BS (Oklahoma State University), MSL (Vermont Law School), MA (Clark University), PhD (Clark University)
Visiting Lecturer in Human Geography
Research interests
My research focuses on developing and applying political economic theory to questions of urban sustainability and economic development and the environment. I take a deliberately interdisciplinary approach to this research by grounding it in in-depth case studies coupled with statistical analysis and, increasingly, collaborations that employ a broader range of approaches (e.g., GIS). I am also interested in examining economic theory from a critical cultural perspective. Why do we think about economic policy and development the way we do? While this research is on the cutting edge of method and theory, I also seek to apply the lessons of my academic work to real social, economic and environmental problems in the Worcester community.
Publications
Books
- Krueger, Rob and David Gibbs. Forthcoming (2007) Sustainable Capitalism or Capitalist Sustainabilities? New York: Guilford Press.
Journal Articles
- Krueger, Rob and Lydia Savage. Forthcoming (2007). The Social Reproduction of Sustainable Development? Mediating neo-liberalism and redefining sustainability. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
- Krueger, Rob. Forthcoming (2007). Making Smart Use of a Sewer in Worcester, Massachusetts: A cautionary note on smart growth as an economic development strategy. Local Environment.
- Krueger, Rob, Fabio Carrera and Jason Farmer. 2006. Creating Tools for Deliberative Community Planning Through Interdisciplinary Research and Community Engagement, Scholarship in Action: Applied Research for Community Change, 1: 1.
- Gibbs David and Rob Krueger. 2005. From Sustainability to "Real" Development: Exploring Local Capacities for Sustainable Development. Guest Editorial, Geoforum 36: 407-410.
- Krueger, Rob and Julian Agyeman. 2005. Sustainability Schizophrenia or Actually Existing Sustainabilities? The politics and promise of a sustainability agenda in the US. Geoforum 36: 410-417.
- Emel, Jacque and Rob Krueger. 2003. The Precautionary Principle and Natural Resource Development: Local Environment 8:1 3-19.
- Krueger, Rob. 2002. [Re]locating Regulation in Montana's Gold Mining Industry. Environment and Planning A 34:5 867-881
- Robbins, Paul and Rob Krueger. 2000. Beyond Bias? The Promise and Limits of Q Method in Human Geography, Professional Geographer 52: 4, 636-648.
Book Chapters
- Krueger, Rob. Forthcoming (2007). "Institutions." In the Encyclopedia of Environment and Society. Paul Robbins (ed). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
- Gibbs, David and Rob Krueger. Forthcoming. Containing the Contradictions of Rapid Development? New Economy Spaces and Sustainable Urban Development in R. Krueger and D. Gibbs (eds) Sustainable Capitalism or Capitalist Sustainabilities? New York: Guilford Press.
- Emel, Jacque, Gavin Bridge and Rob Krueger. 2002. "Earth As Input." In M. Watts, R.J. Johnson and P Taylor (eds) Geographies of Global Change. London: Blackwell.
