Krampe's research interests include peace and conflict research, environmental and climate security, as well as international security. In his current research, he studies how climate change impacts the effectiveness of peacebuilding, showing that "Eight of the ten countries hosting the most multilateral peace operations personnel in 2018 are located in areas highly exposed to climate change."[4] Krampe led one of the first studies explicitly looking at the impact of climate change on the success of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM). The study shows that "The impacts of climate change have hindered UNSOM in its work to provide peace and security in Somalia and in its efforts to establish functioning governance and judicial systems."[5] In February 2020 the findings of the study informed the UN Security Council discussions on Somalia.[6] The study was followed in 2021 with an in-depth assessment focused on the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali.[7]
Krampe is furthermore known for his research on post-conflict management of natural resources and environmental peacebuilding,[8] focusing among others on peacebuilding potential of micro-hydropower development Nepal,[9] as well as water supply management in Kosovo[10] and East Timor.[11] Theoretically, Krampe contributed to environmental peacebuilding by suggesting two dominant research perspectives: the cooperation perspective, driven by the potential of environmental cooperation to contribute to peace through spillover effects. This perspective focuses primarily on the interstate level and often on conflict prevention rather than post-conflict peacebuilding. In contrast, the resource risk perspective recognises resource-induced instability, especially after intrastate conflicts, and stresses the need to mitigate these risks to sustain the absence of violence (negative peace), through facilitating environmental cooperation.[12][13] Together with Farah Hegazi and Stacy D. VanDeveer, Krampe suggested three mechanisms through which improved natural resource governance in post-conflict contexts is theorized to have positive effects on peace.[14]
There are two camps in the literature on environmental peacebuilding: one focuses on environmental cooperation and the other on resource risk. The first one emphasis environmental cooperation as a way to build trust and facilitate the spill-over of cooperation between conflict parties,[15] while the second one suggests that managing conflict resources and rebuilding livelihoods after a war are core for fostering peace and stability.[citation needed][16] Krampe has argued that it is key to build bridges between these two perspectives and develop and integrated research agenda.[17]
Krampe, F., Smith, E. and Hamidi, D., Security implications of climate development in conflict-affected states - Implications of local-level effects of rural hydropower development on farmers in Herat. Political Geography. Volume 90 (October 2021).
Smith, D. and Krampe, F., Climate-Related Security Risks in the Middle East, in Anders Jägerskog, Michael Schulz, and Ashok Swain (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Middle East Security, London: Routledge (2019)
Krampe, F,. and Mobjörk, M., Responding to Climate-Related Security Risks: Reviewing Regional Organizations in Asia and Africa, Current Climate Change Reports (Oct 2018)
Krampe, F. and Gignoux, S., Water Service Provision and Peacebuilding in East Timor – Exploring the socio-ecological determinants of sustaining peace, Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 12 (2): 185-207 (2018)
Swatuk, L., Wirkus, L., Krampe, F., et al., The Boomerang Effect: Overview and Implications for Climate Governance in Swatuk, L. and Wirkus, L. (Eds) Water, Climate Change and the Boomerang Effect: Unintentional Consequences for Resource Insecurity, London & New York: Earthscan (2018)
Stoett, P., Daszak, P., Romanelli, C. et al. Avoiding catastrophes: seeking synergies among the public health, environmental protection, and human security sectors, The Lancet Global Health, 4(10), e680–e681 (2016)
Krampe, F. Water for peace? Post-conflict water resource management in Kosovo, Cooperation and Conflict (2016)
Krampe, F. Empowering Peace: Service Provision and State legitimacy in Peacebuilding in Nepal, Conflict, Security, and Development 16 (1): 53-73 (2016)
Swain, A. and Krampe, F. Stability and Sustainability in Peace Building: Priority Area for Warfare Ecology in Machlis, G. E., Hanson, T., Špirić, Z. and Mckendry, J. E. (eds.) Warfare Ecology (Springer Netherlands) 199–210. (2011)
