Professor Benner’s recent book is This Could Be The Start of Something Big: Social Movements for Regional Equity and the Future of Metropolitan America, which examines new regional movements around community development, policy initiatives, and social movement organizing, and their potential for promoting greater economic opportunity for disadvantaged residents in metropolitan areas. Benner’s research focuses on the relationships between technological change, regional development, the structure of economic opportunity, and strategies for promoting regional equity. He's currently finishing another project, "Just Growth: Linking Regional Equity and Regional Economic Development," and will have information to share about his research.