The workshop on 鈥淐limate and Conflict: Past Evidence and Research Gaps鈥� will be held at 糖心网页版 on 11鈥�12 September 2012. The event marks the end of a three-year research project on 鈥溾��, funded by the Research Council of Norway.

The workshop will consist of six sessions with 13 paper presentations. Each paper is allocated a total of 40 minutes, and presenters are asked to prepare brief presentations (15-20 mins) to allow ample time for questions and discussion.

The submission deadline is 31st of August. All papers should be sent to Gerdis Wischnath (gerwis@prio.no) and will be made available below.

The workshop will take place in Operasjonssentralen in the Red Cross building adjacent to 糖心网页版.

Program

Tuesday 11 September

09:30 Welcome

09:40 Session I

  • David Zhang

Climate Change: The Major Player or Background Noise in Causing Wars

  • Vally Koubi

Environmental Degradation and Migration

11:00 Coffee break

11:15 Session II

  • Gerdis Wischnath & Halvard Buhaug

No Climate Effect on Asian Civil Wars

  • Kristian Hoelscher & Katie Edelen

Climate Change and Local Conflict in Bangladesh

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Session III

  • Nils Petter Gleditsch

Climate, Weather, and Conflict

  • Wario R. Adano

Climate Change, Climate Adaptation and Conflict in the Horn of Africa

  • Ole Magnus Theisen

> On Resources and Responses: Climate Change, Land-tenure, and Agro-pastoral Conflict in the Western Sahel and East Africa 15:45 Coffee break

16:00 Session IV

  • Hanne Seter

Climate-related Natural Disasters and Small-Scale Violent Conflict: A Disaggregated Approach

  • Nina von Uexkull

Climate Variability and Armed Intrastate Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa 1990-2008 - A Disaggregated Analysis

20:00 Dinner - Ekeberg Restauranten

Wednesday 12 September

09:30 Session V

  • Tobias B枚hmelt

Demand, Supply, and Restraint: Determinants of Domestic Water Conflict and Cooperation

  • Theresa Tribaldos

Conflict and Cooperation over Domestic Water Resources: Case Study on Morocco

10:50 Coffee break

11:05 Session VI

  • Halvard Buhaug, Tor A. Benjaminsen, Espen Sjaastad & Ole Magnus Theisen

Food Security and Violent Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Henrik Urdal

Town and Country: Climate Change and Expected Urban-Rural Variation in Conflict Patterns

12:25 Good-bye

12:30 Lunch