Climate Change and Conflict
Princeton University
Political Science
2023
Kristopher W. Ramsay and Ethan Kapstein
Doctorate
Readings from Underrepresented groups,Group projects
Climate Change and Conflict explores how climate change influences cooperation and conflict within nation-states, examining who are the “winners” and who are the “losers.” Using a social scientific approach that emphasizes formal modeling and empirical analysis, students will consider how climate change impacts the availability and cost of a variety of natural resources. The course will begin with an introduction to necessary scientific frameworks and models, including integrated assessment modeling of economics and game-theoretic models of conflict. Such tools will be applied to different aspects of the climate-conflict nexus, and students will explore the range of policy interventions that can either increase cooperation or conflict.