Environmental Degradation and Conflict: From Vulnerabilities to Capabilities

The conference will serve as a platform to facilitate intensive discussions on a number of open

questions and methodological challenges. Invited participant-researchers represent a wide

range of fields, such as sociology, ethnology, gender studies, geography, economy,

development, international relations, health care, geology, and climate or environmental

studies. The conference will bring together not only junior and senior scientists, but also

experts from all sectors concerned with environmental change and migration, state

representatives as well as non-state actors.