Nik Theodore Ph.D., Associate Professor
& CUED Director
Nik Theodore is Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and an Assistant Professor in the Urban Planning and Policy Program.
BA, Macalester College (1986); MUPP, University of Illinois at Chicago (1989); PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago (2000).
Courses
UPP 530 - Economic Development I: Analysis
UPP 531 - Economic Development II: Planning
UPP 536 - Urban Employment Policy and Planning
Research
Economic development, labor markets, urban policy.
Publications
* J. Peck, N. Theodore, and K. Ward (2005) “Constructing markets for temporary labour: employment liberalisation and the internationalisation of the staffing industry,” Global Networks 5(1): 1-26
* S. Srivastava and N. Theodore (2005) “A Long Jobless Recovery: IT Labor Markets after the Bursting of the High-Tech Bubble,” Working USA 9(1).
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2004) “Cycles of Contingency: The Temporary Staffing Industry and Labor Market Adjustment in the U.S.” in J. Burgess and J. Connell, eds., International Developments in Temporary Work . London: Routledge.
* N. Theodore (2004) “Made in America: Discourses of Labor Market Flexibility and Workfare” in V. Eick, M. Mayer, and J. Sambale, eds., Moving from Welfare to Work: Nonprofits and the Workfare State in Berlin and Los Angeles , pp. 21-33. Berlin: Freie Universität.
* C. Mehta and N. Theodore (2004) “Revolving Doors: Temp Agencies as Accelerators of Churning in Low-Wage Labor Markets” in L. Simmons, ed., Welfare, the Working Poor, and Labor , pp. 90-104. Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe.
* N. Theodore (2003) “Political Economies of Day Labor: Regulation and Restructuring of Chicago's Contingent Labor Markets,” Urban Studies 40(9): 1811-1827.
* C. Mehta and N. Theodore (2003) “Organizing Temps: Representational Rights and Employers' Responsibilities Under Sturgis/Jeffboat ,” Working USA 7(3): 21-43.
* N. Brenner and N. Theodore, eds (2002) Spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe. London: Blackwell.
* N. Theodore (2003) "Political Economies of Day Labor: Regulation and Restructuring of Chicago's Contingent Labor Markets," Urban Studies 40(2): in press.
* C. Mehta and N. Theodore (2002) "Paying the Price for Flexibility: Unemployment Insurance and the Temporary Staffing Industry," Working USA 6(3): in press.
* N. Theodore and J. Peck (2002) "The Temporary Staffing Industry: Growth Imperatives and Limits to Contingency," Economic Geography 78(4): 463-493.
* N. Brenner and N. Theodore (2002) "Cities and the Geographies of 'Actually Existing Neoliberalism' " Antipode 33(3): 349-379.
* N. Brenner and N. Theodore (2002) "From the 'New Localism' to the Spaces of Neoliberalism," Antipode 33(3): 341-347.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2002) "Temped out? Industry Rhetoric, Labor Regulation, and Economic Restructuring in the Temporary Staffing Business," Economic and Industrial Democracy 23(2): 143-175.
* R. Weber and N. Theodore (2002) "Introduction: Focus Section on Low-Wage Labor Markets," Economic Development Quarterly 16(4): 291-293.
* N. Theodore and J. Peck (2001) "Searching for 'Best Practice' in Welfare-to-Work: The Means, the Method and the Message," Policy & Politics 28(1): 81-94.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2001) "Exporting Workfare/Importing Welfare-to Work: Exploring the Politics of Third Way Policy Transfer," Political Geography 20: 427-460.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2001) "Contingent Chicago: Restructuring the Spaces of Temporary Labor," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 25(3): 471-496.
* N. Theodore (2001) "Welfare Reform, Work Requirements and the Geography of Unemployment," Urban Geography 22(5): 490-492.
* N. Theodore and R. Weber (2001) "Changing Work Organization in Small Manufacturers: Challenges for Economic Development," Economic Development Quarterly 15(4): 367-379.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2000) "Beyond 'Employability' " Cambridge Journal of Economics 24(6): 729-749.
* C. Mehta and N. Theodore (2000) "Winning Union Representation for Temps: An Analysis of the NLRB's M.B. Sturgis and Jeffboat Division Ruling," Working USA 4(3): 37-58.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (2000) "Work First: Welfare-to-Work and the Regulation of Contingent Labour Markets," Cambridge Journal of Economics 24(1): 119-138.
* N. Theodore and J. Peck (1999) "Welfare-to-Work: National Problems, Local Solutions?" Critical Social Policy 19(4): 485-510.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (1999) "Otrabalho Eventual: Crescimento e Reestruturação da Indústria de Empregos Temporários em Chicago," Revista Latinamericana ds Estudios del Trabajo 5(10): 135-159.
* N. Theodore and S. Salmon (1999) "Globalising Capital, Localising Labour: The Discursive Manipulation of Scale in Philips' Struggle for Corporate Profitability," Space and Polity 3(2):153-169.
* J. Peck and N. Theodore (1998) "The Business of Contingent Work: Growth and Restructuring in Chicago's Temporary Employment Industry," Work, Employment and Society 12(4): 655-674.
* N. Theodore and V.L. Carlson (1998) "Targeting Job Opportunities: Developing Measures of Local Employment," Economic Development Quarterly 12(2): 137-149.
* V.L. Carlson and N. Theodore (1997) "Employment Availability for Entry-Level Workers: An Examination of the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis in Chicago," Urban Geography 18(3): 228-243.
* N. Theodore (1995) "Measuring the Impact of Set-Aside Programs on the Minority Business Sector," International Journal of Public Administration 18(7): 1115-1140.
Contact
theodore@uic.edu
Room 238
312-355-1340; 996-8378