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People

Staff and collaborators from a wide variety of backgrounds contribute to the Institute’s work. From faculty to visiting positions to post-docs to graduate students to undergraduates, the MPI brings together top talent in its efforts to research, educate, and advise.

Our Team

  • Patrick Adler, Research Associate
  • Graham Allen, Research Intern
  • Jeff Biggar, Research Intern
  • Taylor Brydges, Research Assistant
  • Tomasz Bugajski, Research and Public Policy Intern
  • Shawn Gilligan, Research Intern
  • Michelle Hopgood, Graphic Designer
  • Gracen Johnson, Research Intern
  • Kate Johnson, Reception and Data Library Intern
  • Karen King, Research Scientist
  • Charlotta Mellander, Visiting Faculty
  • Zara Matheson, GIS Analyst and Research Associate
  • Layton Reynolds, Research and Public Policy Intern
  • Kejina Robinson, Marketing Manager and Research Assistant, Tapscott Group
  • Kevin Roy, Research Intern
  • Kimberly Silk, Data Librarian
  • Shazeen Tejani, Research Intern
  • Shana Wang, Research Intern
  • Carly Wiseman, Research Intern
  • Ning Zhou, Research Intern

Research Affiliates

Ajay K. Agrawal
Peter Munk Professor of Entrepreneurship
Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto

Nadia Amoroso
Lecturer
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
University of Toronto

Yves Bourgeois
Directeur
Centre pour l’innovation et la productivité (CIP) / Centre for Innovation and Productivity (CIP)
Associate professor in economics, Université de Moncton

Shauna Brail
Director, Urban Studies Experiential Learning Program
Lecturer, Urban Studies
University of Toronto

Mark Brown
Senior Research Economist
Micro-Economic Analysis Division
Statistics Canada

Nick Clifton
Senior Lecturer in Regional Development
Creative Leadership & Enterprise Centre
Cardiff School of Management
University of Wales Institute – Cardiff (UWIC)

Tijs Creutzberg, Ph.D.
Principal
Hickling Arthurs Low Corporation

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Assistant Professor
School of Policy, Planning and Development
University of Southern California

Charles Davis
Rogers Research Chair in Media Management and Entrepreneurship
Professor
School of Radio and Television Arts, Faculty of Communication & Design
Entrepreneurship & Strategy Group
Ted Rogers School of Management
Ryerson University

Richard DiFrancesco
Director, Urban Studies Program, Innis College
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Programme in Planning
University of Toronto

Betsy Donald
MCIP Associate Professor
Department of Geography
Queen’s University

Damian A. Dupuy
Manager, Innovation Research & Policy
Strategic Planning & Policy Branch
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation

Alessandra Faggian
Reader (Associate Professor) in Economic Geography
RSAIBIS Treasurer
University of Southampton School of Geography
and
Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
The Ohio State University

Todd Gabe
Associate Professor
School of Economics
University of Maine

Gary J. Gates
Senior Research Fellow
The Williams Institute
UCLA School of Law

Meric S. Gertler
Dean, Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Goldring Chair in Canadian Studies
Department of Geography & Planning
University of Toronto

Jill L. Grant
Professor
School of Planning, Dalhousie University

Charles Hostovsky
Lecturer
Department of Geography & Planning
University of Toronto

Brian Hracs
Department of Social and Economic Geography
Uppsala University

Brian Knudsen
Ph.D. candidate,
Carnegie Mellon University

Dieter F. Kogler
Lecturer
School of Geography, Planning & Environmental Policy
University College Dublin

Deborah Leslie
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cultural Economy
Department of Geography & Planning
University of Toronto

José Lobo
Associate Research Professor
School of Human Evolution and Social Change
Arizona State University

Anne Lorentzen
Professor, Department of Development & Planning
Aalborg University

Roger Martin
Dean, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Professor of Strategic Management
University of Toronto
Premier’s Research Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness

Peter Maskell
Professor, MSc, Ph.D., Dr.Merc.
DRUID Director
Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics

Anita M. McGahan
Associate Dean and Director of the PhD Program
Rotman Chair in Management
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto

Zachary P. Neal
Assistant Professor, Sociology and Global Urban Studies Program
Michigan State University

Mark Partridge
Co-Editor of the Journal of Regional Science
Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy and Professor
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
Ohio State University

Peter W. B. Phillips
Professor, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
University of Saskatchewan

Naomi Pope, Ph.D.
Manager, Economic Analysis
Economic Competitiveness Division
Ministry of Technology, Trade and Economic Development
Government of British Columbia

Norma Rantisi
Associate Professor
Concordia University

Jason Rentfrow
Lecturer in Social and Developmental Psychology
Faculty of Social & Political Sciences
University of Cambridge

Kathrine Richardson
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
San Jose State University

Camille (Cami) D. Ryan
Professional Research Associate, GELS
Total Utilization Flax Genomics (TUFGEN)
Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
University of Saskatchewan

Iwona Sagan
Head, Department of Economic Geography and
Head, Research and Education Centre for Urban Socio-Economic Development
University of Gdansk

Daniel Silver
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Toronto

David R. Smith
Director, Strategic Projects
OCAD University
Management Consultant

Olav Sorenson, Ph.D.
Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Professor of Strategic Management
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto

Greg Spencer
Post Doctoral Fellow
Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto

William C. Strange
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust Professor of Real Estate and Urban Economics
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto

Deborah A. Strumsky
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Daniel Trefler
J. Douglas and Ruth Grant Canada Research
Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity
Professor of Business Economics

Christian Unverzagt
Design Director
M1/DTW

Tara Vinodrai
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Environmental Management
& Centre for Environment and Business
University of Waterloo

Wendy Waters, Ph.D.
Manager, Analysis & Research Services
GWL Realty Advisors Inc.
Personal blog: AllAboutCities.ca

David Wolfe
Co-Director, Program on Globalization and Regional Innovation Systems (PROGRIS)
Munk School on Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Professor of Political Science
University of Toronto at Mississauga