Tobias Ide

PD Dr. Tobias Ide serves as a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of International Relations within the Carl Friedrich Gauss Faculty at Braunschweig University of Technology, where he maintains his office in Room 166 at Bienroder Weg 97. He also holds a concurrent position as Lecturer in Politics and Policy at Murdoch University in Perth, reflecting his international academic engagement.

His research expertise spans across critical contemporary issues:

• Environmental dimensions of peace and conflict
• Climate change security implications
• Environmental peacebuilding processes
• Disaster-conflict dynamics
• Qualitative Comparative Analysis methodology

Dr. Ide's current research combines Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and case studies to investigate how natural disasters influence armed conflict dynamics. His scholarly leadership extends to serving as director of the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, which bridges academic research with practical peacebuilding applications.

Academically, he earned his doctorate from the University of Hamburg in 2015 with research examining climate change-violent conflict relationships. He completed his habilitation at TU Braunschweig in 2019, focusing on environmental aspects in peacemaking and peacebuilding processes. His international experience includes visiting scholar positions at the University of Melbourne, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and the American University in Washington, DC.