About us
Understanding Emerging Technologies – Strengthening Arms Control
The CNTR research and transfer cluster explores new military-relevant technologies and developments in the natural sciences from an interdisciplinary perspective. Our team of researchers from different disciplines investigates impacts on international security, classifies them in a scientifically sound manner and, on this basis, develops recommendations for action to strengthen arms control.
CNTR is a joint project between Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF), Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU Giessen) and Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt).
The project was established with initial funding from the German Federal Foreign Office in 2023. It has been funded by PRIF since January 2025 and receives additional funding from the Federal Foreign Office until 2027.
We are scientifically independent. We determine our research topics ourselves. We are committed to handling our research results responsibly. This is why we follow the recommendations for handling security-relevant research laid out by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in our research, in addition to PRIF’s Ethics Guideline.
Contact
Team
Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche
Speaker, Head of Research Group
- PRIF/TU Darmstadt
- malte.goettsche(at)prif.org
- Go to website
- @M_Goettsche
