Heather Randell is a sociologist and demographer with research interests in understanding the linkages between environmental change, development, and the health and well-being of marginalized populations. She aims to offer theoretical contributions to the fields of sociology, demography, and global health, as well as provide insights that can be used by policymakers to mitigate threats to vulnerable populations caused by climate change and dams. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine two primary topics: (1) the linkages between climate change and health, food security, and children’s well-being in low- and middle-income countries; and (2) dam building, migration, and well-being.
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Recent Publications
Dams and tribal land loss in the United States
Randell, H. & Curley, A., Sep 1 2023, In: Environmental Research Letters. 18, 9, 094001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Household Shocks and Adolescent Well-Being in Peru
Reyes, C. B. & Randell, H., Jun 2023, In: Population Research and Policy Review. 42, 3, 44.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Migration Response to Food Insecurity and Household Shocks in Southwestern Ethiopia, 2005–2008
Lindstrom, D. P., Randell, H. F. & Belachew, T., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: International Migration Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climatic conditions and household food security: Evidence from Tanzania
Randell, H., Gray, C. & Shayo, E. H., Oct 2022, In: Food Policy. 112, 102362.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The challenges of dam-induced displacement: Reducing risks and rethinking hydropower
Randell, H., Aug 19 2022, In: One Earth. 5, 8, p. 849-852 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Climate Change, Agrarian Distress, and the Feminization of Agriculture in South Asia*
Southard, E. M. L. & Randell, H., Sep 2022, In: Rural Sociology. 87, 3, p. 873-900 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Childhood Origins of Climate-Induced Mobility and Immobility
Thiede, B. C., Randell, H. & Gray, C., Sep 2022, In: Population and Development Review. 48, 3, p. 767-793 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climatic conditions and infant care: implications for child nutrition in rural Ethiopia
Randell, H., Grace, K. & Bakhtsiyarava, M., Jun 2021, In: Population and Environment. 42, 4, p. 524-552 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Food insecurity and compound environmental shocks in Nepal: Implications for a changing climate
Randell, H., Jiang, C., Liang, X. Z., Murtugudde, R. & Sapkota, A., Sep 2021, In: World Development. 145, 105511.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydropower Development, Collective Action, and Environmental Justice in the Brazilian Amazon
Randell, H. & Klein, P., 2021, In: Society and Natural Resources. 34, 9, p. 1232-1249 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Qualitative data sharing and synthesis for sustainability science
Alexander, S. M., Jones, K., Bennett, N. J., Budden, A., Cox, M., Crosas, M., Game, E. T., Geary, J., Hardy, R. D., Johnson, J. T., Karcher, S., Motzer, N., Pittman, J., Randell, H., Silva, J. A., da Silva, P. P., Strasser, C., Strawhacker, C., Stuhl, A. & Weber, N., Feb 1 2020, In: Nature Sustainability. 3, 2, p. 81-88 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Stunted from the start: Early life weather conditions and child undernutrition in Ethiopia
Randell, H., Gray, C. & Grace, K., Sep 2020, In: Social Science and Medicine. 261, 113234.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate change and educational attainment in the global tropics
Randell, H. & Gray, C., Apr 30 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116, 18, p. 8840-8845 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Forced Migration and Changing Livelihoods in the Brazilian Amazon
Randell, H., Sep 2017, In: Rural Sociology. 82, 3, p. 548-573 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate variability and educational attainment: Evidence from rural Ethiopia
Randell, H. & Gray, C., Nov 1 2016, In: Global Environmental Change. 41, p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review