Dr. Gregory Randolph

Biography

Gregory F. Randolph is an Assistant Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Institute of Technology. His research examines local economies and urbanization patterns shaped by major 21st-century transitions—technological, energy, and demographic—with a focus on inequality. He is currently writing a book on agrarian-to-urban transformations in India, under contract with Oxford University Press. Professor Randolph leads FutureWORKS, a five-year program on the future of work in the Global South, funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canada), which examines the impact of decarbonization on spatial inequalities. In addition to his academic research, he collaborates with governmental and non-profit institutions to create inclusive urban economies. A decade ago, he co-founded the Jobs Network, a non-profit institute based in New Delhi that advises governments in the Global South on labor and employment policies. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Kindred Futures, an Atlanta-based organization working to build collective wealth in Black communities in the American South, and has served as a policy advisor to the Los Angeles City Council while consulting on sustainable development issues with multilateral organizations such as the World Bank. His research has been supported by institutions like the London School of Economics and the U.S. Departments of Education and State, among others. He has received Fulbright-Hays and Fulbright-Nehru research fellowships and his opinion pieces have appeared in media outlets such as The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

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