PD Dr Hans Günter Brauch (1947–2026)

the founder of the academic association
‘Arbeitsgruppe Friedensforschung und Europäische Sicherheitspolitik /
Peace Research and European Security Studies’ (AFES-PRSS) and of the 
Hans Günter Brauch Foundation for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene ,
has died unexpectedly.

You can find the first obituaries to his academic research and publications on peace and climate below:

Prof. Dr. Úrsula Oswald Spring: 
A personal Obituary for PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (in English)
Ein persönlicher Nachruf zum Tod von PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (in German)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. hab. Czeslaw Mesjasz

Obituary for my Good Friend, Research Partner and Editor PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (in Englisch)
Nachruf auf meinen guten Freund, Forschungspartner und Herausgeber PD Dr. Hans Günter Brauch (in German)

Ursula Oswald Spring, Tobias Ide, Jürgen Schefran, Michael Brzoska 

Ein Leben fiir Frieden und Ökologie. Ein Nachruf auf Hans Günter Brauch (in German),  in:  W&F (Wissenschaft und Frieden), 26  ¦ 59
A life dedicated to peace and the environment. An obituary for Hans Günter Brauch (in English) 

Gert Krell

Ein persönlicher Nachruf auf Hans Günter Brauch (in German),
in: AFK (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung), 7 September 2026

The AFES-PRESS Virtual Library presents books and reports on:

Peace research: armament, arms control and disarmament

Global and European security policies and structures

International environment, climate and energy policy

Global environmental change and natural disasters

Reconceptualising security in an era of globalisation

On global regions with a focus on the Mediterranean region.

This virtual library wants to:

contribute to dialogues between social and natural sciences

offer a platform for small publishers, especially from the South

offer links to research institutes working on these issues