Ed Randal

BSc, MEnvStud, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago, Wellington
Ed Randal

Ed’s research explores relationships between transport, urban development and the environment, and how these interact with health, equity and wellbeing. Ed is currently leading research exploring the impact of the New Zealand transport system on health and equity and is working across both the transport and community formation strands of the MBIE-funded Public Housing and Urban Regeneration Research Programme. Ed holds two University of Otago Research Grants to model the future health impact of transport in New Zealand and to estimate the health and environmental effects of fully-subsidised public transport. Ed is also involved in research on greenspace and incorporates theories and methods from economics, behavioural psychology, social ecological systems and geographic information systems into his research.

 

Key publications

  1. Randal, E.
    Logan, A.
    Penny, G.
    Teariki, M.
    Chapman, R.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Transport and Wellbeing of Public Housing Tenants—A Scoping Review
    Urban Science
    9(6):206.
    Transport and Wellbeing of Public Housing Tenants—A Scoping Review
    Randal 2025 Transport and Wellbeing of Public Housing Tenants—A.pdf
  2. Leigh, L.
    Randal, E.
    Logan, A.
    Witten, K.
    Olin, C.
    Chisholm, E.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Cultivating wellbeing: healing effects of an urban māra kai (community garden) in community housing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    Local Environment.
  3. Blaschke, P. Pedersen Zari, M.
    Randal, E.
    Perry, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Glyde, E.
    Multiple Roles of Green Space in the Resilience, Sustainability and Equity of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Cities
    Land
    13, 1022.
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    Blaschke Pedersen Zari Chapman et al 2024 Land Multiple rolels of greenspace in NZ cities.pdf
  4. Shaw, C. Wild, K. Smith, M. HInckson, E. Jones, R. Miller, E. Osborne, E.
    Randal, E.
    Curl, A. Mizdrak, A. Fitt, H. Hales, S.
    Keall, M.
    McLean. R. Opit, S. Mandic, S. Hosking, J. Woodward, A. Bozovic, T. Coppell, K. Macmillan, A.
    Submission on Draft Government Policy Statement on Land Transport 2024- 34
  5. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Crane, J.
    Keall, M.
    Pierse, N.
    Baker. M. Cunningham, C Amore, K
    Aspinall, C
    Bennett, J.
    Bierre, S.
    Boulic, M
    Chisholm, E.
    Davies, C.
    Fougere, G.
    Fraser, B.
    Fyfe, C.
    Grant, L.
    Grimes, A.
    Halley, C
    Logan, A.
    Nathan, K
    Olin, C.
    Ombler, J.
    O’Sullivan, K.
    Pehi, T.
    Penny, G.
    Phipps, R
    Plagmann, M.
    Randal, E.
    Riggs, L.
    Robson, B.
    Ruru, J Shaw, Caroline
    Teariki, M.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Tiatia, R.
    Toy-Cronin, B Tupara, H
    Viggers, H.
    Wall, T.
    Wilkie, M
    Woodward, A.
    Zhang, W
    He Kāinga Oranga: reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing.
    Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand,
    Online.
  6. Chisholm, E.
    Olin, C.
    Randal, E.
    Witten, K.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Placemaking and public housing: the state of knowledge and research priorities.
    Housing Studies,
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    Research summary - literature review on placemaking.pdf
  7. Randal, E.
    Shaw, C. McLeod, M.
    Keall, M.
    Woodward, A.
    Mizdrak, A.
    The Impact of Transport on Population Health and Health Equity for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Prospective Burden of Disease Study.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
    19(4), 2032.
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    Research Summary - transport health impacts final.pdf
  8. Shaw, C.
    Randal, E.
    Keall, M.
    Woodward, A.
    Health consequences of transport patterns in New Zealand’s largest cities.
    New Zealand Medical Journal
    131(1472), 64-72.
  9. Chapman, R.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Grams, M.
    Witten, K.
    Randal, E.
    Woodward, A.
    A cost benefit analysis of an active travel intervention with health and carbon emission reduction benefits.
    International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health
    15(5), 962.
  10. Randal, E.
    Shaw, C.
    Woodward, A.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Macmillan, A. Hosking, J.
    Keall, M.
    Fairness in Transport Policy: A New Approach to Applying Distributive Justice Theories.
    Sustainability
    12, 10102.
  11. Randal, E.
    Keall, M.
    Shaw, C. Russell, M.
    Woodward, A.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Why New Zealand transport policy needs to encourage walking and cycling.
    In L Early & P Howden-Chapman (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities.
    (pp.107-114). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
  12. Preval, N.
    Randal, E.
    Moores, J.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Streamlining urban housing development: are there environmental sustainability impacts?
    Cities
    55, 101-112.

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