Tobias Ide

Tobias Ide is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Murdoch University in Perth (Australia). His research deals with the impact of environmental stress and climate change on peace, conflict, and security.

He has published Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints: How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflict (MIT Press, 2023) all well as numerous articles in highly renowned journals. Based on this research, he has consulted with a wide range of policy makers, including NATO, the UN, and the World Bank.

Having obtained a PhD from the University of Hamburg, he recently received the ISA Emerging Peace Studies Scholar Award and the International Science Prize for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene. His current project deals with the peace and conflict implications of climate change mitigation measures.

Tobias is the XCEPT Conflict and Climate Research Fellow.