Andrew Linke is an External Associate at PRIO.
Andrew Linke
Associate Senior Researcher
News
Thursday, 28 Jan 2021
New special issue on climate change and conflict
The Journal of Peace
Research has just published a new special issue on ‘Security implications
of climate change’ (January 2021), guest edited by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard
Buhaug. The special issue contains 12 original research articles and viewpoint
essays, supplemented by an introductory
article by the guest editors that presents a review the state of the art.
This is the second time JPR dedicates a special issue to climate change
and conflict; the first
time was in 2012, edited by Nils Petter Gleditsch. The new issue represents
the most up-to-date collection of studies on the subject. Several articles,
including the introduction, are available as open access.
Read the special issue here.
Andrew has been affiliated with PRIO in various capacities since 2008, including a research stay in 2018, and remains an associate of the institute. His main position is Assistant Professor at the Geography Department of the University of Utah.
Latest publications
All publications
How indiscriminate violence fuels conflicts between groups: Evidence from Kenya
Journal Article in Social Science Research
Environmental stress and agricultural landownership in Africa
Journal Article in Global Environmental Change
Weather, wheat, and war: Security implications of climate variability for conflict in Syria
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
The consequences of relocating in response to drought: human mobility and conflict in contemporary Kenya
Journal Article in Environmental Research Letters
Population Attitudes and the Spread of Political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article in International Studies Review
Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset: Special Data Feature
Journal Article in Journal of Peace Research
Latest news
New special issue on climate change and conflict
The Journal of Peace
Research has just published a new special issue on ‘Security implications
of climate change’ (January 2021), guest edited by Nina von Uexkull and Halvard
Buhaug. The special issue contains 12 original research articles and viewpoint
essays, supplemented by an introductory
article by the guest editors that presents a review the state of the art.
This is the second time JPR dedicates a special issue to climate change
and conflict; the first
time was in 2012, edited by Nils Petter Gleditsch. The new issue represents
the most up-to-date collection of studies on the subject. Several articles,
including the introduction, are available as open access.
Read the special issue here.
PRIO Spearheads New Climate-Conflict Project
The project will focus on the causal connection between adverse environmental change and discrete social upheavals, with examples including the ongoing civil war in Syria and the early Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
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