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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Geography
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Vally Koubi
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Vally Koubi
Course/Module description:
Massive population flows are regularly forecasted as one of climate change's most dramatic consequences. The nexus between environmental change and migratory dynamics are however far more complex than the usual causal and direct relationship portrayed by media, policy-makers and researchers. This class aims at examining the reality of migratory flows associated with environmental changes including climate change. A second part of the class addresses the potential link between climatic changes, migration and conflict, which has been widely discussed and is increasingly viewed by policy makers as a security issue.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
In the end of this course the students will be able to understand the drivers of environmental migration, the implications of migrations for the migrants and their families and the relationship between migration and conflict.
Attendance requirements(%):
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Interactive classes.
Course/Module Content:
Tentative list of topics and provisional readings:
1. Environmental Migration: definition
Dun, O., & F. Gemenne. 2008. Defining environmental migration. Forced Migration Review 31(1): 10-11.
Ransan-Cooper, H., C. Farbotko, K.E. McNamara, F. Thornton, & E. Chevalier. 2015. Being(s) framed: The means and ends of framing environmental migrants. Global Environmental Change 35: 106-115.
2. The Numbers
Missirian A., & W. Schlenker. 2017. Asylum applications respond to temperature fluctuations. Science 358(6370): 1610-1614.
Gemenne, F. 2011. Why the numbers don't add up: A review of estimates and predictions of people displaced by environmental changes. Global Environmental Change 21 (S1): 41-49.
3. Environmental Change and Migration: a framework
Black, R., W.N. Adger, N.W. Arnell, S. Dercon, A. Geddes, & D.S.G. Thomas. 2011. The effect of environmental change on human migration. Global Environmental Change 21(S1): S3-S11.
Black, R., N.W. Arnell, W.N. Adger, D. Thomas, & A. Geddes. 2013. Migration, immobility, and displacement outcomes of extreme events in nature and society. Environmental Science & Policy 27(1): S32-S43.
4. Environmental Migration: Empirical Evidence
a. Country studies
Audra Grant, A., N. Burger, & Q. Wodon. 2014. Climate-induced migration in the MENA region: Results from the qualitative fieldwork. World Bank.
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/56936/1/MPRA_paper_56936.pdf
b. Macro-level studies
Bohra-Mishra, P., M. Oppenheimer, R. Cai, S. Feng, & R. Licker. 2017. Climate variability and migration in the Philippines. Population & Environment 38(3): 286-308.
Thiede, B., C. Gray, & V. Mueller. 2016. Climate variability and inter-provincial migration in South America, 1970–2011. Global Environmental Change 41: 228-240.
c. Micro-level studies
Koubi, V., S. Stoll, & G. Spilker. 2016. Perceptions of environmental change and migration decisions. Climatic Change 138(3): 439-451.
Koubi, V., G. Spilker, L. Schaffer, & T. Böhmelt. 2016. The Role of evironmental perceptions in migration decision-making: Evidence from both migrants and nonmigrants in five developing countries. Population & Environment 38(2): 134-163.
5. Migration as Adaptation and Trapped Populations
Black, R., S.R.G. Bennett, S.M. Thomas, & J.R. Beddington. 2011b. Climate Change: Migration as Adaptation. Nature 478(7370): 477-479.
Vally Koubi, V., L. Schaffer, G. Spilker, & T. Böhmelt. 2018. Environmental migration: exposure, adaptation, and trapped populations. Manuscript, ETH Zurich.
6. Environmental Migration and Conflict
a. The link
Reuveny, R. 2007. Climate change-induced migration and violent conflict. Political Geography 26(6): 656-673.
b. Empirical Evidence: a case study
Kelley, C.P., S. Mohtadi, M.A. Cane, R. Seager, & Y. Kushnir. 2015. Climate change in the fertile crescent and implications of the recent Syrian drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(11): 3241-3246.
c. Empirical Evidence: macro-level studies
Bhavnani, R.R., & B. Lacina. 2015. The effects of weather-induced migration on sons of the soil riots in India. World Politics 67(4): 760–94.
Ghimire, R., S. Ferreira, & J.H. Dorfman. 2015. Flood-induced displacement and civil conflict. World Development 66: 614–28.
d. Empirical Evidence: a micro-level study
Koubi, V., T. Böhmelt, G. Spilker, & L. Schaffer. 2018. The determinants of environmental migrants’ conflict perception. International Organization 72(4).
7. Environmental Migration: Governance
Warner, K. 2010. Global environmental change and migration: Governance challenges. Global Environmental Change 20: 402–413.
Required Reading:
See the list above
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 100 %
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Additional information:
Evaluation: 25% of the grade will be based on the students’ active involvement in the class discussions. 75% will be based on a final exam.
Prerequisite: Just an interest in the interaction between human societies and the environment.
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