Dr. Luis Flores

Biography

Luis Flores is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds B.A. degrees in History and Political Economy from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His academic journey includes a position as a Stone Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Flores's research primarily employs historical methods to investigate the regulatory politics surrounding the housing market, particularly how these regulations influence the roles homes play in labor, production, exchange, and speculation. His work has notably explored the effects of early American zoning laws on the wealth and labor dynamics associated with the housing market. His scholarship intersects various fields, including housing, labor, informality, gender, and political economy.

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