Clionadh Raleigh

Professor of Human Geography, University of Sussex

Clionadh Raleigh left PRIO in 2018. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons. Clionadh Raleigh is an External Associate at PRIO.

Research Interests

ACLED
Geographic Research on War (GROW project)
Transnational Civil Conflict

Dissertation Topic: Political Geography of Civil War: Patterns of Insurgency in Central Africa, 1960-2005

Background

Languages spoken:

English, some french and I am learning Arabic

Working experience:

http://www.acleddata.com/about-acled/

Researcher at PRIO in CSCW working group 3.

Instructor in Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Teaching Assistant in Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder

Research Assistant at the Program for Political and Economic Change at the Institute of Behavioral Science, Boulder

Intern at the Association of American Geographers, Washington, DC

Education:

PhD from Department of Geography, University of Colorado (2004-2007)
M.A. from the Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder (2002-2004)
B.A. from the University of Wisconsin (1996-2000)

PRIO Departments

Historical

PRIO Projects

Finished:

Events

Mon, 19 June 2006 – Post-Conflict Transitions: Political Institutions, Development And a Domestic Civil Peace (PIDDCP)
Tue, 21 June 2005 – Human Security and Climate Change
Wed, 18 August 2004 – The Boundaries of Civil Wars

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Buhaug, Halvard; Jonas Nordkvelle; Thomas Bernauer; Tobias Böhmelt; Michael Brzoska; Joshua W. Busby; Antonio Ciccone; Hanne Fjelde; Erik Gartzke; Nils Petter Gleditsch; Jack A. Goldstone; Håvard Hegre; Helge Holtermann; Vally Koubi; Jasmin S. A. Link; Peter Michael Link; Päivi Lujala; John O'Loughlin; Clionadh Raleigh; Jürgen Scheffran; Janpeter Schilling; Todd G. Smith; Ole Magnus Theisen; Richard S. J. Tol; Henrik Urdal & Nina von Uexkull (2014) One effect to rule them all? A comment on climate and conflict, Climatic Change 127(3): 391–397.

Raleigh, Clionadh; Andrew Linke; Håvard Hegre & Joakim Karlsen (2010) Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset: Special Data Feature, Journal of Peace Research 47(5): 651–660.

Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre (2009) Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War: A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis, Political Geography 28(4): 224–238.

Østby, Gudrun; Clionadh Raleigh & Håvard Hegre (2009) Poverty and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia, Journal of Conflict Resolution 53(4): 298–623.

Raleigh, Clionadh & Henrik Urdal (2007) Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict, Political Geography 26(6): 674–694.

Book Chapter

Raleigh, Clionadh & Lisa Jordan (2010) Climate Change and Migration: Emerging Patterns in the Developing World, in Mearns, Robin; & Andrew Norton, eds, The Social Dimensions of Climate Change: Equity and Vulnerability in a Warming World. Washington: World Bank (103–133).

O'Loughlin, John & Clionadh Raleigh (2006) The Political Geography of War, in A Handbook of Political Geography. Thousand Oaks, CA: .

Conference Paper

Østby, Gudrun;Hegre, Håvard; & Raleigh, Clionadh 2007 Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia, presented at Polarization and Conflict Meeting, , 7–9 June.

Raleigh, Clionadh; Gudrun Østby & Håvard Hegre (2007) Economic Deprivation and Civil War Events: A Disaggregated Study of Liberia, presented at the 48th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Chicago, IL, 28 February–3 March.

Raleigh, Clionadh & Henrik Urdal (2006) Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict, presented at the 47th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (ISA), San Diego, CA, 22–25 March.

Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre (2005) Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Events Dataset, presented at Disaggregating the Study of Civil War and Transnational Violence, University of California, Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation, San Diego, CA, March 7–8.

Hegre, Håvard & Clionadh Raleigh (2005) Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War. A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis, presented at the Summer Meeting of the Polarization and Conflict Project, Konstanz, Germany, 2–5 June.

Urdal, Henrik & Clionadh Raleigh (2005) Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Armed Conflict, presented at the workshop on ‘Human Security and Climate Change’, Oslo, 22–23 June.

Raleigh, Clionadh & Håvard Hegre (2005) Population Size, Concentration, and Civil War: A Geographically Disaggregated Analysis, presented at the Polarization and Conflict (PAC) Summer Meeting, Konstanz, 2–5 June.