Printer FriendlyProject Leader: Professor Chris Tilly, Department of Regional Economic and Social Development
Research Personnel
Robert Forrant, PhD in History, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Forrant has researched labor relations, industrial restructuring, and regional development in New England and abroad.
Jennifer Gaudet, Master of Arts in the Economic and Social Development of Regions. Gaudet has studied workforce, health, and social movement issues. She is currently a doctoral student in Social Policy at Brandeis University.
Philip Moss, PhD in Economics, MIT. Moss has conducted research on the changing nature of work, discrimination in employment, and community development.
Melissa Nemon, MA in Community Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts. Nemon has conducted research on social and community issues.
Hal Salzman, PhD in Sociology, Brandeis University. Salzman has studied technological change, skills, and the restructuring of work.
Professor Chris Tilly, PhD in Economics and Urban Studies and Planning, MIT. Tilly has done extensive research on service work and community development in the United States.
Sara White, BA. White works in the College of Education at Cambridge College.
Massachusetts has been a “high technology” state ever since it led the way in the mass production of cotton textiles and shoes in the early 1800's. However, the nature of the technology and the organization of industry have changed repeatedly. For some time now, there has been a shift from manufacturing to services, and a shift away from local ownership of industry. This project pulls together a set of studies of particular issues affecting Massachusetts industries and the regional economy.
Publications (download pdf files)
“Knowledge sector powerhouse: Reshaping Massachusetts industries and employment in the 1980's and 1990's.” Robert Forrant, Philip Moss, and Chris Tilly. Department of Regional Economic and Social Development and Center for Industrial Competitiveness, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2001.
Workforce Development Challenges for Massachusetts. Jennifer Gaudet, Philip Moss, Hal Salzman, and Chris Tilly, with Christopher Lim. Center for Industrial Competitiveness/Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell, January 2002.
“Gillette and Jobs in Massachusetts.” Sara White. Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, University of Massachusetts Lowell, November 2005.
Profile of the Uninsured in Massachusetts and Possible