Mathew E. Hauer

Mathew E. Hauer

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Florida State University

Biography

I’m an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University and a faculty affiliate in the Center for Demography and Population Health. My expertise is at the intersection of demography, migration, population projections, and climate change. My review article on Sea Level Rise and Human Migration describes one of the most costly and permanent consequences of climate change.

I have received the Cozzarelli Prize from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine for best paper in the Social and Behaviorial sciences published in the Proceedings of the National Academies, twice received the E. Walter Terrie Award for the best paper on Applied Demography, and the University of Georgia awarded me an Excellence-in-Research Award for my dissertation on sea level rise and human migration. More than 400 media outlets have covered my research including Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Guardian, the Washington Post, and National Geographic. My publications appear in a diverse set of journals including Nature Climate Change, Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Demography, Environmental Research Letters, Demographic Research, Population and Environment, Statistical Modelling, and Population Research and Policy Review, among others. Prior to arriving at FSU, I spent nearly a decade directing the Applied Demography Program at the University of Georgia.

Interests

  • Demography
  • Migration
  • Climate Change

Education

  • PhD in Geography, 2016

    University of Georgia

  • MS Demography, 2008

    Florida State University

  • BS Sociology, 2007

    Florida State University

Projects

Recent Publications

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Research Note: Demographic Change on the United States Coast, 2020–2100

Prospective demographic information of the United States is limited to national-level analyses and subnational analyses of the total …
Research Note: Demographic Change on the United States Coast, 2020–2100

Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding due to sea level rise

The exposure of populations to sea-level rise (SLR) is a leading indicator assessing the impact of future climate change on coastal …
Assessing population exposure to coastal flooding due to sea level rise

Half of US population exposed to adverse lead levels in early childhood

Lead is a developmental neurotoxicant in wide industrial use that was once broadly distributed in the environment. The extent of the US …
Half of US population exposed to adverse lead levels in early childhood

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