00950nas a2200145   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042100002100051700002100072700001500093700002500108245004900133856006600182520055600248       2019                            d  c20191 aChristian Reuter1 aLarissa Aldehoff1 aThea Riebe1 aMarc-André Kaufhold00aIT in Peace, Conflict, and Security Research  uhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-25652-4_23 aAdvances in science and technology play a crucial role in the context of peace, conflict and security. As information technology (IT) is becoming omnipresent, this includes both the resilience of IT infrastructures e.g. as a target in cases of conflict and the role of IT applications to prevent and manage conflicts, crises and disasters. This chapter is an introduction to IT and its role in war and peace, in conflicts and crises as well as in safety and security. Based on those connections a new field of research has emerged: IT peace research.