Migration, Conflict, and Climate Change

Keynote speaker for the WZB Annual Address on Migration and Diversity is Halvard Buhaug, Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Migration, conflict, and climate change are some of the most pressing challenges of our time, each with profound implications for societies and economies worldwide. Climate change is not just an environmental issue; it exacerbates existing social and political tensions, and may lead to displacement, conflict, and forced migration. As these issues increasingly intersect, understanding their complex relationships becomes crucial for scholars and practitioners across various disciplines.

This conference brings together scholars from economics, political science, sociology, and human geography who look at migration and its intersections with conflict and climate change from both theoretical and/or methodological points of view.