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Books

  • Marcantonio, R., Fuentes, A., and Lederach, J.P. eds. (2024) Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, experience, expression, and engagement. Cambridge University Press.

  • Marcantonio, R. (2022) Environmental Violence: In the Earth System and the Human Niche. Cambridge University Press. (awarded an international recognition from the International Science Prize for Peace and Ecology in the Anthropocene sponsored by the Hans Gunter Brauch Foundation)

  • Lame, M. and Marcantonio R. (2022) Environmental Management: Concepts and Practical Skills. Cambridge University Press.

In press or in progress (* means a REEL student co-author(s))

  • Marcantonio, R. (Contracted; expected 2025) The Environment for Peace: Accounting for the Environment and Livelihoods in Peace Agreements. Springer Nature.

  • Marcantonio, R. and Belden, C. (In production) A Fieldwork Planning Guidebook: How to be durable.

  • Marcantonio, R. (In press) The Environment in Conflict: Implications and pathways forward. Cambridge University Press.

  • Marcantonio, R., Adams, E., and Katongole, E. eds. (Contracted; expected 2026). Integral Ecology in the Anthropocene: Africa and beyond. Springer Nature.

  • Marcantonio, R. and Miklian, K. Under review. Conflict and Climate Events: The Great Bhola Cyclone and the Creation of Bangladesh. In Matthews, R. and LeHolland, A. Eds. Climate Change and International Relations. Edward Elger Press.

  • Marcantonio, R., Pena, G. and Gibson, L. Under review. A Systematic Literature Review of the Inclusion of the Environment in Peace Agreements. Journal of Peacebuilding and Development.

  • Zhao, Z., Marcantonio, R., and Crippa, P., Under review. Quantifying Responsibility for Cross-state Air Pollution: An airshed approach. Environmental Research Letters.

  • Marcantonio, R. Under review. Environmental Violence. In Dabelko, G. and Weinthal, E. Eds. Handbook for Environmental Peacebuilding. Routledge.

  • Marcantonio, R. Under review. Environmental Degradation. In Dabelko, G. and Weinthal, E. Eds. Handbook for Environmental Peacebuilding. Routledge.

  • Marcantonio, R. Under review. Ecological Distribution Conflicts. In Dabelko, G. and Weinthal, E. Eds. Handbook for Environmental Peacebuilding. Routledge.

  • Ascorra, C., Cabanillas, F., Bolster, D. and Marcantonio, R. Under review. Mining, Climate Change, Livelihoods and Emerging Conflict Dynamics in Madre de Dios. PNAS. (abstract accepted for Special Issue)

  • Marcantonio, R., and Kielhold, A. In production. Environmental Peacebuilding and Its Inclusion in Intrastate Peace Accords: Colombia and Beyond. Environment and Security.

  • Marcantonio, R., *Thompson, A., Ssembajja, A., Katongole, E., and Miller, D. In production. Faith and Farming: A case study of integral ecology for sustainable development. Ecology and Society.

Peer-Reviewed Articles (* means REEL student co-author)

  • Marcantonio, R. and Field, S. 2025. Environmental vulnerability and conflict occurrence are tightly related. Nature Communications Earth and Environment. 6(1), 1-10.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2024. The Glaring Gaps: Environmental Violence and Peace Research and Practice. Peacebuilding. 13(2), 145-167.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2024. Environmental Violence and Enterprise: The outsized role of business for environmental peacebuilding. Business Horizons. 67(6), 685-698.

  • *Underwood, A., Marcantonio, R., and Crippa, P. 2024. Transboundary air pollution modeling, policy, and management. Environmental Management. 74, 401–413

  • Marcantonio, R., & Fuentes, A. 2023. Environmental violence: A tool for planetary health research. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(10), e859–e867.

  • Ross, A., Marcantonio, R., Mack, E., Bunting, E., Zimmer, A., and Miller-Graff, L. 2023. A Mediation Analysis of the Linkages Between Climate Variability, Water Insecurity, and Interpersonal Violence. Climate and Development.

  • Bolten, C. and Marcantonio, R. 2023. Usurious strangers and “a better tomorrow”: Agricultural loans, education, and the “poverty trap” in rural Sierra Leone. Economic Anthropology. 10(1), 77-89.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2022. Toxic Diplomacy Through Environmental Management: A Necessary Next Step for Environmental Peacebuilding. World Development Perspectives, 28, Article 100471.

  • Mack, E. A., Marcantonio, R., Bunting, E., Ross, A., Zimmer, A., Zulu, L. C., Fernández, E. L. G., Herndon, J., & Henebry, G. M. 2022. A Systematic Literature Review of Quantitative Studies Assessing the Relationship between Water and Conflict on the African Continent. Sustainability, 14(22), Article 22

  • Hook, K. and Marcantonio, R. 2022. Environmental Dimensions of Conflict and Paralyzed Responses: The Ongoing Case of Ukraine and Future Implications for Urban Warfare. Small Wars and Insurgencies.

  • Marcantonio, R., Fields, S., Javeline, D., and Fuentes, A. 2021. Global distribution and coincidence of pollution, climate impacts, and health risk in the Anthropocene. PLOS ONE. Vol. 16 (7) e0254060

  • Pearson, A. L., Mack, E. A., Ross, A., Marcantonio, R., Zimmer, A., Bunting, E., Smith, A. C., Miller, J. D., and Evans, T. 2021. Interpersonal conflict over water is associated with household demographics, domains of water insecurity and broader conflict: Evidence from 9 sites across 8 Sub-Saharan African countries. Water. Vol. 13 (9) p. 1150

  • Bolten, C. and Marcantonio, R. A. 2021. The Paradox of Planning: Agriculture, Schooling, and the Unresolved Uncertainty of Ideal Family Size in Rural Sierra Leone. African Studies Review. Vol. 64 (2) p. 390-411 RM-3

  • Bunting, E., Marcantonio, R., Herndon, J., Mack, E., Ross, A., and Zimmer, A. 2021. Conflict and its Relationship to Climate Variability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 775 p. 145646

  • Marcantonio, R.A., Field, S., Bai Sesay, P. and Lamberti, G. 2021. Identifying Human Health Risk from Precious Metal Mining in Sierra Leone. Regional Environmental Change. Vol. 21 (2) p. 1-12

  • Marcantonio, R. A., Field, S. and Regan, P. M. 2020. Toxicity Travels in a Changing Climate. Environmental Science and Policy. Vol. 114 p. 560-569. (In Special Issue: The Socio-Political Dimensions of Climate Mitigation and Adaptation (In)Action)

  • Marcantonio, R. A. and Fuentes, A. 2020. A Clear Past and a Murky Future: Life in the Anthropocene on the Pampana River, Sierra Leone. Land. Vol. 9 (3) p. e72.

  • Marcantonio, R. A., Field, S. and Regan, P. M. 2019. Toxic Trajectories Under Future Climate Conditions. PLOS ONE. Vol. 14 (12) p. e0226958.

  • Marcantonio, R. A. 2019. Water, Anxiety, and the Human Niche: A Study in Southern Province, Zambia. Climate and Development. Vol. 11 (4) p. 1-13

  • Marcantonio, R. A. and Bolten, C. 2019. Farmers Facing Climate Change in Southern Zambia. Journal of Transdisciplinary Peace Praxis. Vol. 1 (1) p. 61-84.

  • Marcantonio, R. A. 2018. Water Insecurity, Illness and Other factors of Everyday Life: A Case Study from Choma District, Southern Province, Zambia. Water SA. Vol. 44 (4) p. 653-663

  • Marcantonio, R. A., Attari, S. Z., and Evans, T. 2018. Farmer Perceptions of Conflict Related to Water in Zambia. Sustainability. Vol. 10 (2) p. 313-331.

  • Marcantonio, Richard. 2017. Peace, Conflict, and Happiness. International Journal on World Peace. Vol. 24 (2) p. 77-100.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2016. The Okavango River Basin Agreement: An Analysis. African Geographical Review. Vol. 35 (3) p. 227-246

Articles & Essays

  • Marcantonio, R. and Hook, K. Ukraine: An Intersection of Environmental and Nuclear Security Issues. Peace Policy.

  • Marcantonio, R. and Miklian, J. 2023. Cyclone Daniel: A ‘natural’ disaster exacerbated by climate change and political instability. Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

  • Marcantonio, R., Katsos, J, and Miklian, J. 2023. Regenerating ecologies and economies for society: Challenges and guideposts for Ukraine and beyond. Global Policy.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2023. Ukraine, the Environment, and Negotiating Peace. Peace Policy.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2023. Environmental Management: A Critical Tool for Environmental Peacebuilding. New Security Beat. Lame, M. and Marcantonio, R. 2022. Environmental managers needed to hold thin green line of climate change. The Hill.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2022. A Case Study in the Environmental Risks of War: Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant. The Center for Climate and Security.

  • Hook, K. and Marcantonio R. 2022. Grappling with environmental risks in the fog of war. Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. (also published by Le Scienze, the Italian edition of Scientific American)

  • Marcantonio, R., Crema, L., and Sullivan, M. 2021. The UN declared a Clean Environment a right. Now what? Dignity and Development.

  • Marcantonio, R. 2021. Air pollution kills: Making that official can help us tackle it. Grist.

  • Marcantonio, R. and Hook, K. 2020. The Environment in Warfare-Related Policy Making: The case of Ukraine. Small Wars Journal.

  • Hook, K. and Marcantonio, R. A. 2018. War-related Environmental Disaster in Ukraine. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

  • Marcantonio, R. and Lame, M. 2016. Message to Trump and State Governors: Stop the War on the Environment. The Hill.

  • Marcantonio, Richard. 2015. Military and Environmental Management: A Comparative Look. Journal of Environmental Management Arizona. Vol. 12 (2) p. 6-7