Richard Florida

University Professor
Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy
Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, School of Cities, University of Toronto

Degrees:

PhD in Urban Planning, Columbia University
BA in Political Science, Rutgers College

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Personal Website:

http://www.creativeclass.com/richard_florida

Bio

Richard Florida is University Professor, Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the Rotman School of Management and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, School of Cities, University of Toronto. Florida has held professorships at George Mason University and Carnegie Mellon University and taught as a visiting professor at Harvard and MIT. Florida earned his Bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research provides unique, data-driven insight into the social, economic and demographic factors that drive the 21st century world economy.

Academic Positions

2017

University Professor, University of Toronto
2007-present

Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management
2007-present

Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management
2004-2007

Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
2001-2005

Director, Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University
1996-2004

Heinz Professor of Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
1993-1998

Director, Center for Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
1995-1996

Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Non-Academic Positions

2002-present

Founder, Creative Class Group
2004-2007

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Selected Publications - Papers

The City as Innovation Machine

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler

Regional Studies

Issue:51

2017

Pages: 86-96
Human Capital in Cities and Suburbs

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick

Annals of Regional Science

Issue:57

2016

Pages: 91-123
Rise of the Startup City: The Changing Geography of the Venture Capital Financed Innovation

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander

California Management Review

Issue:59

2016

Pages: 14-38
Creativity, Clusters and the Competitive Advantage of Cities

Roger Martin, Richard Florida, Melissa Pogue and Charlotta Mellander

Competitiveness Review

Issue:25

2015

Pages: 482- 496
Cities, Skills, and Wages

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick, Adrienne Ross

Journal of Economic Geography

Issue:1

2011

Pages: 1-23
America's Top 20 Gayest Cities

Richard Florida

The Daily Beast

2010
Sonic City: The Evolving Economic Geography of the Music Industry

Richard Florida and Scott Jackson

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Issue:29(3)

2010

Pages: 310-321
Talent, Technology and Tolerance in Canadian Regional Development

Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick

The Canadian Geographer

Issue:54(3)

2010

Pages: 277-304
There Goes the Metro: How and Why Artists, Bohemians and Gays Effect Housing Values

Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander

Journal of Economic Geography

Issue:10(2)

2010

Pages: 167-188
Urban Authenticity

Richard Florida

The Atlantic

2010
Why Canada Needs a Great Reset

Richard Florida

Ottawa Citizen

2010
How the Crash Will Reshape America

Richard Florida

The Atlantic

2009

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

The New Urban Crisis

Richard Florida

Basic Books

2017
The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

Richard Florida

Harper Collins US; Random House Canada

Issue:April

2010
Ontario in the Creative Age

Richard Florida and Roger Martin

Martin Prosperity Institute Report

Issue:February

2009
Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, (Canadian version)

Richard Florida

Basic Books; Random House

2009
Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Richard Florida

Basic Books; Random House

2008
Cities and the Creative Class

Richard Florida

Routledge

2004
The Rise of the Creative Class

Richard Florida

Basic Books

2002
Beyond Mass Production: The Japanese System and Its Transfer to the United States

Martin Kenney and Richard Florida

Oxford University Press

1993

Featured Work

http://www.creativeclass.com/

Research and Teaching Interests

Economic Development, Creativity, Location, Innovation

Honors and Awards

2010

Invited Lecturer, Royal Geographic Society, London, England
2009

Commencement Speech, University of Toronto
2006

Voices of Innovation, BusinessWeek
2005

Best and Brightest, Esquire Magazine
2005

Inaugural Parnes Creativity Award, Creative Problem-Solving Institute
2004

Breakthrough Idea of the Year, Harvard Business Review
2002

Book of the Year, Washington Monthly

Richard Florida

Richard Florida

Bio

Academic Positions

University Professor, University of Toronto

Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management

Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management

Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

Director, Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Heinz Professor of Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University

Director, Center for Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University

Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Non-Academic Positions

Founder, Creative Class Group

Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Selected Publications - Papers

The City as Innovation Machine

Human Capital in Cities and Suburbs

Rise of the Startup City: The Changing Geography of the Venture Capital Financed Innovation

Creativity, Clusters and the Competitive Advantage of Cities

Cities, Skills, and Wages

America's Top 20 Gayest Cities

Sonic City: The Evolving Economic Geography of the Music Industry

Talent, Technology and Tolerance in Canadian Regional Development

There Goes the Metro: How and Why Artists, Bohemians and Gays Effect Housing Values

Urban Authenticity

Why Canada Needs a Great Reset

How the Crash Will Reshape America

Selected Publications - Books and Chapters

The New Urban Crisis

The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity

Ontario in the Creative Age

Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life, (Canadian version)

Who's Your City: How the Creative Economy is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life

Cities and the Creative Class

The Rise of the Creative Class

Beyond Mass Production: The Japanese System and Its Transfer to the United States

Featured Work

Research and Teaching Interests

Honors and Awards

Invited Lecturer, Royal Geographic Society, London, England

Commencement Speech, University of Toronto

Voices of Innovation, BusinessWeek

Best and Brightest, Esquire Magazine

Inaugural Parnes Creativity Award, Creative Problem-Solving Institute

Breakthrough Idea of the Year, Harvard Business Review

Book of the Year, Washington Monthly