Welcome!
I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan. My research centers on urban and regional economic development, asking what factors determine why some places are more prosperous than others and how the economic conditions in which people live shape their life outcomes.
I also study the consequences of rising income inequality for American life, documenting how the concentration of economic resources among the very wealthy has reduced upward mobility and exacerbated racial and regional income disparities.
Beyond my academic research, I help run Reviving Growth Keynesianism, an effort to derive lessons for today from the economic thought of previous eras.
I can be reached by email at rmanduca@umich.edu or on Bluesky at @robertmanduca.bsky.social
