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Gabriele Spilker

Gabriele Spilker

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Political Science

D-Index
25
Citations
2530
World Ranking
1627
National Ranking
84

Overview

Gabriele Spilker is affiliated with the University of Konstanz in Germany and specializes in social sciences, particularly focusing on sociology and political science. Their research spans multiple intertwined subfields including economics and econometrics, development, political science and international relations, as well as strategy and management. The core themes in their work address complex issues around climate change adaptation, migration, and international development.

Spilker's scholarly output prominently covers topics such as:

  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
  • International Development and Aid
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception

Their recent publications illustrate a focus on environmental migration and climate-related social dynamics. Notable papers include:

  • "Attitudes of urban residents towards environmental migration in Kenya and Vietnam," 2020, published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Environmental migrants and social-movement participation," 2020, published in Journal of Peace Research
  • "Climate events and the role of adaptive capacity for (im-)mobility," 2022, published in Population and Environment

While Spilker is listed as an author in these publications, they are frequently collaborating with scholars like Quynh Nguyen, Tobias Böhmelt, Vally Koubi, Thomas Bernauer, and Lena Maria Schaffer. These repeated partnerships suggest an interdisciplinary and networked approach to examining environmental and social phenomena.

Spilker's work also appears in multiple publication venues, reflecting both breadth and diversity in audience and disciplinary reach. These venues include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • International Studies Quarterly
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy Research & Social Science
  • Nature Climate Change

Their contributions to research frequently involve analyses of social tipping dynamics related to climate mitigation efforts, as exemplified in the paper published in Energy Research & Social Science. The academic record shows sustained engagement with the empirical and conceptual challenges of environmental migration and climate-related adaptation policies.

Best Publications

  • Climate variability, economic growth, and civil conflict

    Vally Koubi;Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Gabriele Spilker

  • Do natural resources matter for interstate and intrastate armed conflict

    Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Tobias Böhmelt;Thomas Bernauer

  • A Comparison of International and Domestic Sources of Global Governance Dynamics

    Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker

  • The Charmed Life of Superstar Exporters : Survey Evidence on Firms and Trade Policy

    Iain Osgood;Dustin Tingley;Thomas Bernauer;In Song Kim

  • Environmental Stressors and Migration: Evidence from Vietnam

    Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Lena Schaffer;Thomas Bernauer

  • The role of environmental perceptions in migration decision-making: evidence from both migrants and non-migrants in five developing countries

    Vassiliki Koubi;Vassiliki Koubi;Gabriele Spilker;Lena Schaffer;Tobias Böhmelt;Tobias Böhmelt

  • The impact of preferential trade agreements on governmental repression revisited

    Gabriele Spilker;Tobias Böhmelt

  • Firms and Global Value Chains: Identifying Firms Multidimensional Trade Preferences

    In Song Kim;Helen V. Milner;Thomas Bernauer;Iain Osgood

  • Is there a “Depth versus Participation” dilemma in international cooperation?

    Thomas Bernauer;Anna Kalbhenn;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Gabriele Spilker

  • A framework for social tipping in climate change mitigation : What we can learn about social tipping dynamics from the chlorofluorocarbons phase-out

    Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen;Christina Eder;Niklas Harring;Gabriele Spilker

  • Perceptions of environmental change and migration decisions

    Vally Koubi;Sebastian Stoll;Gabriele Spilker

  • The Determinants of Environmental Migrants' Conflict Perception

    Vally Koubi;Tobias Bohmelt;Gabrielle Spilker;Lena Schaffer

  • Selecting Partner Countries for Preferential Trade Agreements: Experimental Evidence From Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Vietnam

    Gabriele Spilker;Thomas Bernauer;Víctor Umaña

  • Self-interest versus sociotropic considerations: an information-based perspective to understanding individuals’ trade preferences

    Lena Maria Schaffer;Gabriele Spilker

  • Climate events and the role of adaptive capacity for (im-)mobility

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  • Attitudes of urban residents towards environmental migration in Kenya and Vietnam

    Gabriele Spilker;Quynh Nguyen;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi;Tobias Böhmelt

  • Environmental migrants and social-movement participation:

    Vally Koubi;Quynh Nguyen;Gabriele Spilker;Tobias Böhmelt

  • Helpful Organizations: Membership in Inter-Governmental Organizations and Environmental Quality in Developing Countries

    Gabriele Spilker

  • The effects of treaty legality and domestic institutional hurdles on environmental treaty ratification

    Gabriele Spilker;Gabriele Spilker;Vally Koubi;Vally Koubi

  • Does WTO Dispute Settlement Enforce or Inform

    Thomas Sattler;Gabriele Spilker;Thomas Bernauer

  • The interaction of international institutions from a social network perspective

    Tobias Böhmelt;Tobias Böhmelt;Gabriele Spilker;Gabriele Spilker

  • Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries

    Gabriele Spilker

  • Adding another level: individual responses to globalization and government welfare policies

    Lena Maria Schaffer;Gabriele Spilker

Frequent Co-Authors

Vally Koubi
Vally Koubi ETH Zurich
Dustin Tingley
Dustin Tingley Harvard University
Helen V. Milner
Helen V. Milner Princeton University
Gerald Schneider
Gerald Schneider University of Konstanz
Andreas Dür
Andreas Dür University of Salzburg

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