Michael Randall's primary research has been devoted to late medieval and Renaissance culture in France. He has published two books, as well as several articles, on subjects related to this area of study. He teaches courses in many different areas of French and comparative literature. These courses cover subjects such literature and politics, literature and urbanism, the relationship of necessity and freedom, the notion of love, Francophone detective novels, identity and individualism, and comparative political systems in the modern Francophone world.