A5040442629- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Peacebuilding and International Security
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Global Security and Public Health
- Economic and Social Issues
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Natural Resources and Economic Development
- Peace and Human Rights Education
- Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Environmental Science and Technology
Murdoch University
2020-2025
Hiroshima University
2024-2025
Harry Butler Institute
2023-2025
East Asia Research
2025
Technische Universität Braunschweig
2019-2024
Hiroshima University of Economics
2023
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute
2016-2022
The University of Melbourne
2017-2020
Carleton University
2020
University of Freiburg
2020
Climate-related disasters are among the most societally disruptive impacts of anthropogenic climate change. Their potential impact on risk armed conflict is heavily debated in context security implications Yet, evidence for such climate-conflict-disaster links remains limited and contested. One reason this that existing studies do not triangulate insights from different methods pay little attention to relevant factors especially causal pathways. By combining statistical approaches with...
Abstract Environmental peacebuilding is a rapidly growing field of research and practice at the intersection environment, conflict, peace security. Focusing on these linkages crucial in time when environment core issue international politics number armed conflicts remains high. This article introduces special with particular emphasis environmental opportunities for building sustaining peace. We first detail definitions, theoretical assumptions intellectual background peacebuilding. The then...
Interest in the intersections of environmental issues, peace and conflict has surged recent years. Research on topic developed along separate research streams, which broadened knowledge base considerably, but hardly interact across disciplinary, methodological, epistemological ontological silos. Our forum addresses this gap by bringing into conversation six streams environment, conflict: change human security, climate armed conflict, peacebuilding, political ecology, securitisation...
This study addresses the question why intergroup conflicts over scarce, renewable resources in peripheral areas of global South escalate into violence. In order to do so, twenty cases such conflicts, seven which turned violent, are analyzed. The method fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis is used bridge gap between quantitative and accounts field detect patterns conjunctural causation. theoretical terms, structural conditions (negative othering high power differences conflict parties)...
Abstract Understanding the risk of armed conflict is essential for promoting peace. Although relationship between climate variability and has been studied by research community decades with quantitative qualitative methods at different spatial temporal scales, causal linkages a global scale remain poorly understood. Here we adopt modelling framework based on machine learning to infer potential from high-frequency time-series data simulate worldwide 2000–2015. Our results reveal that...
Environmental change and armed conflict are major challenges of the 21st century. Meanwhile, scholars practitioners increasingly recognize environment natural resources as not only sources violence but also potential means for peacebuilding. While research on both fronts is rapidly progressing, literature climate–conflict nexus environmental peacebuilding has remained disconnected, although climate conflicts will (and already) require efforts. We address this gap by identifying overlaps that...
The potential links between climate change and conflict have received much attention in recent years, but there is little consensus on the issue relevant literature. So far, few methodological reflections exist climate–conflict research. This unfortunate given tremendous innovations methods research field has experienced years of diverse to shed light different aspects subject matter, thereby increasing our understanding links. In order counteract this shortcoming, paper provides a...
Adequate fresh water availability is an important factor for human security in many parts of the world. In transboundary river basins, decreased supply due to local environmental change and global climate increased demand growing populations continued economic development can aggravate scarcity. Contrary claim that scarcity may result risk armed conflict, there no simple relationship between freshwater violent conflict. Other crucial factors need be taken into consideration also directly...
Abstract The literature on environmental peacemaking claims that groups in conflict can put aside their differences and cooperate the face of shared challenges, thereby facilitating more peaceful relations between them. This study provides first comprehensive review widely dispersed empirical evidence such environment-peace links. In order to do so, it distinguishes three understandings peace identifies four mechanisms connecting cooperation peace. results suggest facilitate absence violence...
Possible links between climate change and intra-state violent conflict have received major scholarly attention in recent years. But with few exceptions there is still a low level of consensus this research field. The article argues that one reason for disagreement lack integrative cumulation knowledge. Such an prevented by three obstacles, which until now hardly been discussed the literature. first use inadequate terms, here focus on labels 'Malthusian'/'cornucopian' operationalization key...
The literature on environmental peacemaking argues that cooperation in the face of shared challenges can facilitate further cooperation, trust building, and eventually peace between states conflict. Empirical research peacemaking, predominantly conducted form single case studies, has so far been inconclusive. This article uses a cross-case, multimethod design to test proposition. More specifically, it conclusion cooperative agreement have positive impact reconciliation rival states. Based...
Disasters triggered by natural hazards will increase in the future due to climate change, population growth, and more valuable assets located vulnerable areas. The impacts of disasters on political conflict have been subject broad academic public debates. Existing research has paid little attention links between disasters, small-scale conflicts, such as protests or riots. Floods are particularly relevant this context they most frequent costly contemporary disasters. However, remain...
Abstract Disasters play a key role in debates about climate change, environmental stress, and security. A qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) investigates how major climate-related disasters shape the dynamics of ongoing armed conflicts. Quantitative data are presented for twenty-one cases across Africa, Asia, Middle East. After disasters, 29 percent these conflicts escalated, 33 de-escalated, 38 did not change. Furthermore, only countries highly vulnerable to experienced changes conflict...
Addressing deficits of current research on the link between climate change and violent conflict, this article aims to contribute a more systematic understanding violence concept in context environmental change. We present theoretical framework potential pathways an agent-based approach assess interplay capabilities motivations for conditions conflicting or cooperative interactions. Acting as 'threat multiplier', could exceed adaptive capacities undermine livelihoods communities. In most...
As hydro-meteorological hazards are predicted to become more frequent and intense in the future, scholars policymakers increasingly concerned about their security implications, especially context of ongoing climate change. Our study contributes this debate by analysing pathways water-related conflict onset under drought conditions Middle East North Africa (MENA) region between 1996 2009. It is also first such analysis that focuses on small-scale conflicts involving little or no physical...