Prof. Dr. Tobias Ide

Vorstandsmitglied // Programmbereichsleitung

Tobias Ide leitet den Programm­bereich Trans­nationale Politik am PRIF und ist Professor für Friedens-­ und Konflikt­forschung an der TU Darm­stadt. Er ist Vorstands­mitglied und stell­vertretender Leiter der Forschungs­gruppe Ökologie, Klima und Konflikte am PRIF. Seine Forschung befasst sich mit den sicherheits­politischen Impli­kationen des Klima­wandels, der Rolle von Umwelt in Friedens-­ und Konflikt­prozessen, Rebellen­gruppen und Bildung in Konflikt­kontexten.

Tobias Ide
tobias.ide(at)prif.org

CV

| 2023–2025
Außer­ordentlicher Professor für Frieden und Nach­haltigkeit, Hiroshima Uni­versität

| 2021–2025
Asso­ciate Professor für Politik und Inter­nationale Bezie­hungen, Murdoch Universität

| 2019–2021
ARC DECRA Fellow, Uni­versität Melbourne

| 2019
Habilitation, Politik­wissenschaft (TU Braun­schweig)

| 2015–2019
Leiter Forschungs­feld Frieden und Konflikt, Leibniz-­Institut für Bildungs­medien Georg Eckert

| 2015
Promotion, Geo­wissenschaften, Universität Hamburg

| 2012
Magister Artium, Politik- sowie Kommuni­kations- und Medien­wissenschaft, Universität Leipzig
 

Publikationen

  • Climate change expected to increase conflict risks over the next decades across sub-Saharan Africa.
    | 2025
    Jiang, Dong; Zhuo, Jun; Chen, Shuai; Hao, Mengmeng; Xie, Xiaolan; Ide,Tobias; Scheffran, Jürgen; Yao, Ling; Wu, Wenxiang; Jiang, Hou, Wu, Jiajie; Maystadt, Jean-François; Meng, Ze; Dong, Jiping; Wang, Qian; Kang, Tingting; Sun, Kai; Bai, Yongqing; Wang, Zhenyu; Liu, Lei; Yang, Chao; Ma, Tian; Zhang, Liqiang; Ding, Fangyu (2025): Climate change expected to increase conflict risks over the next decades across sub-Saharan Africa., The Innovation Geoscience, 3: 100139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2025.100139
  • Armed Conflict Causes Long-Lasting Environmental Harms.
    | 2025
    Krampe, Florian; Kreutz, Joakim; Ide, Tobias (2025): Armed Conflict Causes Long-Lasting Environmental Harms., Environment and Security. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/27538796251323739
  • De-escalation and diplomacy: disasters as drivers of reduced conflict risks in the Indo-Pacific
    | 2025
    Ide, Tobias; Hayes, Ali; Lasrati, Indah; Canavan, Chloe (2025): De-escalation and diplomacy: disasters as drivers of reduced conflict risks in the Indo-Pacific, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 79: 2, 276-294. DOI: 10.1080/10357718.2025.2459316
  • Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus
    | 2025
    Simangan, Dahlia; Fisher, Joshua; Ide, Tobias; Koubi, Vally; Sharifi, Ayyoob; Alfredo, Katherine; Candelaria, John Lee; Dalby, Simon; Hendrix, Cullen; Kharrazi, Ali; Oswald-Spring, Úrsula; Roy, Joyashree (2025): Twelve research agendas for advancing the peace-sustainability nexus, Peace and Sustainability, 1: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nerpsj.2025.100008
  • Rethinking Climate Conflicts: The Role of Climate Action and Inaction
    | 2025
    Ide, Tobias (2025): Rethinking Climate Conflicts: The Role of Climate Action and Inaction, World Development, 186: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106845
  • The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways.
    | 2024
    Xiaolan Xie, Mengmeng Hao, Fangyu Ding, Jürgen Scheffran, Tobias Ide, Jean-Francois Maystadt, Yushu Qian, Qian Wang, Shuai Chen, Jiajie Wu, Kai Sun, Tian Ma,Dong Jiang (2024): The impacts of climate change on violent conflict risk: a review of causal pathways. , Environmental Research Communications, 6: 11. DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad8a21.
    Zur Publikation
  • Nurses’ Protests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative International Analysis
    | 2024
    Jacobi, Davina; Ide, Tobias (2024): Nurses’ Protests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative International Analysis, Nursing Reports, 14: 3, 1961–1972. DOI: 10.3390/nursrep14030146
  • Supply and Demand: Drivers of Women Non-Combat Participation in Rebel Groups. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
    | 2024
    Ide, Tobias (2024): Supply and Demand: Drivers of Women Non-Combat Participation in Rebel Groups. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism , online first. DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2024.2372862
  • Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts
    | 2024
    Canavan, Chloe; Ide, Tobias (2024): Contention, cooperation, and context: A systematic review of research on disasters and political conflicts, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 108: 1, 104558. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104558
  • Globalising the “War on Terror”? An Analysis of 36 Countries
    | 2024
    Ide, Tobias (2024): Globalising the “War on Terror”? An Analysis of 36 Countries, International Relations, 38: 2, 192–215. DOI: 10.1177/00471178221105576
  • The role of environmental professionals in post-conflict transboundary cooperation: The cases of Israel and Jordan
    | 2024
    Kedem, Rina; Halasah, Suleiman ; Ide, Tobias; Feitelson, Eran (2024): The role of environmental professionals in post-conflict transboundary cooperation: The cases of Israel and Jordan, Environmental Science & Policy, 151: 1, 103623. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2023.103623
  • From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding: Exploring Local Dimensions.
    | 2024
    Jan Sändig, Natalia Dalmer, Tobias Ide, Anselm Vogler (2024): From Climate Conflicts to Environmental Peacebuilding: Exploring Local Dimensions. , Environment and Security, 2: 1, 3-20. DOI: 10.1177/27538796241231090
    Zur Publikation
  • Climate, Women, and Conflict: Rebel Groups’ Armed Activities after Major Disasters
    | 2023
    Tobias Ide (2023): Climate, Women, and Conflict: Rebel Groups’ Armed Activities after Major Disasters, Global Studies Quarterly, 3: 3, 1-11.
    Zur Publikation
  • An integrated deep-learning and multi-level framework for understanding the behavior of terrorist groups
    | 2023
    Jiang, Dong; Wu, Jiajie; Ding, Fangyu; Ide, Tobias; Scheffran, Jürgen; Helman, David; Zhang, Shize; Qian, Yushu; Fu, Jingying; Chen, Shuai; Xie, Xiaolan; Ma, Tian; Hao, Mengmeng; Ge, Quansheng (2023): An integrated deep-learning and multi-level framework for understanding the behavior of terrorist groups, Heliyon, 9: 8, e18895.
    Zur Publikation
  • Exploring the worldwide impact of COVID-19 on conflict risk under climate change
    | 2023
    Xie, Xiaolan; Hao, Mengmeng; Ding, Fangyu; Ide, Tobias; Helman, David; Scheffran, Jürgen; Wang, Qian; Qian, Yushu; Chen, Shuai; Wu, Jiajie; Ma, Tian; Ge, Quansheng; Jiang, Dong (2023): Exploring the worldwide impact of COVID-19 on conflict risk under climate change, Helyion, 9: 6, e17182.
    Zur Publikation
  • Sampling Bias in Environmental Peacebuilding Research. Environment and Security
    | 2023
    Ide, Tobias (2023): Sampling Bias in Environmental Peacebuilding Research. Environment and Security, 1, 1: Environment and Security, 10-23.
    Zur Publikation
  • Environment and Security in the 21st Century
    | 2023
    Swain, Ashok; Bruch, Carl; Ide, Tobias; Lujala, Päivi; Matthew, Richard; Weinthal, Erika (2023): Environment and Security in the 21st Century, Environment and Security, 1: 1, 3-9.
    Zur Publikation
  • Climate Change and Australia’s National Security.
    | 2023
    Tobias Ide (2023): Climate Change and Australia’s National Security., Australian Journal of International Affairs , 77: 1, 26-44.
    Zur Publikation
  • The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research
    | 2023
    Ide, Tobias; Johnson, McKenzie F.; Barnett, Jon; Florian, Krampe; Le Billon, Philippe; Maertens, Lucile; von Uexkull, Nina; Vélez-Torres, Irene (2023): The Future of Environmental Peace and Conflict Research, Environmental Politics, 32: 6, 1077-1103.
    Zur Publikation
  • Rise or Recede? How Climate Disasters Affect Armed Conflict Intensity
    | 2023
    Tobias Ide (2023): Rise or Recede? How Climate Disasters Affect Armed Conflict Intensity, International Security , 47: 4, 50-78. DOI: 10.1162/isec_a_00459
    Zur Publikation

  • Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints – How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts
    | 2023
    Ide, Tobias (2023): Catastrophes, Confrontations, and Constraints – How Disasters Shape the Dynamics of Armed Conflicts, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
    ISBN: 9780262545556

  • Voting for Peace Down Under? The 2025 Australian Election in a Tumultuous World
    | 2025
    Ide, Tobias (2025): Voting for Peace Down Under? The 2025 Australian Election in a Tumultuous World, PRIF Blog.
    Zur Publikation

Weitere Tätigkeiten

  • Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) Programme
  • Environ­mental Peace­building Asso­ciation

  • Auswär­tiges Amt
  • Depart­ment of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australien)
  • Foreign, Common­wealth and Develop­ment Office (UK)
  • Gesell­schaft für Inter­nationale Zusammen­arbeit (GIZ)
  • NATO
  • Vereinte Nationen
  • Welt­bank

| 2026
Bester austra­lischer Forscher im Bereich Diplo­matie und Inter­nationale Bezie­hungen (The Australian)

| 2025
Bester austra­lischer Forscher im Bereich Diplo­matie und Interna­tionale Bezie­hungen (The Australian)

| 2023
Emer­ging Peace Studies Scholar Award (International Studies Association)

| 2023
Inter­nationaler Forschungs­preis für Frieden und Nach­haltigkeit im Anthro­pozän (Hans Günter Brauch Stiftung)

| 2022
Enhan­cing the Environ­mental Peace­building Knowledge Base Award (Environ­mental Peace­building Asso­ciation)