Gerdis Wischnath

Researcher

Gerdis Wischnath left PRIO in 2014. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.

Research Interests

Security implications of climate change

Food insecurity and dynamics of conflict

Geography of violence

Spatial data projects and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Background

Education

Diploma in Geography, Sociology and Political Science, University of Bonn, Germany, 2011

PRIO Projects

Finished:

Events

11 - 12 Sep 2012 – Climate and Conflict: Past Evidence and Research Gaps
14 - 15 Jun 2011 – INDSEC Workshop
16 - 17 Dec 2010 – Environmental Factors of Civil War

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

The following publications are specific to the Centre for the Study of Civil War. A more complete list may be available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Wischnath, Gerdis; Halvard Buhaug; Theresa Tribaldos; Thomas Bernauer; Nils Petter Gleditsch; Eivind Berg Weibust & Tobias Böhmelt (2012) Water-Related Intrastate Conflict and Cooperation (WARICC): A New Event Dataset, International Interactions 38(4): 529–545.

Master Thesis

Wischnath, Gerdis (2011) Climate Change and Civil War? A Quantitative Approach on Climate Variability and Armed Conflict in Asia. MA thesis, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.

Conference Paper

Wischnath, Gerdis & Halvard Buhaug (2012) Heat Waves and Rebel Raves? On Climate Variability and Civil War in Asia, presented at Annual convention of the International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, 1–4 April.