Call for abstracts: Special Issue “From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding”
Tobias Ide
Dear list,
Scholars of political science, international relations, human geography, economics, and related disciplines have long studied the intersections between environmental change, and the dynamics of peace and conflict. Today, a vast amount of literature is available discussing whether, how, and in which contexts climate change affects armed conflict risks. At the same time, a still small but rapidly growing literature on environmental peacebuilding has emerged, which investigates peaceful responses to environmental stress and how environmental management can contribute to peacebuilding. To date, there is limited dialogue between both research fields.
The proposed Special Issue will address this gap by building bridges between and facilitating shared investigations of climate conflict and environmental peacebuilding research. We invite empirical and conceptual contributions that demonstrate the added value of integrating the two fields or show how approaches from one field enrich and complement the other. Potential questions include: Can environmental peacebuilding reduce climate-related conflict risks? Which challenges does climate change pose for (environmental) peacebuilding, and how can they be addressed? What are the benefits (but possibly also negative side-effects) of bringing a peace angle to climate-conflict research? Furthermore, practitioners (development agencies, civil society, international organizations, corporations, etc.) that aim to tackle climate change increasingly endorse the environmental peacebuilding perspective – but how does it impact their work and outcomes?
We are open to contributions with diverse methodological (quantitative, qualitative, mixed) and theoretical approaches (ranging from positivist rational choice thinking to critical, constructivist, postcolonial, and feminist work). We plan to submit the Special Issue proposal to a journal with good standing (such as Peacebuilding or Environment and Security) in the relevant research communities.
If you would like to contribute, please send a title and abstract (max. 200 words) to Natalia Dalmer (n.da...@ipw.uni-hannover.de) until October 28. We will select the abstracts to be included in the Special Issue proposal by mid-November. If you have any questions, please feel free to approach us.
Best regards,
Tobias Ide (Murdoch University Perth/TU Braunschweig)
Natalia Dalmer (Leibniz University Hannover)
Anselm Vogler (University of Hamburg)
Jan Sändig (University of Bayreuth)
Dr Tobias Ide
Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations & ARC DECRA Fellow
Murdoch University Perth
Building 450, Room 3.055, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150
T: +61 8 9360 7686 E: tobia...@murdoch.edu.au
Recent publications:
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Modelling armed conflict risk under climate change with machine learning and time-series data.
Nature Communications 13 (1), p. 2839 (2022, open access).
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QCA in International Relations: a review of strengths, pitfalls, and empirical applications.
International Studies Review 24 (1), p. viac008 (2022, open access).
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It's all about politics: migration and resource conflicts in the global south.
World Development 157 (1), p. 105938 (2022).
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Globalising the 'war on terror'? An analysis of 36 countries. International Relations, online first (2022)
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role of gender in the climate-conflict nexus: “forgotten” variables and hidden power dimensions.
Politics and Governance 9 (4), p. 43-52 (2021, open access).
* COVID-19 and armed conflict. World Development 140 (1), p. 105355 (2021, open access).
* The past and futures of environmental peacebuilding. International Affairs 97 (1), p. 1-16 (2021, open access).
