Dr. Kristina Petrova

Postdoctoral Researcher
Petrova

Kristina Petrova is a Postdoctoral Researcher, who works at Research Department 3 - Transformation Pathways and focuses on the interplay between human mobility and climate change. The research is part of the HABITABLE project.

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 249
kristina.petrova@pik-potsdam.de[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

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Peer-reviewed articles:

2024

13. Makki, M., Butt, F. A., Akash, S. A., Petrova, K., & Naeem, S. A. (2024). Fragile Geographies and the Climate-Conflict Nexus: Investigating Climate-Induced Security Risks, Migration, and Inequality in Balochistan, Pakistan. Alternatives, 03043754241291728, https://doi.org/10.1177/03043754241291

12. Michelini, S., Petrova, K., Gong, Ch., & Zantout, K. (2024). Improving on Complexity: Ideas for Enhancing Quantitative Modeling of Climate Mobility. Annalen der Physik, 2300545, https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.202300545

11. Petrova, K. (2024).[Review of:] Catastrophes, confrontations, and constraints: how disasters shape the dynamics of armed conflict. Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2317107

10. Petrova, K. and E. L. Rosvold. (2024). Mitigating the legacy of violence: Can flood relief improve people’s trust in government in conflict-affected areas? Evidence from Pakistan. World Development. 173: 106372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106372


9.  Carlsen, H., N. Weitz, K. Petrova and E. Kemp-Benedict. (2024). Targeting historical lock-ins to achieve the 2030 Agenda. Sustainable Development. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2929 

2023

8. Petrova, K. (2023). Caught in the Maelstrom, Catching the Tide: Micro-level Responses to Climate-Related Hazards and Conflict. Doctoral thesis. Uppsala University.

7. Petrova, K., G. Olafsdottir, H.Hegre and E. Gilmore. (2023). The ’conflict trap’ reduces economic growth in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Environmental Research Letters, 18.2: 024028. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acb163

2022

6. Petrova, K. (2022). Floods, communal conflict and the role of local state institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Political Geography, 92: 102511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102511

5. Nohrstedt, D., Ch. F. Parker, N. von Uexkull, J. Mard, F. Albrecht, K. Petrova, L. Nyberg, et al. (2022). Disaster Risk Reduction and the Limits of Truisms: Improving the Knowledge and Practice Interface. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 67 (January): 102661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102661

2021

4. Petrova, K. (2021). Natural hazards, internal migration and protests in Bangladesh. Journal of Peace Research, 58(1): 33–49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343320973741

2020

3. Hegre, H., K. Petrova and N. von Uexkull (2020). Synergies and Trade-Offs in Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability, 12(20). https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208729

2019

2. Hegre, H. et al (2019). ViEWS: A political violence early–warning system. Journal of Peace Research, 56(2): 155–176. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022343319823860

Reports:

1. Peters, K., L. Mayhew, O. Borodyna, H. Measures, K. Petrova, Ch. Nicoson, P. Nordqvist, Laura Peters. Climate change, conflict and security scan: December 2018–March 2019. Overseas Development Institute, London, UK.

HABITABLE - Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration. https://habitableproject.org/.

Seminar Teacher. Conflict Analysis. Uppsala University. BA-level. 2018-2019
Seminar Teacher. Peace and Security. Uppsala University. BA-level. 2018-2021
Course Convener. Causes of Armed Conflict. Uppsala University. BA-level. 2019-2021
Seminar Teacher. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Uppsala University. MA-level. 2020-2021
Supervisor and Lecturer. Bachelor Thesis. Uppsala University. BA-level. 2021
Guest Lecturer. Climate Mobility. Columbia University. MA-level. 2022
Seminar Teacher. SOAS Summer School on Climate Mobility. PhD-level. 2024