Robert Manduca
Applications:
Economics, Finance and Business, Engineering, Social Science
Methodologies:
Data Visualization, Machine Learning

Connections:

University of Chicago Center for Spatial Data Science; Mechanism Design for Social Good

Robert Manduca

Assistant Professor

Sociology

Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Faculty Associate, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research

Professor Manduca’s research focuses on urban and regional economic development, asking why some cities and regions prosper while others decline, how federal policy influences urban fortunes, and how neighborhood social and economic conditions shape life outcomes. He studies these topics using computer simulations, spatial clustering methods, network analysis, and data visualization.

In other work he explores the consequences of rising income inequality for various aspects of life in the United States, using descriptive methods and simulations applied to Census microdata. This research has shown how rising inequality has lead directly to lower rates of upward mobility and increases in the racial income gap.

9.9.2020 MIDAS Faculty Research Pitch Video.

MIDAS Faculty Research Pitch, Fall 2021

Screenshot from “Where Are The Jobs?” visualization mapping every job in the United States based on the unemployment insurance records from the Census LODES data. http://robertmanduca.com/projects/jobs.html