For a complete list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile.
Selected publications by theme:
War, environment, and human impacts
Vesco, P., Baliki, G., Brück, T., Döring, S., et al. (2025). The impacts of armed conflict on human development: A review of the literature. World Development, 187, 106806.
Hall, J., Ainamani, H.E., Vassiliou, P.T.B., Döring, S., et al. (2025). Combining mental health and climate-smart agricultural interventions to improve food security in humanitarian settings. Trials, 26(1), 331.
Döring, S. & Hall, J. (2023). Drought exposure decreases altruism with salient group identities as key moderator. Nature Climate Change, 13(8), 856–861.
Climate change, governance, and health
Raffetti, E., Döring, S., Messori, G., & Zuccolo, L. (2026). Challenges in understanding the effect of climate extremes and climatic factors on maternal and infant health. Nature Health.
Raffetti, E., Ahrne, M., Döring, S., et al. (2024). Sustainable transformations for healthcare systems in a changing climate. Cell Reports Sustainability, 1(3).
Paniello-Castillo, B., Döring, S., et al. (2025). Risk perception of climate change and global crises. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1–9.
White, S., Collet, D., ..., Döring, S., et al. (2025). Climate, peace, and conflict — past and present. Ambio, 54(5), 774–792.
Water sharing and management
Döring, S., Kim, K., & Swain, A. (2024). Integrating socio-hydrology, and peace and conflict research. Journal of Hydrology, 633.
Grech-Madin, C., Döring, S., Kim, K., & Swain, A. (2018). Negotiating water across levels: A peace and conflict "Toolbox" for water diplomacy. Journal of Hydrology, 559, 100–109.
Kim, K., Döring, S., Båld, M., VanDeveer, S.D., & Swain, A. (2026). Geopolitics of water agreements: cooperation, conflict, justice, and peace. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Döring, S. & Kim, K. (2025). Streams of contestation, streams of cooperation: Toward a research agenda on water and peace. Environment and Security, 3(4), 405–425.
Environment, conflict, and cooperation
Döring, S. (2020). Come Rain, or Come Wells: How Access to Groundwater Affects Communal Violence. Political Geography, 76(1).
Döring, S. (2020). From Bullets to Boreholes: A Disaggregated Analysis of Domestic Water Cooperation in Drought-prone Regions. Global Environmental Change, 65, 102147.
Döring, S. & Mustasilta, K. (2024). Spatial patterns of communal violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Peace Research, 61(5), 858–873.
Döring, S. (2026). Water and Communal Conflict: A Review of the Literature. WIREs Water, 13(1), e70056.