic (but especially there). This also includes reflecting on the changing media in which trust and mistrust are communicated and constituted and conflicts are represented. Fourthly, it is made clear that, unlike in most alternative approaches, the concept of trust is not to be seen as entirely positive, but that there can also be authoritarian forms of trust that deny freedom and are politically destructive. Finally, the project aims to draw practical conclusions with regard to the possibilities of shaping conflicts in such a way that trust can be formed and stabilized in a productive manner. In this sense, dialog with society is an integral part of our research.       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-1024x373.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2211\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-1024x373.png 1024w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-768x280.png 768w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-1536x560.png 1536w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/ConTrust-Logo-e1738614470339-2048x747.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/contrust-news\/\">All news about ConTrust<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/contrust.uni-frankfurt.de\/\">To the ConTrust website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Conflicts are unavoidable in social contexts, and yet they do not make living together impossible. But where do we get the certainty that conflicts will not escalate, that our counterparts will abide by the rules, that institutions will protect us against transgressions and that the social world as a whole is stable enough for us to orient our actions within it in a meaningful way? The answer is <strong>trust<\/strong>. Trust creates an &#8220;unsecured certainty&#8221; that can never be fully redeemed and yet constitutes the secret of social coexistence. But how is trust formed, what are its origins?    <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>These assumptions and intentions structure the joint, interdisciplinary, empirical and normative research into the dynamics of trust in key conflict contexts, ranging from democratic structures, international politics and markets to knowledge discourses and the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>The researchers want to develop a diagnosis of the dynamics of trust and mistrust in typical conflict constellations and use it to establish an international center for trust and conflict research. Central measures to achieve this are the targeted recruitment and promotion of outstanding junior and mid-career level researchers in order to supplement and strengthen existing expertise. In addition, the appointment of several professorships at the Frankfurt site is planned to build the structure and profile of research in Frankfurt.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3522-copy-Large-1024x658.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3522-copy-Large-1024x658.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3522-copy-Large-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3522-copy-Large-768x493.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/DSC_3522-copy-Large.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><strong>The speakers of ConTrust are:<\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/member\/prof-dr-nicole-deitelhoff\/\">Prof. Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/member\/prof-dr-rainer-forst\/\">Prof. Dr. Rainer Forst<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n    <section class=\"columns-text\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                                                                <h2>Arbeitsgruppen<\/h2>\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__row\">\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__col\">\n                                                                    <h3>Arbeitsgruppe 1: Demokratie<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Die Arbeitsgruppe besch\u00e4ftigt sich mit der Frage, wie Demokratien Konflikte produktiv bearbeiten. Sie untersucht, wie demokratische Prozesse und Strukturen positive Wechselwirkungen von Vertrauen und Misstrauen in Konflikten erm\u00f6glichen. Ziel der gemeinsamen Forschung der Arbeitsgruppe ist es, Bestandteile einer spezifisch demokratischen Konzeption von Vertrauen im Konflikt zu identifizieren und negative oder pathologische Formen politischen Vertrauens davon zu unterscheiden.<\/p>\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/arbeitsgruppe-1\/\" class=\"btn\" >Demokratie<\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__col\">\n                                                                    <h3>Arbeitsgruppe 2: Zwang und Sanktion<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>In allen politischen Herrschaftsordnungen wird Zwang zur Bearbeitung von Konflikten angewendet. Vor diesem Hintergrund stellt sich die Arbeitsgruppe die Leitfrage, wie Zwang zur Produktion von Vertrauen oder Misstrauen in und durch Konflikte beitr\u00e4gt. Untersucht wird, wie ausgew\u00e4hlte Formen von Zwang (rechtlich, milit\u00e4risch etc.) auf positive wie negative Konflikterfahrungen zur\u00fcckgehen, den Verlauf von Konflikten beeinflussen und so im Laufe der Zeit Vertrauen in und durch Konflikte hervorbringen.<\/p>\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/arbeitsgruppe-2-zwang-und-sanktion\/\" class=\"btn\" >Zwang und Sanktion<\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__col\">\n                                                                    <h3>Arbeitsgruppe 3: Markt<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Die Arbeitsgruppe analysiert das komplexe Verh\u00e4ltnis zwischen Vertrauen und \u00f6konomischen Konfliktformen. W\u00e4hrend M\u00e4rkte allgemein als Garant f\u00fcr wirtschaftliches Vertrauen angesehen werden, werden die meisten Entscheidungen nicht im institutionellen Vakuum getroffen, sondern im Rahmen formeller und informeller Institutionen. Im Zentrum des empirischen Arbeitsprogramms der Gruppe stehen zwei Projekte, eines zur Frage, wie die COVID-19-Pandemie das Verh\u00e4ltnis zwischen Staat und Wirtschaft neu ordnet, und eines zur Frage, wie Krisen die geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsteilung im Haushalt ver\u00e4ndern.<\/p>\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/arbeitsgruppe-3-markt\/\" class=\"btn\" >Markt<\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__col\">\n                                                                    <h3>Arbeitsgruppe 4: Wissen<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Die Arbeitsgruppe untersucht die Rolle von Wissen und wissensbasierten Institutionen (epistemischen Autorit\u00e4ten) f\u00fcr die Entstehung von Vertrauen und Misstrauen in sozialen Konflikten. Wissen \u00fcber die Pr\u00e4ferenzen der anderen, aber auch \u00fcber die soziale und nat\u00fcrliche Welt, ist eine wesentliche Ressource, um Konflikte produktiv zu bew\u00e4ltigen. Wo Wissen geteilt wird, entsteht und stabilisiert sich Vertrauen. Diese Stabilisierungsleistung h\u00e4ngt jedoch selbst von epistemischem Vertrauen ab, dessen genaue Form und Rolle durch die Forschung der Arbeitsgruppe erst noch zu bestimmen ist.<\/p>\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/arbeitsgruppe-4-wissen\/\" class=\"btn\" >Wissen<\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"columns-text__col\">\n                                                                    <h3>Arbeitsgruppe 5: Medien<\/h3>\n                                                                <p>Die Arbeitsgruppe untersucht, wie Medien in pluralistischen Gesellschaften Vertrauen schaffen und dadurch die produktive Austragung von Konflikten erm\u00f6glichen sowie diese Prozesse zugleich reflektieren. Ausgehend vom Befund der zunehmenden Digitalisierung von Kommunikation, untersucht die Arbeitsgruppe die operationalen und formalen Aspekte von Massenmedien (Presse, TV), Film, Literatur, Telekommunikation und sozialen Medien sowie von Funktionsmedien in Recht, Wirtschaft und Politik in ihrer formellen und informellen Verwendung. Der methodische Ansatz der Arbeitsgruppe geht \u00fcber inhalts-, text- und technikzentrierte Analysen hinaus und ber\u00fccksichtigt \u00e4sthetische, juristische und \u00f6konomische Faktoren.<\/p>\n                                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/arbeitsgruppe-5-medien\/\" class=\"btn\" >Medien<\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cluster project<br \/>Project duration: 2021 to March 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[272],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-projects-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6663"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9860,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663\/revisions\/9860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/normativeorders.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}