My scholarship is motivated by an interest in explaining the determinants of spatial inequality in more developed nations. In particular, I am interested in how processes of uneven national development shape opportunity structures and life chances of people living in various types of areas. Space and locality are organizing principles in my work, and I view them as contingent social structures which effect social behavior, modifying overall social relationships. My work is focused in the U.S., the U.K., and in Central and Eastern Europe.