Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Globalization, Governance, and Competitiveness  

Gary Gereffi

Office Location: 264 Soc-Psych
Office Phone: (919) 660-5611/660-5614
Email Address: ggere@soc.duke.edu

Mailing Address

Education:
Ph.D., Yale University, 1980
M.A. & M.Phil., Yale University, 1974
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1970

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching (Spring 2012):

  • Sociol 142d.001, Organiza/global competit Synopsis
    Old chem 116, MW 10:05 AM-10:55 AM
  • Sociol 142d.01d, Organiza/global competit Synopsis
    Allen 326, F 10:05 AM-10:55 AM
  • Sociol 142d.02d, Organiza/global competit Synopsis
    Soc/psych 127, F 11:55 AM-12:45 PM
  • Sociol 142d.03d, Organiza/global competit Synopsis
    Lsrc d243, F 10:05 AM-10:55 AM

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Joonkoo Lee, Gary Gereffi, and Janet Beauvais, Global value chains and agrifoods standards: Challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (December 13, 2010) (PNAS Early Edition, Dec. 13, 2010.) [pnas.0913714108]  [abs].
  2. Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi and Cornelia Staritz, Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspective (2010), Washington, DC: The World Bank [9780821384992] .
  3. Gary Gereffi and Michelle Christian, The Impacts of Wal-Mart: The Rise and Consequences of the World's Dominant Retailer, Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 35 no. 573-591 (2009) [annurev-soc-070308-115947] .
  4. Gary Gereffi, Kristen Dubay and Marcy Lowe, Manufacturing Climate Solutions: Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs (2008), Duke University [climatesolutions] .
  5. Vivek Wadhwa, Una Kim De Vitton and Gary Gereffi, How the Disciple Became the Guru: Workforce Development in India’s R&D Labs (July 23, 2008) (Report funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.) [papers.cfm] .
  6. The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development, ILO Social Policy Lectures. (2006), Geneva: International Institute for Labor Studies and International Labor Organization. [pdf] .
  7. (Gary Gereffi, John Humphrey, and Timothy Sturgeon), The Governance of Global Value Chains, Review of International Political Economy, vol. 12 no. 1 (February, 2005), pp. 78-104 [pdf] .

Research Description: Gary Gereffi's research interests deal with social and environmental certification in global industries, the competitive strategies of global firms, and industrial upgrading in East Asia and Latin America. His three major ongoing research projects are: (1) industrial upgrading in East Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia; (2) a comparative analysis of global restructuring in the apparel, automotive, computer, and retail sectors; and (3) a study of the emergence of public and private governance systems in the Americas. Currently, Gereffi is writing a book on global value chains and industrial upgrading.

Areas of Interest:
Development,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Economy and Society