Main research areas

• Political Geography
• Resource Conflicts
• Human-environment interactions
• Climate and environmental change
• Environmental conflicts and resource conflicts, especially over land, water, wind and oil
• Peacebuilding
  

Geographical focus

• Germany (mainly Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Africa (mainly East and North Africa)
• Latin America (Bolivia, Peru and Brazil)
  

Theories

• Political ecology
• Disintegration theory
  

Concepts

• Vulnerability
• Resilience
• Human security
• Environmental security
• Not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) / Locally Unwanted Land Uses (LULU)
  

Methods

• Qualitative field research based on expert and community interviews and focus group discussions
• Actor-based conflict analysis
• Quantitative analysis of (geo-referenced) conflict, land use, environmental, socio-economic and conflict data

Recent lectures

Media appearances

3 Fragen zur Nachhaltigkeit an Janpeter Sch illing (3 Questions on Sustainability for Janpeter Schilling). Baden-Württemberg State Center for Political Education. online

"Rethink, please!", guest article on the anniversary of the end of the Second World War 75 years ago, by Jun. Prof. Janpeter Schilling, Rheinpfalz, May 3, 2020.

"A brief portrait of the Peace Academy", Interview with Jun. Prof. Janpeter Schilling and Dr. Charlotte Dany, Antenne Landau, 17 July 2019.

"Der Fall Susanna" (The Case Susanna), Article with statements by Janpeter Schilling. Frankfurter Neue Presse. July 2, 2018. online

Konfliktforscher fordern Gesprächsforen für Kandel (Conflict Researchers Demand Discussion Forums for Kandel), Article with statements by Janpeter Schilling. The World. 20 May 2018. online

"COP23 erzielt wichtige Fortschritte" (COP23 Makes Significant Progress), Interview with Janpeter Schilling. University of Hamburg. 17 November 2017. online

Video of presentation "Klimawandel, Migration und Konflikte am Beispiel Ostafrika". ARD alpha/Bayrischer Rundfunk. October 4, 2017.

Network DVAG (German Association for Applied Geography): Janpeter Schilling. Location 41 (3), September 30, 2017. print only

Forschen vor Gewehrlaufen (Researching in Front of Gun Barrels), Article on Janpeter Schilling. Die Rheinpfalz, April 29, 2017. print only

Feldarbeit vor Gewehrläufen (Field Research in Front of Gun Barrels), Article on Janpeter Schilling. Frankfurter Rundschau, April 27, 2017. print only

Landkreis und Stadt fördern junge Talente an der Universität Landau, Focus, 2 February 2017.

Dispute over vineyard and wind turbine, Badische Neuste Nachrichten, January 24, 2017.

Kick-off of endowed professorship, University Koblenz-Landau, December 8, 2017. online

New Klaus Toepfer endowed professorship. Antenne Landau, December 7, 2016.

"Anything but dusty", Die Rheinpfalz, November 30, 2016.

Video Blog Janpeter Schilling, Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate, October 19, 2016. online

Interview with Janpeter Schilling, Peace Academy Rhineland-Palatinate region, July 4, 2016. online

Essays; Journal Articles

Schilling, Janpeter (2025): Analyzing and Understanding Land-Use Conflicts. In: Praxis Geographie. vol. 10, pp. 4–8. https://www.westermann.de/anlage/4678531/Landnutzungskonflikte-analysieren-und-verstehen

Felzmann, Dirk; Schilling, Janpeter ( 2025): Land-Use Conflicts from a Geography Education Perspective. In: Praxis Geographie. Vol. 10, pp. 9–13. https://www.westermann.de/anlage/4678537/Landnutzungskonflikte-aus-geographiedidaktischer-Perspektive

Alusiola, Rowan Alumasa; Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter; Klär, Paul (2025): Identifying Peace Pathways: How Can Forest Conservation Contribute to Environmental Peacebuilding? In: Climate and Development. pp. 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2505538

Silva-Novoa Sanchez, Luis Miguel; Mahjoubi, Imane; Frör, Oliver; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Schilling, Janpeter; Berger, Elisabeth (2025): What Groundwater Governance Challenges and Opportunities Arise in Arid Regions? Lessons from the Middle Drâa Valley, Morocco. In: Sustainable Water Resources Management. vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 1–26.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-025-01210-x

Silva-Novoa Sánchez, Luis Miguel; Schilling, Janpeter; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Ezzayyat, Rachid; Berger, Elisabeth (2025): Drivers of Conflict over Customary Land in the Middle Drâa Valley of Morocco. In: World Development. vol. 188. pp. 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106872

Schilling, Janpeter; Pinzón, Claudia; Froese, Rebecca; Figueroa, Diana; Villavicencio, Miguel; Werland, Luise; Schönenberg, Regine (2024): "All We Have Left is to Defend Our Reserve": Social Structures and Community Resistance to Large-Scale Gold Mining in the Manuripi Wildlife Reserve in Northern Bolivia. In: The Extractive Industries and Society. Vol. 20. pp. 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2024.101574

Schilling, Janpeter; Werland, Luise (2023): Facing Old and New Risks in Arid Environments: The Case of Pastoral Communities in Northern Kenya. In: PLOS Climate. Vol. 2, No. 7. pp. 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000251

Froese, Rebecca; Andrino, Alberto; Giudice, Renzo; Stuch, Benjamin; Kilian Salas, Simone; Böhner, Jürgen; Boy, Diana; Boy, Jens; Brown, Foster; Díaz García, Elisa; Figueroa, Diana; Frör, Oliver; Guggenberger, Georg; Horn, Markus A.; Hasson, Shabeh ul; Jung, Christopher; Lagneaux, Elisabeth G.; Meurer, Katharina H. E.; Pinzón Cuellar, Claudia; Schaldach, Rüdiger; Cerruto Ribeiro, Sabina; Schilling, Janpeter; Schmidt, Fernando A.; Schönenberg, Regine; Selaya, Galia; Vega, Claudia M.; Vetter, Vanessa M. S.; Villavicenio, Miguel; Callo-Concha, Daniel; Jansen, Merel; Jungkunst, Hermann F. (2023): Describing Complex Interactions of Social-Ecological Systems for Tipping Point Assessments: An Analytical Framework. In: Frontiers in Climate. vol. 5. pp. 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1145942

Weiß, Sören Bo; Schilling, Janpeter; Frör, Oliver (2023): The Role of Project Components in the Acceptance of an Inner-City River Restoration Project in Bad Bergzabern, Germany. In: Water Policy. vol. 25, no. 6. pp. 582–596. https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2023.254

Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter; Pinzón, Claudia; Schönenberg, Regine (2022): Between Cooperation and Conflict: A Social-Ecological Perspective on the Impacts of COVID-19 in Southwestern Amazonia. In: Die Friedens-Warte. Journal of International Peace and Organization. Vol. 95. pp. 67–88. https://doi.org/10.35998/fw-2022-0003

Froese, Rebecca; Pinzón, Claudia; Aceitón, Loreto; Argentim, Tarik; Arteaga, Marliz; Navas-Guzmán, Juan Sebastian; Pismel, Gleiciane; Scherer, Sophia Florence; Reutter, Jannis; Schilling, Janpeter; Schönenberg, Regine (2022): Conflicts over Land as a Risk for Social-Ecological Resilience: A Transnational Comparative Analysis in the Southwestern Amazon. In: Sustainability. vol. 14, no. 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116520

Silva-Novoa Sanchez, Luis Miguel; Bossenbroek, Lisa; Schilling, Janpeter; Berger, Elisabeth (2022): Governance and Sustainability Challenges in Morocco’s Water Policy, 1995–2020: Insights from the Middle Draa Valley. In: Water. Vol. 14, No. 18, p. 2932. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182932

Hussak, Melanie; Zeigermann, Ulrike; Schilling, Janpeter; Reiter, Anna (2021): Integration Concepts in German Cities: How Can They Contribute to Shared Societies?. In: Conflict Resolution Quarterly. Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 115–138. https://doi.org/10.1002/crq.21326

Alusiola, Rowan Alumasa; Schilling, Janpeter; Klär, Paul (2021): REDD+ Conflict: Understanding the Pathways Between Forest Projects and Social Conflict. In: Forests. Vol. 12, No. 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12060748

Schilling, Janpeter; Schilling-Vacaflor, Almut; Flemmer, Riccarda; Froese, Rebecca (2021): A Political Ecology Perspective on Resource Extraction and Human Security in Kenya, Bolivia, and Peru. In: The Extractive Industries and Society, no. 8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2020.10.009

Kamta, Frederic Noel; Schilling, Janpeter; Scheffran, Jürgen (2021): Water Resources, Forced Migration, and Tensions with Host Communities in the Nigerian Part of the Lake Chad Basin. In: *Resources*, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3390/resources10040027

Schilling, Janpeter; Werland, Luise (2021): 10 Years of the Arab Spring—Where Does North Africa Stand Today? In: Geographische Rundschau. no. 11. pp. 10–14.

Schilling, Janpeter; Hertig, Elke; Tramblay, Yves; Scheffran, Jürgen (2020): Climate Change Vulnerability, Water Resources, and Social Implications in North Africa. In: Regional Environmental Change. Vol. 20, No. 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01597-7

Kamta, Frederic Noel; Schilling, Janpeter; Scheffran, Jürgen (2020): Insecurity, Resource Scarcity, and Migration to Camps for Internally Displaced Persons in Northeast Nigeria. In: Sustainability. Vol. 12, No. 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12176830

Schilling, Janpeter (2020): Focus on Northwest Kenya—Between Climate Change, Conflicts, Oil, and Wind. In: Wissenschaft & Frieden. No. 2020-04.

Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter (2019): The Nexus of Climate Change, Land Use, and Conflicts. In: Current Climate Change Reports. Vol. 5. pp. 24–35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40641-019-00122-1

Schilling, Janpeter; Locham, Raphael; Scheffran, Jürgen (2018): A Local to Global Perspective on Oil and Wind Exploitation, Resource Governance, and Conflict in Northern Kenya. In: Conflict, Security and Development. Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 571–600. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2018.1532642

Seter, Hanne; Theisen, Ole Magnus; Schilling, Janpeter (2018): All About Water and Land? Resource-Related Conflicts in East and West Africa Revisited. In: GeoJournal. Vol. 83. pp. 169–187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-016-9762-7

Schilling, Janpeter; Saulich, Christina; Engwicht, Nina (2018): A Local to Global Perspective on Resource Governance and Conflict. In: Conflict, Security & Development. Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 433–461. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2018.1532641

Mitra, Shreya; Mulligan, Joe; Schilling, Janpeter; Harper, Jamilla; Vivekananda, Janani; Krause, Lisa (2017): Developing Risk or Resilience? Effects of Slum Upgrading on the Social Contract and Social Cohesion in Kibera, Nairobi. In: Environment and Urbanization. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 103–122. https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478166892

Schilling, Janpeter; Nash, Sarah Louise; Ide, Tobias; Froese, Rebecca; Scheffran, Jürgen; von Prondzinski, Pina (2017): Resilience and Environmental Security: Towards Joint Application in Peacebuilding. In: Global Change, Peace & Security. vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 107–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2017.1305347

Alamgir, Aamir; Khan, Moazzam Ali; Schilling, Janpeter; Shaukat, S. Shahid; Shahab, Shoaib (2016): Assessment of Groundwater Quality in the Coastal Area of Sindh Province, Pakistan. In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Vol. 188, No. 78. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-5061-x

Abid, Muhammad; Schilling, Janpeter; Scheffran, Jürgen; Zulfiqar, Farhad (2016): Climate Change Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Risk Perceptions at the Farm Level in Punjab, Pakistan. In: Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 547. pp. 447–460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.125

Schilling, Janpeter; Weinzierl, Thomas; Lokwang, Augustine Ekitela; Opiyo, Francis (2016): For Better or Worse: Major Developments Affecting Resource and Conflict Dynamics in Northwest Kenya. In: Journal of Economic Geography. Vol. 60, No. 1–2. pp. 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfw-2016-0001

Opiyo, Francis; Wasonga, Oliver; Nyangito, Moses; Schilling, Janpeter; Munang, Richard (2015): Drought Adaptation and Coping Strategies Among the Turkana Pastoralists of Northern Kenya. In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. Vol. 6. pp. 295–309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-015-0063-4

Myrttinen, Henri; Naujoks, Jana; Schilling, Janpeter (2015): Gender, Natural Resources, and Peacebuilding in Kenya and Nepal. In: Peace Review. Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 181–187. https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2015.1037623

Schilling, Janpeter; Locham, Raphael; Weinzierl, Thomas; Vivekananda, Janani; Scheffran, Jürgen (2015): The Nexus of Oil, Conflict, and Climate Change Vulnerability of Pastoral Communities in Northwest Kenya. In: Earth System Dynamics. Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 703–717. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-6-703-2015

Scheffran, Jürgen; Ide, Tobias; Schilling, Janpeter (2014): Violent Climate or Climate of Violence? Concepts and Relations with Focus on Kenya and Sudan. In: The International Journal of Human Rights. Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 369–390. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2014.914722

Vivekananda, Janani; Schilling, Janpeter; Smith, Dan (2014): Climate Resilience in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Societies: Concepts and Approaches. In: Development in Practice. Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 487–501. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2014.909384

Ide, Tobias; Schilling, Janpeter; Link, Jasmin S. A.; Scheffran, Jürgen; Ngaruiya, Grace; Weinzierl, Thomas (2014): On Exposure, Vulnerability, and Violence: Spatial Distribution of Risk Factors for Climate Change and Violent Conflict Across Kenya and Uganda. In: Political Geography. Vol. 43. pp. 68–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2014.10.007

Vivekananda, Janani; Schilling, Janpeter; Mitra, Shreya; Pandey, Nisha (2014): On Shrimp, Salt, and Security: Livelihood Risks and Responses in South Bangladesh and East India. In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. Vol. 16. pp. 1141–1161. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-014-9517-x

Vivekananda, Janani; Schilling, Janpeter; Smith, Dan (2014): Understanding Resilience in Climate Change and Conflict-Affected Regions of Nepal. In: Geopolitics. Vol. 19. No. 4. pp. 911–936. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2014.964863

Buhaug, Halvard; Nordkvelle, Jonas; Bernauer, Thomas; Böhmelt, Tobias; Brzoska, Michael; Busby, Joshua W.; Ciccone, Antonio; Fjelde, Hanne; Gartzke, Erik; Gleditsch, Nils P.; Goldstone, Jack; Hegre, Havard; Holtermann, Helge; Koubi, Vally; Link, Jasmin; Link, P. Michael; Lujala, Päivi; O’Loughlin, John; Raleigh, Clionadh; Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter; Smith, Todd G.; Theisen, Ole M.; Tol, Richard; Urdal, Henrik; von Uexkull, Nina (2014): One Effect to Rule Them All? A Comment on Climate and Conflict. In: Climatic Change. vol. 127. pp. 391–397. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-014-1266-1

Schilling, Janpeter; Vivekananda, Janani; Khan, Moazzam Ali; Pandey, Nisha (2013): Vulnerability to Environmental Risks and Effects on Community Resilience in Mid-West Nepal and South-East Pakistan. In: Environment and Natural Resources Research. Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 27–45. https://doi.org/10.5539/enrr.v3n4p27

Weinzierl, Thomas; Schilling, Janpeter (2013): On Demand, Development, and Dependence: A Review of Current and Future Implications of Socioeconomic Changes for Integrated Water Resource Management in the Okavango Catchment of Southern Africa. In: Land. Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 60–80. https://doi.org/10.3390/land2010060

Link, P. Michael; Piontek, Franziska; Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): On Foes and Flows: Vulnerabilities, Adaptive Capacities, and Transboundary Relations in the Nile River Basin in Times of Climate Change. In: L’Europe en Formation. vol. 365. no. 3. pp. 99–138. https://doi.org/10.3917/eufor.365.0099

Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Kominek, Jasmin; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Disentangling the Climate-Conflict Nexus: Empirical and Theoretical Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Pathways. In: Review of European Studies. Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 1–13. https://doi.org/10.5539/res.v4n5p1

Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Kominek, Jasmin; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Climate Change and Violent Conflict. In: Science. Vol. 336, No. 6083, pp. 869–871. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221339

Schilling, Janpeter; Opiyo, Francis EO; Scheffran, Jürgen (2012): Raiding Pastoral Livelihoods: Motives and Effects of Violent Conflict in Northwestern Kenya. In: Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. Vol. 2, No. 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/2041-7136-2-25

Schilling, Janpeter; Freier, Korbinian P.; Hertig, Elke; Scheffran, Jürgen (2012): Climate Change, Vulnerability, and Adaptation in North Africa with a Focus on Morocco. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 156. pp. 12–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2012.04.021

Ide, Tobias; Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Does Climate Change Lead to More Violent Conflicts? In: Science and Peace. Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 7–9.

Books / Edited Volumes

Silva, Leon (2020): What Drives the Conflict Over the Garzweiler II Open-Pit Mine? Landau Studies in Geography and Geography Education, Vol. 3. Edited by Janpeter Schilling: Landau: University of Koblenz-Landau.

Kaulen, Rabea Michaele (2019): Gentrification in Frankfurt am Main—Developments and Challenges. Landau Papers on Geography and Geography Education, Vol. 2. Schilling, Janpeter: University of Koblenz-Landau.

Schilling, Janpeter; Saulich, Christina; Engwicht, Nina (2018): Special Issue: A Local to Global Perspective on Resource Governance and Conflict. Conflict, Security and Development, vol. 18, no. 6.

Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Günther, Brauch Hans; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Climate Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict: Challenges for Societal Stability. Berlin: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1

Book Chapter

Schilling, Janpeter (2024): Climate Justice—But How? In: Mühling, Markus; Weinhardt, Birgitta (eds.): Climate Change as a Societal Challenge. Peter Lang, Berlin. pp. 23–34. https://doi.org/10.3726/b22325

Schilling, Janpeter; Werland, Luise (2022): Climate Change, Heat, Aggression, and Conflicts. In: Cohrs, Christopher; Knab, Nadine; Sommer, Gert (eds.): Handbook of Peace Psychology. Forum Friedenspsychologie e.V., Marburg. pp. 3–27. https://doi.org/10.17192/es2022.0050

Schilling, Janpeter (2022): Resolving Conflicts—Conflicts Over Wind Power and Refugee Housing: Analytical Approaches and Potential Solutions for Municipalities. In: Wolfram, Markus (ed.): Administrative Management & Local Politics. Kissing: Weka. pp. 114–138.

Schilling, Janpeter (2020): Climate Change, Migration, and Conflicts: The Case of East Africa. In: Engwicht, Nina; Kukatzki, Bernhard; Pfeil, Florian; Wilhelmi, Volker: Natural Resources, Human Rights, and Conflicts. Resource Challenges in a Globalized World—Teaching Materials for Upper Secondary Education. Online publication by the Rhineland-Palatinate Peace Academy and the State Agency for Political Education. pp. 4–13.

Schilling, Janpeter; Werland, Luise (2020): Interaction Between Wind Energy, Climate Vulnerability, and Violent Conflict in Northern Kenya. In: Brzoska, Michael; Scheffran, Jürgen (eds.): Climate Change, Security Risks, and Violent Conflicts. Essays from Integrated Climate Research in Hamburg. Hamburg University Press. pp. 67–81. https://doi.org/10.15460/hup.105.778

Schilling, Janpeter (2019): An Environment of Insecurity: The Relationship Between Environmental Change and Violent Conflict in Northwest Kenya. In: Lanicci, John M.; Murray, Elisabeth Hope; Ramsay, James D. (eds.): Environmental Security—Concepts, Challenges, and Case Studies. Boston: American Meteorological Society. pp. 177–185.

Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter; Link, P. Michael (2019): Climate and Conflict in Africa. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Climate Science. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.557

Schilling, Janpeter; Krause, Lisa (2018): Climate Change and Conflict in Northern Africa. In: Wohl, Ellen (ed.): Oxford Bibliographies in Environmental Science. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199363445-0090

Schilling, Janpeter (2018): Climate Wars? On the Role of Climate in Violent Conflicts. In: Konopka, Torsten (ed.): Sudan and South Sudan. Paderborn: Schöningh. pp. 203–214.

Schilling, Janpeter; Froese, Rebecca; Naujoks, Jana (2018): “Just Women” Is Not Enough: Toward a Gender-Relational Approach to Water and Peacebuilding. In: Fröhlich, Christiane; Gioli, Giovanna; Cremades, Roger; Myrttinen, Henry (eds.): Water Security Across the Gender Divide. Water Security in a New World. Cham: Springer. pp. 173–196. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64046-4_9

Schilling, Janpeter (2017): Climate Change, Migration, and Conflicts: The Case of East Africa. In: Scheffran, Jürgen (ed.): Migration and Displacement Between Climate Change and Conflicts. Hamburg: Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg. pp. 75–82.

Ide, Tobias; Link, P. Michael; Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter (2016): The Climate-Conflict Nexus: Pathways, Regional Links, and Case Studies. In: Brauch, H.; Oswald Spring, Ú; Scheffran, Jürgen; Grin, J. (eds.): Handbook on Sustainability Transition and Sustainable Peace. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace. Cham: Springer. pp. 285–304. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43884-9_12

Schilling, Janpeter; Akuno, Moses; Scheffran, Jürgen; Weinzierl, Thomas (2014): On Raids and Relations: Climate Change, Pastoral Conflict, and Adaptation in Northwestern Kenya. In: Bronkhorst, Salome; Bob, Urmilla (eds.): Conflict-Sensitive Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag. pp. 241–268.

Scheffran, Jürgen; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Theories and Models of Climate-Security Interaction: Framework and Application to a Climate Hot Spot in North Africa. In: Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Brauch, Hans Günther; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (eds.): Climate Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace. Cham: Springer. pp. 91–131. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_5

Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Brauch, Hans Günther; Link, P. Michael; Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Conclusions and Outlook: Research Results and Research Needs. In: Scheffran, Jürgen; Brzoska, Michael; Schilling, Janpeter; Brauch, Hans Günther; Link, P. Michael (eds.): Climate Change, Human Security, and Violent Conflict. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace. Cham: Springer. pp. 797–818. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28626-1_38

Schilling, Janpeter; Scheffran, Jürgen; Link, P. Michael (2010): Climate Change and Land Use Conflicts in Northern Africa. In: Endlicher, W.; Gerstengarbe, F.-W. (eds.): Continents Under Climate Change. Halle: Nova Acta Leopoldina. pp. 173–182.

Miscellaneous (Blog/Newspaper)

Schilling, Janpeter (2026): The Rhineland-Palatinate Peace Academy and How We Can Better Understand Conflicts. In: Henninger, Sascha (ed.): Publications of the Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Studies Working Group—Volume 25. 63–71, Rhineland-Palatinate Regional Studies Working Group, Kaiserslautern. online [https://ru.rptu.de/fileadmin/physgeo/ALK-Band_25.pdf]

Pinzón, Claudia; Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter; Figueroa, Diana; Werland, Luise; Schönenberg, Regine (2023): Environmental Peacebuilding and Gold Mining. Resistance in a Protected Area in Bolivia. In: Science and Peace. vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 20–24.

Leimig, Konstantin (2022): Social Transformation Processes and Local Conflicts: Between Theory and Practice. A summary of the presentations by Prof. Dr. Janpeter Schilling and Karol Sabo. In: VFB Salzwedel: The Challenge of Local Government—How Can Social Transformation Succeed? Salzwedel: VFB Salzwedel. pp. 6–7. PDF

Schönhöfer, Felix; Schilling, Janpeter (2022): Resource Conflicts: The Dark Side of Wind Power. Based on an interview with Janpeter Schilling. NeuLand digital. The online research magazine of Campus Landau. March 7, 2022.

Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter (2021): Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon—A Threat to Human Security. Peace Academy Blog, February 3, 2021.

Froese, Rebecca; Pinzón, Claudia; Schönenberg, Regine; Schilling, Janpeter (2021): Local Actions Against Global Dynamics—COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Social Transformation in the Southwestern Amazon. In: Dany, Charlotte; Groppe, Annalena: Peace Perspectives No. 1: Peace and the Pandemic—International Perspectives on Social Polarization and Cohesion in Times of COVID-19. pp. 38–44.

Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter (2020): Thinking About the Environment and Peace Together: Environmental Peacebuilding as an Opportunity for German Peace and Development Policy. PeaceLab Blog, May 28, 2020.

Schilling, Janpeter (2020): “A Bazooka Doesn’t Heal People.” Why War Rhetoric in the Time of COVID-19 Is Not Only Wrong but Dangerous.Peace Academy Blog. April 8, 2020.

Schilling, Janpeter; Saulich, Christina; Engwicht, Nina (2019): From Local to Global: A New Perspective on the Connection Between Resource Management and Conflicts. Peace Academy Blog. January 18, 2019.

Schilling, Janpeter (2019): How Are Climate Change, Migration, and Conflicts Interconnected? Gospel and Science 40(1), pp. 29–38.

Schilling, Janpeter; Saulich, Christina; Engwicht, Nina (2018): A Local-to-Global Framework on Resource Governance and Conflict. Resources and Conflict Blog. December 28, 2018.

Froese, Rebecca; Schilling, Janpeter; Ide, Tobias; Nash, Sarah Louise; Scheffran, Jürgen (2017): “Resilience and Environmental Security in Peacebuilding.” Climate-Diplomacy Blog, May 24, 2017.

Schilling, Janpeter (2012): Droughts Exacerbate Conflicts in Kenya. Hamburger Abendblatt. April 21, 2012.

Schilling, Janpeter (2011): Communicating with Your Advisor. In: Baehr, J. (ed.) How to Survive Your PhD. Hamburg, KlimaCampus, pp. 6–9.

Schilling, Janpeter; Link, P. Michael; Scheffran, Jürgen (2010): Report on the International Conference “Climate Change, Social Stress, and Violent Conflict,” November 19–20, 2009. Science & Peace 2010-1, pp. 67–68 & FONAS Newsletter 10(10), pp. 17–18.

Scheffran, Jürgen; Schilling, Janpeter (2009): Preventing Climate Conflicts: Cooperative Approaches to Facing the Security Risks of Global Warming, *Global Responsibility* (60), pp. 1–5.