Dr Christina Kohler
Postdoctoral ResearcherResearch Department:
International Institutions
Glocal Junctions
Contact
E-Mail: Kohler@hsfk.deCV
| since 2019 | Postdoctoral Researcher at PRIF |
| 2019 | PhD, Sustainable Development Center, Universidade de Brasília (UnB) Brasília (Brazil) |
| Doctoral thesis: Understanding the risks, links and consequences of climatic events, conflict and migration: Perceptions from asylum seekers in Germany | |
| 2017 | Visiting scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam |
| 2014 | Trainee at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Capacity building in the domain of renewable energies and energy efficiency in the Brazilian public sector in Brasília (Brazil) |
| 2013 | Junior research fellow at Carnegie Europe in Brussels (Belgium) |
| 2013 | Trainee at the Delegation of the EU to the United States in the Energy, Environment and Transport Section in Washington DC (USA) |
| 2011–2013 | Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna (Italy) and Washington DC (USA) |
| Thesis: Root causes of sexual violence during wartime | |
| 2008–2011 | Consultant at Accenture GmbH with assignments across Europe and India |
| 2008 | Trainee at The Smart Cube India Private Ltd. New Delhi (India) |
| 2004–2008 | Bachelor of Arts, Hochschule Bremen, University of Applied Sciences Bremen and Euromed Marseille School of Management Marseille (France) |
Expertise
Dr Christina Kohler is working on the following issues:
- Climatic events and security
- Environmental terrorism
- Environmental warfare
- Resource-related conflicts
- Climatic events and migration
- Migration to Europe
Publications
- Wasser als Waffe | 2020
Kohler, Christina (2020): Wasser als Waffe. Durch den Klimawandel werden perfide Formen der Machtausübung noch wirksamer und schädlicher, in: Forschung Frankfurt – Klimakrise, 37:2, 48–51, www.forschung-frankfurt.uni-frankfurt.de/(...).
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- Bedrohlicher denn je | 2020
Kohler, Christina (2020): Bedrohlicher denn je. Die Nutzung von Wasser als Waffe in Zeiten des Klimawandels, in: Wissenschaft und Frieden: Umwelt, Klima, Konflikt – Krieg oder Frieden mit der Natur?, 2020:4, www.wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/(...).
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- An Ancient Practice with a New Face | 2020
Kohler, Christina (2020): An Ancient Practice with a New Face. The Use of Water as a Weapon in Times of Climate Change, PRIF Spotlight 9/2020, Frankfurt/M.
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- Fokus: Friedenspolitik in Zeiten des Klimawandels | 2020
Benner, Ann-Kathrin/Brzoska, Michael/Kohler, Christina/Kroll, Stefan/Rothe, Delf/Scheffran, Jürgen/Schetter, Conrad/Schröder, Ursula/Wirkus, Lars (2020): Fokus: Friedenspolitik in Zeiten des Klimawandels, in: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)/Leibniz-Institut Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (HSFK)/Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden (INEF) (Hg.), Friedensgutachten 2020, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 24-43, www.friedensgutachten.de.
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- SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is an alert | 2020
Kohler, Christina (2020): SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is an alert. Environment-related root causes of animal-borne diseases need to be addressed!, PRIF Blog, 20.4.2020.
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- Climate Change makes the Weaponization of Resources more effective than ever before | 2020
Kohler, Christina (2020): Climate Change makes the Weaponization of Resources more effective than ever before, Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen e.V., 17.3.2020.
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- Understanding environmental terrorism in times of climate change: Implications for asylum seekers in Germany | 2019
Kohler, Christina/dos Santos, Carlos Denner/Bursztyn, Marcel (2019): Understanding environmental terrorism in times of climate change: Implications for asylum seekers in Germany, in: Research in Globalization, 1:1, DOI: 10.1016/j.resglo.2019.100006.
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- Climate is not special or different from other factors in generating migration, but it is still important | 2016
Kohler, Christina (2016): Climate is not special or different from other factors in generating migration, but it is still important, in: Sustentabilidade em Debate, 7, 244–263, DOI: 10.18472/SustDeb.v7n0.2016.21300.
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