My Work

My work spans the Global South and North. In my research, I engage academic and applied debates about urbanization, labor, and inequality amid major 21st-century transitions. In my practice, I support governmental and non-profit institutions in their efforts to forge inclusive models of urban and economic development.

“In Urbanization from Within, Gregory F. Randolph challenges our conventional understanding of how humans are becoming an increasingly urban species, revealing an alternative pathway of urban transition. Drawing on research in the Indian state of Bihar, Randolph shows that agrarian villages are transforming into urban towns through internal population growth, a bootstrapped non-farm economy, and interwoven processes of social change—a phenomenon he terms urbanization from within.”

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