Introduction
Victor Tan Chen is an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies economic inequality, labor markets, and participatory organizations. He is the author or coauthor of Organizational Imaginaries: Tempering Capitalism and Tending to Communities through Cooperatives and Collectivist Democracy (2021), Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy (2015), and The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (2007). He has received the Joyce Rothschild Book Prize from Rutgers University and the John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award from LERA.
Expert
Victor Tan Chen is an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies economic inequality, labor markets, and participatory organizations. He is the author or coauthor of Organizational Imaginaries: Tempering Capitalism and Tending to Communities through Cooperatives and Collectivist Democracy (2021), Cut Loose: Jobless and Hopeless in an Unfair Economy (2015), and The Missing Class: Portraits of the Near Poor in America (2007). He has received the Joyce Rothschild Book Prize from Rutgers University and the John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award from LERA.
Fields of expertise: Culture, Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Health and wellbeing, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Participation, Reduction of inequalities / equity / poverty eradication, Social change / social transformations, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation, Social policy, Social protection