Dr. Chris Tilly

Biography

Chris Tilly is a professor at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs specializing in Urban Planning and Sociology. His current research focuses on labor markets, inequality, urban development, and public policies aimed at improving job outcomes. Particularly interested in understanding how combinations of institutions and markets generate unequal labor results, Professor Tilly’s work examines part-time and contingent work, as well as gender and racial disparities in job mobility. He has decades of experience conducting research on workplace issues in the United States, as well as comparative studies in Brazil, China, India, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, and various European countries. Tilly is also noted for his extensive background in community labor organizing, having spent eight years in the field prior to becoming an academic. He served as coeditor for Dollars and Sense, a popular economics magazine, for 20 years (1986-2006) and has been involved with advocacy groups, community organizations, and labor unions. His contributions to various committees and organizations, such as the Program Committee Board Directors of Grassroots International, highlight his commitment to social movements and labor unions.

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