The VisLab is inviting all those interested in our work and possible collaboration to register for the Open Lab Hours. These drop-in moments are firstly intended to provide time for consultation and advising, where researchers working on conflict/peace can reach out with specific questions related to visualising their research.

This joint workshop aims to explore the potential role of atlases as learning tools in higher education by engaging with the productive tensions between different understandings and uses of atlases across disciplines. In particular, we seek to review, discuss, and envision models of atlases that can advance students’ critical, analytical, and creative skills in higher education (e.g., in the political and social sciences and the humanities) through interactive educational formats.

After four years of researching the dynamics of conflict and cooperation, the first funding period of the BMFTR-funded KonKoop research network is coming to an end. Our closing conference will showcase what our researchers have achieved during that time. There will also be space for critical reflections on the work of the two labs that support our research activities: the Multi-Perspective Visualisation Laboratory for Peace and Conflict Cartography and the Multi-Method Data Laboratory for Conflict and Cooperation in Eastern Europe.