Climate Change, Renewable Resource Scarcity and Armed Conflict
Led by
Ole Magnus Theisen
Jul 2011 -
Dissertation Advisors: Nils Petter Gleditsch (CSCW/NTNU) & Halvard Buhaug (CSCW)
The cross-national conflict literature has failed to converge on robust associations that could link resource scarcities with civil war. It has been suggested that droughts increase the risk of violent conflict and most pronounced at smaller scale local conflicts. This project uses both single-case and cross-national statistical investigations to analyze the possible relationships between climatic factors, resource scarcities, and violent conflict. This includes a quantitative case study of Kenya, a quantitative case study of Indonesia, a Global analysis, and a disaggregated analysis of Africa in general.