Alec Crawford
- Phone: +41 (22) 917-8684
- Fax: +41 (22) 917-8054
Alec Crawford is a Project Manager with the Security and Climate Change teams out of IISD's Geneva office. Since joining IISD in 2004, his work has focused on examining the links among environmental change, natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding. His most recent work has involved field research on the links between climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East and Africa, as well as research and training on conflict-sensitive conservation in East and Central Africa. Before joining IISD, Alec worked in corporate finance for a Toronto-based technology firm.
Education
- Master of Environment and Development (2004): London School of Economics.
- Bachelor of Commerce (2002): Queen’s University.
- Alec’s post-graduate research focused on environmental institutions and discourses, and the economics of ecology and sustainable development which underpin them. Complementary studies in Development included analyzing development history and theory, with a focus on understanding the causes of poverty and the marginality within cities of the South.
Languages
English and French
Publications
Battling the Elements: The security threat of climate change
Commentary: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2009Climate Change and Conflict: Lessons from community conservancies in northern Kenya
Paper: Ivan Campbell, Sarah Dalrymple, Rob Craig, Alec Crawford, 2009Give Peace (and the climate) a Chance
Commentary: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2009Conflict-Sensitive Conservation: Practitioners' Manual
Book: Anne Hammill, Alec Crawford, Robert Craig, Robert Malpas, Richard Matthew, 2009Rising Temperatures, Rising Tensions: Climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2009Climate Change and Security in Africa
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2009Hope and Change are Far from Reality for Congolese and a Threatened Environment
Commentary: Alec Crawford, 2008Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Climate-changing World
Paper: Alec Crawford, Arthur J. Hanson, David Runnalls, 2008Climate change: A new threat to stability in West Africa? Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2008Gorillas in the Midst: Assessing the peace and conflict impacts of International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) activities
Paper: Anne Hammill, Alec Crawford, 2008The Security Dimensions of Environmental Policy: Canadian defence policy changes along with climate in the suddenly accessible Far North
Commentary: Alec Crawford, 2008Growing Unrest: The links between farmed and fished resources and the risk of conflict
Paper: Alec Crawford, Oli Brown, 2008Environmental Change and the New Security Agenda: Implications for Canada’s security and environment
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, Christine Campeau, 2008Assessing the Security Implications of Climate Change for West Africa: Country Case Studies of Ghana and Burkina Faso
Book: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2008Boom or Bust: How commodity price volatility impedes poverty reduction, and what to do about it
Book: Oli Brown, Jason Gibson, Alec Crawford, 2008Price Volatility in the Cotton Yarn Industry: Lessons from India
Paper: Vijaya Switha Grandhi, Alec Crawford, 2007Addressing Land Ownership after Natural Disasters - An Agency Survey
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, 2006Growing into risk? Emerging environment and security issues in China
Paper: Alec Crawford, Oli Brown, Van Yang, 2006Natural Disasters and Resource Rights - Building resilience, rebuilding lives
Paper: Oli Brown, Alec Crawford, Anne Hammill, 2006Herding on the Brink: Towards a Global Survey of Pastoral Communities and Conflict
Paper: Michele Nori, Jason Switzer, Alec Crawford, 2005
