Mimi Sheller, PhD

I am Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, where I also supervise doctoral students in Communication, Culture and Media. Before coming to Drexel I began my career at Lancaster University in the UK, where I co-founded the Centre for Mobilities Research with John Urry. 

My research began in Caribbean Studies, focusing on historical and comparative study of democratization, popular political participation, and connected global economies. My recent work addresses Caribbean climate change in relation to colonial histories and alternative visions for resilience and reconstruction after disasters. See my forthcoming book Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene (Duke University Press, 2020). As a result of the work I began in Caribbean Studies, I turned to the development of critical mobilities research and with John Urry and Kevin Hannam co-founded the journal Mobilities, which I continue to co-edit. My latest book is Mobility Justice: The Politics of Movement in an Age of Extremes (Verso, 2018).