Dr. Benjamin Bradlow

Biography

Benjamin H. Bradlow is an Assistant Professor in Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton University, jointly appointed in the School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Sociology. He is a Visiting Researcher at the Southern Center for Inequality Studies at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar in the research program "Humanity's Urban Future." His award-winning book, "Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg," published in October 2024 by Princeton University Press, is part of the Princeton Studies in Global Comparative Sociology series. It examines the politics of distributing urban public goods in mega-cities undergoing democratic transitions. Bradlow is currently writing a comparative book titled "Climate Hinge: Green Industrial Transitions in the Global South," focusing on Brazil and South Africa's automotive sectors as they navigate the transition to electric vehicles. His research, which has received funding from multiple prestigious grants, has appeared in leading sociology, economics, environmental studies, and public health journals. As a public scholar, he contributes essays to outlets like Foreign Affairs and the Washington Post, and his work has attracted international media attention. He previously served as a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Harvard University and has experience as a journalist and housing organizer.

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