Elisabeth Gilmore

Elisabeth Gilmore is an External Associate at PRIO.

Associate Senior Researcher

Additional positions:

Associate Professor, Carleton University

Email: ElisabethGilmore@cunet.carleton.ca

Website: carleton.ca/cee/profile/elisabeth-gilmore/

Research Interests

Elisabeth Gilmore is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Science and Policy program in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment at Clark University, USA. Her research focuses on three related streams:

quantifying and forecasting the economic and societal impacts of climate change, specifically the potential for civil conflict and social unrest;
evaluating the economic and security implications of novel low carbon energy technologies such as small modular reactors (SMR); and
integrating scenarios and modeling tools, specifically integrated assessment models, for decision-making and regulatory analysis.

She also holds an affiliation with PRIO and contributes to PRIO's portfolio of research on climate change and security.

PRIO Blogs

Friday, 3 Feb 2023

Bias in Economic Models Ignores the Impact of War in Poor Nations

New research shows that existing economic forecasting models vastly underestimate the impact of conflict on marginalized countries. National income for war-torn nations like Afghanistan, Niger and Yemen could be up to 50 to 70 per cent lower than existing estimates by the end of the century. When considering what our ...

Journal Article

2023

The ‘conflict trap’ reduces economic growth in the shared socioeconomic pathways

By Kristina Petrova, Gudlaug Olafsdottir, Håvard Hegre & Elisabeth Gilmore in Environmental Research Letters

Journal Article

2023

Climate-driven risks to peace over the 21st century

By Halvard Buhaug, Elisabeth Gilmore, Tor A. Benjaminsen & Cullen Hendrix in Climate Risk Management

Topic
Technology

Topic
Climate

Education:

PhD in Engineering and Public Policy/Chemical Engineering (dual degree), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (2009)

MASc in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2002)

BASc in Chemical and Engineering Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada (2000)

Work Experience:

2016 - present: Associate Professor, Department of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University, MA.

2011 - 2016: Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

2010 - 2011: AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Climate Science and Impacts Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC

2009 - 2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Climate Decision Making Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish (beginner)