About KFIBS

The Cologne Forum for International Relations and Security Policy (KFIBS) was initiated in 2005 by political science students at the University of Cologne and formally registered as a non-profit association in March 2006. Today, after two decades, KFIBS has grown into an established civil society think tank with a wide network of researchers, advisors, and partner organisations.

The association operates under a scientific advisory board (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat) and a board of trustees (Kuratorium), ensuring academic quality and strategic guidance. All publications are produced exclusively according to genuine scientific quality criteria.

KFIBS structures its activities along four strategic areas, each offering concrete opportunities for cooperation:

KFIBS organises its scholarly work through specialised research groups (Forschungsgruppen), each led by a designated spokesperson.

KFIBS produces a broad range of scholarly outputs in print and online. Book series have been placed with Tectum/Nomos (Baden-Baden, Germany) and Springer VS (Wiesbaden, Germany). Online formats include:

Analyses
Background reports
Comments
Working Paper Series
Viewpoints
Conference papers
Book reviews
Academic theses
Research group studies
Edited volumes

KFIBS regularly organises public and academic events across Germany and Austria, often in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS). The formats include, among other things:

KFIBS has established city forums (Städteforen) in major German an Austrian cities and runs an active internationalisation programme.

Cologne (HQ)
Berlin
Munich
Vienna

KFIBS welcomes enquiries from academic institutions, political foundations, civil society organisations, and companies interested in research cooperation, event partnerships, or advisory services.