SAGE Publishing and the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (EnPAx) are partnering to launch a new peer-reviewed journal, Environment and Security – the first peer-reviewed journal dedicated to understanding environment, climate, security, conflict, and peace linkages.

Environment and Security is an interdisciplinary, international, peer-reviewed journal. It seeks to publish innovative research on the intersections between environmental and security issues, and to inspire debates by decision makers and practitioners. The first of the quarterly publications is due to be published in the second half of 2023.

The journal’s title refers to security in a wide sense, encompassing international security, national security, human security, ontological security, and securitization, among others. Environment and Security is designed to provide a global forum for the growing group of scholars in these fields and is committed to theoretical and methodological diversity. It welcomes contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, environmental studies, economics, geography, law, peace and conflict, political science, and sociology – as well as insights from practitioners.

The founding Editor-in-Chief will be Dr. Ashok Swain, an academic and professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden. 

Dr. Swain said, “We are delighted that the rapidly growing body of researchers, practitioners, and decision-makers will finally have a dedicated forum in which to document emerging scientific knowledge, share experiences, advance theory, and distil understanding about the numerous intersections between environment and security. We urgently need this journal to accelerate learning and practice on a wide range of issues from climate security to environmental cooperation and conflict prevention to addressing the environmental damage of armed conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere.”

Dr. Swain will be supported by five Associate Editors: Carl Bruch, Esq. (Environmental Law Institute); Dr. Tobias Ide (Murdoch University); Dr. Päivi Lujala (University of Oulu); Dr. Richard Matthew (University of California, Irvine); and Dr. Erika Weinthal (Duke University). Dr. Ide, who catalyzed the creation of the journal, said, “With the Environmental Peacebuilding Association, a biennial International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding, and now a peer-reviewed journal, we have the core institutional infrastructure necessary for the field of environmental security and peacebuilding to thrive.”

Miranda Nunhofer, Vice President of Research at SAGE Publishing said, “We are proud to be partnering with the Environmental Peacebuilding Association to provide a much-needed home for the global community of researchers and practitioners working to address the interlinked challenges of climate change, global conflict, and other environmental and security issues. Environment and Security will provide a timely space for debate within this growing field, which is of critical concern among policy makers, intergovernmental bodies, and conflict resolution groups.”

Further information on the journal’s Editorial Board and opportunities to contribute will be made available soon.

Notes to editors

More information on the Environmental Peacebuilding Association is available at www.environmentalpeacebuilding.org.

Inquiries should be directed to association@environmentalpeacebuilding.org.

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About SAGE Publishing

SAGE is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and a growing suite of library products and services. 

Driven by the belief that social and behavioral science has the power to improve society, we focus on publishing impactful research, enabling robust research methodology, and producing high quality educational resources that support instructors to prepare the citizens, policymakers, educators and researchers of the future. We publish more than 1,000 journals and 900 new books globally each year, as well as library resources that include archives, data, case studies, video, and technologies for discovery, access, and engagement. SAGE’s founder, Sara Miller McCune, has transferred control of the company to an independent trust, guaranteeing its independence indefinitely.

About the Environmental Peacebuilding Association

The Environmental Peacebuilding Association® (also known as EnPAx®) is the premiere global association dedicated to bringing together researchers, practitioners, and decision makers working on issues of environment, conflict, and peace. Founded in 2018, the Association is a multidisciplinary forum with three main aims. First, it seeks to identify promising research avenues and best policy practices, as well as foster exchange of knowledge and data. Second, it builds capacity and awareness among practitioners to advance the field and increase impact. Third, it fosters interactions among scholars, practitioners, decision makers, and others across disciplines, genders, geographical locations, and stages of professional development.  Since its establishment, the Association has grown steadily with more than 470 individual members and 24 institutional members in 72 countries.