Camille Laville

Camille Laville

Research Fellow Climate and Security Risk

ODI Global - Global Risks and Resilience

Welcome to my personal website!

I am a development economist with over 10 years of experience working on fragile and conflict-affected settings. Currently, I hold the position of Research Fellow in the Global Risks and Resilience team at ODI Global. I am also an Associate Researcher at the Center for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI), and a Civil War Path Fellow.

I am a systemic risk analyst working on the messy space where conflict, climate risks, environmental change and fragile economies collide. My background is in development and conflict economics, applied micro-analysis and strategic/war studies.

I look at how governance fragmentation, exposure to weather extremes and shifting seasons, and armed-group dynamics play out across local, national and regional levels to shape what people can actually do to survive, adapt and stay in place—or are forced to move.

I also study what these places teach us about managing risk, scarcity and uncertainty — not just how they suffer from it. My work turns complex data and field realities into practical guidance for humanitarian, development and peacebuilding actors, helping make policy and programming better aligned with how risk really works on the ground.

Interests & Expertise

Conflict Analysis
Fragile & NSAG-Controlled Contexts
Climate & Security Nexus

Geographic Experience

Map of my work locations

Base map: Natural Earth, via the rnaturalearth R package

Education

M.Sc. in Economics
M.Sc. in Law, Economics and Management, speciality Development Economics (Research)
M.Sc. in Economics
M.Sc. in Law, Economics and Management, speciality Development Economics (Project Analysis)
B.Sc. in Economics
B.Sc. in Economics and Management

Experiences

 
 
 
 
 
Global Risks and Resilience Team - ODI Global
Research Fellow, Climate and Security Risks
September 2023 – Present Paris (France)
Applied research and multi-stakeholder engagement on the conflict–climate–environment nexus.
 
 
 
 
 
STT consultant
The World Bank
May 2023 – September 2023 Washington DC
Effects of social protection programmes on poverty, social cohesion and conflict dynamics.
 
 
 
 
 
Chair of Defense Economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale - IHEDN
Researcher
Chair of Defense Economics, Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale - IHEDN
April 2021 – September 2023 France
Academic research on Defence and Peace Economics.
 
 
 
 
 
Associate PhD
October 2017 – December 2021 France
Methodological issues in analysing the structural causes of conflicts in developing countries.
 
 
 
 
 
STT consultant
June 2017 – July 2017 France
Methodology for analysing socio-political risks.
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdi
Research Assistant
December 2015 – October 2017 France
Defense, Development and Diplomatic (3D) approach to peace and security in the Sahel.

Recent Publications

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(2025). Access to land and resilience for female Sudanese refugees in Chad: systemic issues and local perceptions. SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), Rapport technique, https://doi.org/10.61755/ZILH3806.

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(2025). Internal conflicts and shocks: A narrative meta-analysis. Journal of Peace Research, 4, pp. 1159–1175, https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433241283323.

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(2025). Taking locally led climate and security actions seriously in Papua New Guinea. ODI Global, Report.

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(2024). Readiness to access climate finance in Chad. SPARC (Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises), Technical Report.

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(2024). The Impact of Social Safety Nets on Economic, Social, and Political Outcomes in Fragile, Conflict, and Violent Contexts. SASSP (Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program), Technical Paper.

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Contact

laville.ecodef[at]gmail.com OR c.laville[at]odi.org.uk
  • Paris, France,