Critical Perspectives on Climate Change and Security

3 credits · Graduate

This advanced course examines the relationships between climate change and (in)security, drawing on critical, multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological perspectives. Considering (in)security in broad terms, from violent conflict to displacement to everyday experiences, topics include definitions of (in)security, historical and structural roots of climate-related vulnerabilities and insecurities, responses to climate-related risks and insecurities, and possible climate and security futures, considering dynamics of climate change and (in)security at local, national, regional, international, and global scales. Preclusion(s): INTS 412-3