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Biography

Dr. Lori Hunter is Director of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder as well as Professor of Sociology. Dr. Hunter鈥檚听primary area of research is migration as related to environmental context. She examines these connections in rural South Africa and Mexico and has published findings and reviews in a wide variety of academic outlets such as听Population and Development Review, the听Annual Review of Sociology, and听International Migration Review.听Dr. Hunter has offered听commentary for the UN as the organization works to integrate population issues into the Sustainable听Development Agenda.听 She鈥檚 also consulted with the World Bank on migration, climate and gender, and听her recent research on these topics has appeared in The Lancet, Global Environmental Change,听Environmental AV名湿 Letters, Annual Review of Sociology, Population AV名湿 and Policy Review,听Social Science Quarterly, and Society and Natural Resources. She also led the editorial team for the first听International Handbook of Population & Environment听(2023).

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Dr. Hunter also examines trends in rural America as related to well-being including health and migration impacts of climate change. One project, recently funded by the National Institutes of Health, uses restricted Health and Retirement Study data through the Rocky Mountain AV名湿 Data Center to examine health disparities in older adults as related to extreme events including hurricanes and heat stress.

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Dr. Hunter served as听Editor-in-Chief for听Population and Environment,听a Springer journal from 2007-2017 and.is听on the National Academy of Sciences Board on Environment and Society, as well as the White House-requested Roundtable on Climate-Related Risks and Opportunities on the Macroeconomy.