Richard Florida
Director, Martin Prosperity Institute Professor of Business and Creativity at Rotman School of Management
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- Rotman School of Management
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Biography
Rotman School of Management
Bio
Richard Florida is Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute and Professor of Business and Creativity at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Previously, 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
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
Videos
Urban Transformations: Die kreative Klasse und die Krise der Stadt mit Richard Florida
Richard Florida on the New Urban Crisis
92Y: Recalibrate Reality - Richard Florida and Scott Rechler
Five questions for urbanist and Miami resident Richard Florida
Richard Florida: Want Job Stability? Get Creative.
CNN - The Post-COVID 19 World. The Future of Cities. Fareed Zakaria and Richard Florida
Richard Florida: The Rise of the Creative Class
Building the creative economy: An interview with Richard Florida
Who's Your City? | Richard Florida | Talks at Google
Cities in Crisis
Why Creativity is the New Economy - Richard Florida
Zoom Towns: How the Remote Work Revolution Could Drive Change in Seaside and 30A | Richard Florida
The New Urban Crisis: Richard Florida
LSE Events | Prof. Richard Florida | The New Urban Crisis
Courses Taught
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Books
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
Papers
- 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
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