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Dr. S.D. (Steven) Pickering
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
Gizelis, T-I., Pickering, S. D., & Urdal, H. (2021). Conflict on the Urban Fringe: Urbanization, environmental stress, and urban unrest in Africa. Political Geography, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102357
Yu, Q., Pickering, S. D., Geng, R., & Yen, D. (2021). Thanks for the memories: Exploring city tourism experiences via social media reviews. Tourism Management Perspectives, 40, [100851]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmp.2021.100851
2020
Pickering, S. D., Tanaka, S., & Yamada, K. (2020). The impact of municipal mergers on local public spending: Evidence from remote-sensing data. Journal of East Asian Studies, 20(2), 243. https://doi.org/10.1017/jea.2020.1
Pickering, S. D. (2016). Introducing SpatialGridBuilder: A new system for creating geo-coded datasets. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 423-447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894215581320
2015
Pickering, S. (2015). Geography and war: Avoiding the curse of high geopolitics. In War: An Introduction to Theories and Research on Collective Violence: Second Edition (pp. 257-277). Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
2014
Pickering, S. (2014). Divide and Conquer: The Impact of “Political” Maps on International Relations. Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 20(3), 461-478. https://doi.org/10.1515/peps-2014-0012
2012
Pickering, S. D. (2012). Proximity, maps and conflict: New measures, new maps and new findings. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 29(4), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894212449092
Pickering, S. D. (2012). The terrain of war: How using the word 'mountain' biases conflict research. In M. Chatterji (Ed.), Cooperation for a peaceful and sustainable world (Vol. 1). Emerald.
2011
Geyer, R., & Pickering, S. D. (2011). Applying the tools of complexity to the international realm: From fitness landscapes to complexity cascades. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2011.558053
Pickering, S. (2011). Determinism in the mountains: The ongoing belief in the bellicosity of 'mountain people'. The Economics of Peace and Security Jounal, 6(2), 21-25. https://doi.org/10.15355/epsj.6.2.21
2019
Fisher, J., Hansen, M., Pickering, S. D., & Sarmiento-Mirwaldt, K. (2019). A note from the new editorial team. Political Studies Review, 98.
Pickering, S. D. (2016). Understanding geography and war: Misperceptions, foundations, and prospects. Springer.
2015
Pickering, S. D. (2015). The geography of war: Avoiding the curse of high geo-politics. In T. G. Jakobsen (Ed.), War: An introduction to theories and research on collective violence
2014
Gleditsch, K. S., & Pickering, S. (2014). Wars are becoming less frequent: A response to Harrison and Wolf. The Economic History Review, 67(1), 214-230. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0289.12002
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