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
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2017
University Professor, University of Toronto
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2007-present
Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management
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2007-present
Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management
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2004-2007
Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University
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2001-2005
Director, Software Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University
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1996-2004
Heinz Professor of Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
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1993-1998
Director, Center for Economic Development, Carnegie Mellon University
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1995-1996
Visiting Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Non-Academic Positions
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2002-present
Founder, Creative Class Group
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2004-2007
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Selected Publications - Papers
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The City as Innovation Machine
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Patrick Adler
Regional Studies
Issue:51
2017
Pages: 86-96
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Human Capital in Cities and Suburbs
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick
Annals of Regional Science
Issue:57
2016
Pages: 91-123
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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
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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
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Cities, Skills, and Wages
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick, Adrienne Ross
Journal of Economic Geography
Issue:1
2011
Pages: 1-23
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America's Top 20 Gayest Cities
Richard Florida
The Daily Beast
2010
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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
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Talent, Technology and Tolerance in Canadian Regional Development
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Kevin Stolarick
The Canadian Geographer
Issue:54(3)
2010
Pages: 277-304
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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
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Urban Authenticity
Richard Florida
The Atlantic
2010
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Why Canada Needs a Great Reset
Richard Florida
Ottawa Citizen
2010
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How the Crash Will Reshape America
Richard Florida
The Atlantic
2009
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
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The New Urban Crisis
Richard Florida
Basic Books
2017
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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
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Ontario in the Creative Age
Richard Florida and Roger Martin
Martin Prosperity Institute Report
Issue:February
2009
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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
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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
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Cities and the Creative Class
Richard Florida
Routledge
2004
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The Rise of the Creative Class
Richard Florida
Basic Books
2002
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Beyond Mass Production: The Japanese System and Its Transfer to the United States
Martin Kenney and Richard Florida
Oxford University Press
1993
Research and Teaching Interests
Economic Development, Creativity, Location, Innovation
Honors and Awards
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2010
Invited Lecturer, Royal Geographic Society, London, England
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2009
Commencement Speech, University of Toronto
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2006
Voices of Innovation, BusinessWeek
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2005
Best and Brightest, Esquire Magazine
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2005
Inaugural Parnes Creativity Award, Creative Problem-Solving Institute
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2004
Breakthrough Idea of the Year, Harvard Business Review
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2002
Book of the Year, Washington Monthly