Kelsea Best
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
Publications
43
Citations
413
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
9
Publishing since 2018
Kelsea Best studies how climate change and extreme weather affect human migration, displacement, and disaster recovery, with a focus on inequality and justice in who is able to move, stay, or receive aid. Their work combines agent-based computer modeling, statistical analysis, and case studies from places like Bangladesh, Somalia, and the United States to understand climate-related mobility and the fairness of disaster recovery funding. This research would suit students interested in the social dimensions of climate adaptation, environmental justice, and quantitative or computational approaches to migration and disaster policy.
Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from occasional papers in 2017-2019 to a sharp increase in 2023-2026, including a notably high output in 2025.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Inherited inequalities: intergenerational gender norms and the non-migration of women in a changing climate
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications · 2026
- Cascading failures of index insurance, cooperation, and levees in coastal Bangladesh: agent-based modeling and global sensitivity analysis for stochastic models
2026
- Do Social Networks Moderate the Effect of Extreme Weather on Migration?
Population and Development Review · 2026
- Planning climate destination cities: migrant narratives from Mongla, Bangladesh
Climate and Development · 2026
- Economic inequality is a crucial determinant of observed patterns of environmental migration
Communications Earth & Environment · 2025
- Projecting climate migration in Bangladesh using agent based modeling and climate data
Frontiers in Climate · 2025
- Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate
Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2025
- Future-making beyond (im)mobility through tethered resilience
Nature Climate Change · 2025
- Where Did the Money Go? Assessing the Distribution of the Community Development Block Grant - Disasters Recovery Funds
The American Review of Public Administration · 2025
- Examining Environmental Injustice in the Location of High Emissions Facilities and Registered Permits by Rule in Texas
Environmental Justice · 2025
- Bridging community resilience and local planning for climate justice
Climate Risk Management · 2025
- Timing dynamics of internal displacement in Somalia vary depending on the coincidence with local political and climatic conditions
Research Square · 2025
- When boundaries are blurred: infrastructure needs in support of the climate displaced
Frontiers in Climate · 2025
- A community based approach to arsenic treatment for private well users in Licking County, Ohio
Environmental Challenges · 2025
- Leveraging the American Housing Survey to Quantify Risk and Resilience
Risk Analysis · 2025
- Frontiers in Climate×3
- Humanities and Social Sciences Communications×2
- Natural Hazards×2
- Nature Communications×2
- Urban Climate×2
- Elizabeth Eklund
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Smitha Rao
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Joyce Chen
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
- Satish V. Ukkusuri
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Fiona Doherty
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.
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