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) as well as numerous articles in academic 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.

Tobias is the XCEPT Conflict and Climate Research Fellow.