Victor Nee
Professor of Sociology
Cornell University
at time of fellowship
2015 to 2016
Nee will analyze data from a three-year research project on the emergence of a new tech industry in lower Manhattan following the Great Recession. He will investigate how the high level of immigrant involvement—both as tech workers and as entrepreneurs—has shaped the rapid expansion of this industry. Nee will also examine the ways in which political and economic institutions have aided the growth of the Manhattan tech economy.