Richard G. Shearmur
Ph.D., Universit茅 de Montr茅al
M.U.P., 平特五不中
B.A, Cambridge University
Ph.D. dissertation
Employment growth in the Canadian Urban System 1971-1994: Factors and Policies
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Born in England, I grew up in France, only living in England during my undergraduate studies. After beginning life as a real-estate consultant (chartered surveyor) in Europe in the late 1980s, I landed in Canada in the mid-90s intending to undertake a professional planning degree then sail off into the North-American consulting world. I ended up obtaining an MUP from 平特五不中, a PhD in Economic Geography from Universit茅 de Montr茅al, and working for INRS-Urbanisation Culture et Soci茅t茅 from 1998 to 2013, at which point I joined 平特五不中's School of Urban Planning.
My research basically sets out to understand where economic activities locate. This simple question becomes more complicated as soon as the terms 'economic', 'activity' and 'location' are examined. If 'economic' refers to the creation and distribution of goods and services, then almost all human activity is economic in some sense. If 'activity' refers to processes such as manufacturing, service production, innovation, creation (undertaken by mobile people, by organizations that may not have a physical location, and by networks joining these entities together) then the concept of 'location' becomes somewhat complex.
What does the 'location' of an 'activity' - especially a process or a network - mean? How can it be conceptualized? How can it be measured? What can (and can't) it tell us, especially for policy and planning? I have examined these questions at various scales - from the neighbourhood to the regional and national levels -, and for actors both in the private (employees; small and medium sized companies) and public (municipalities) spheres.听
Otherwise, I cycle because听I like tinkering with bikes, I like eating, and I like riding them.
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N茅 en Angleterre, j'ai grandi en France, ne retournant en Angleterre que pour mes 茅tudes de licence. Apr猫s mes d茅buts Europ茅ens, vers la fin des ann茅es 1980, en conseil immobilier (chartered surveyor), j'atterris au Canada au milieu des ann茅es 1990 dans l'intention d'obtenir un dipl么me professionnel en am茅nagement, puis d'int茅grer le long fleuve tranquille de la consultation Nord-Am茅ricaine. Finalement, j'ai obtenu une ma卯trise en urbanisme 脿 平特五不中, un doctorat en 茅conomie g茅ographique 脿 l'Universit茅 de Montr茅al, et - de 1998 脿 2013 - une premi猫re moiti茅 de carri猫re 脿 l'INRS Urbanisation Culture et Soci茅t茅, que j'ai quitt茅 en 2013 pour joindre l'脡cole d'Urbanisme de 平特五不中.
Ma recherche vise 脿 comprendre o霉 se localisent les activit茅s 茅conomiques. Cette question simple devient plus complexe lorsqu'on probl茅matise les termes '茅conomique', 'activit茅' et 'localisation'. Si '茅conomique' se r茅f猫re 脿 la cr茅ation et 脿 la distribution de biens et services, alors presque toute activit茅 humaine en comporte des 茅l茅ments. Si 'activit茅" se r茅f猫re aux processus de manufacture, de production de services, d'innovation et de cr茅ation (effectu茅s par des agents mobiles, par des organisations qui n'ont peut-锚tre pas de localisation propre, et au sein de r茅seaux qui lient ces entit茅s) alors le concept de 'localisation' devient plus difficile 脿 cerner.
Que signifie donc la 'localisation' d'une 'activit茅' - surtout d'un processus ou d'un r茅seau? Comment peut-on la conceptualiser? Comment la mesurer? Que peut-elle (ou ne peut-elle pas) nous apprendre, notamment pour l'am茅nagement et les politiques? J'examine ces questions 脿 des 茅chelles vari茅es - du quartier aux 茅chelles r茅gionales et nationales -, ainsi que pour des acteurs priv茅s (travailleurs, petites et moyennes entreprises) et publics (municipalit茅s).
Sinon, je fais du v茅lo parceque j'aime bien bricoler, manger, et me d茅placer avec.
Cities, peripheries, and firm-level innovation.听I have been conducting research on where innovation takes place, how firms interact with their local and more distant environments in order to innovate, and what consequences firm-level innovation has on the local economy. Recent work has focussed on how innovative agents can move between locations - both geographic locations but also locations within various social and economic networks.
Innovative municipalities. Municipalities, small entities which have little control over their external environments 鈥� like SMEs 鈥� are faced with practical problems linked to their management of infrastructure, waste and local services. They often introduce innovative solutions to these problems. Municipal innovation has a number of particularities (relative to private-sector innovation) linked with the nature of public-sector entrepreneurship, non-financial motivation, politics of evaluation and cooperative diffusion.听
Urban and regional development.听Much of my work has been on urban and regional economic development, particularly the development of smaller towns and rural areas in Canada, and the intra-metropolitan development of large cities. These two seemingly disparate areas of interest are connected because there is no actual separation between urban and rural processes.
Measurement, data and knowledge. Questions of method, of measurement, and of how we acquire knowledge have become increasingly important. An example of this is the strong normative connotation of 鈥榠nnovation鈥�, and the belief that encouraging it locally will lead to local development. In order to explore this one must first understand how measurement and data have been marshalled to create this apparent knowledge.
Real estate.听I teach a course on real-estate and planning, which keeps me on my toes.
Futures and cities:听 I have started examining futures thinking, and its applications in urban planning, more closely. I am currently preparing a course on the topic.
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Economic geography, Urban geography, Regional Development, Geography of Innovation
My current research focuses on i) the geography of innovation, with particular emphasis on the interplay between innovation in peripheral and in more central locations; ii) the geography of paid work, in a world where individuals move around and perform there paid activities from multiple places; iii) and on innovation in municipal organizations, thinking through how innovation can be conceptualized and evaluated in non-market situations. My interest in innovation has also led me to consider how futures and future thinking can/does feed into planning practice, a topic upon which I am preparing a new course.
Pragmatically, this research feeds into policy questions related to regional development, to the evolution of offices and buildings, to manufacturing and retail in cities, and to attempts to ignite or reignite neighbourhood economies (including downtown) post-Covid. It also feeds into my continued interest in real-estate.
URBP 555 Real estate and planning; URBP 624 Studio 3; URBP 640 Introduction to statistics; URBP 644 Multivariate analysis; coming soon: Futures, cities and planning
2024
Shearmur, R., 2024,听,听Cities, 153, 105303
Ananian, P., Borde, M-A., Lachapelle, U., Scherrer-Paulhiac, F., Shearmur, R., et Tremblay, D-G, and Rodrigue, T., 2024. Geoforum, 152, 104016
St.Pierre, L-A, Doloreux, D, Shearmur, R. et Frigon, A., 2024, Le quartier : Soutien et g茅n茅rateur des interactions sociales pour l'innovation? Canadian Geographies / G茅ographies canadiennes,
Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. and Garneau, F., 2024, Geographical Review, 114:1, 1-30
Seker, M., R.Shearmur & Beaudet, G., 2024, , Urban Affairs Review
2023
Gluckler, J., R.Shearmur & K.Martinus, 2023, Liability or Opportunity? Reconceptualizing the periphery and its role in innovation, Journal of Economic Geography, 23 (1), 231-249,
Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur, 2023, Does location matter? STI and DUI innovation modes in different geographic settings, Technovation,
Shearmur, R., Doloreux, D. et Kristensen, I., 2023, Le G茅ographe Canadien / Canadian Geographer, 484-498
Kristensen, I., R.Shearmur and D.Doloreux, 2023, , Canadian Public Policy, 66.3, 285-302
Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R., Suire, R. et Berthinier-Poncet, A., 2023, Creativity and innovation management, 32.1, 141-157
Shearmur, R. et Doloreux, D., 2023, , in Gallouj, F., Gallouj, C., Monnoyer, M-C., Rubalcaba, L. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Services, Cheltenham: Elgar, 522-524
Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. and Baldassarri, G., 2023, in Gallouj, F., Gallouj, C., Monnoyer, M-C., Rubalcaba, L. (eds), Elgar Encyclopedia of Services, Cheltenham: Elgar, 420-423
Doloreux, D., Shearmur, R. et Kristensen, I., 2023, , Journal of Rural Studies, 99, 53-61
Garneau, F., Doloreux, D. and Shearmur, R., 2023, Le G茅ographe Canadien / Canadian Geographer,
2022
Shearmur, R., Ananian, P., Lachapelle, U., Parra-Lockurst, M., Scherrer-Paulhiac, F. et Tremblay, D-G, and Wycliffe-Jones, A., 2022, , Urban Studies, doi.org/10.1177/00420980211022895
Baumgartinger-Seiringer, S., Doloreux, R.Shearmur & M.Trippl, 2022, , Geoforum, 128, 115-128
Shearmur, R., 2022, in Kong, H. and Monforte, T. (eds) Innovations in Urban Sustainability: Citizens and Participatory Governance, Toronto: University of Toronto press, 65-94
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2022, ZFW 鈥� Advances in Economic Geography, 66.4, 185-200
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur & S. Poulin-Houle, 2022, , Le G茅ographe Canadian / Canadian Geographer, 66.2, 383-395
2021
Shearmur, R., 2021, , Urban Studies ,
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2021, , Regional Studies,
Pajevic, F. and R.Shearmur, 2021, in Mariotti, I., Di Vita, S. and Akhavan, M. (eds) New Workplaces 鈥� Location Patterns, Urban effects and Development Trajectories, Cham: Springer, 233-250
Doloreux, D., Rodriguez, M. and R.Shearmur, 2021, International Journal of Technology Management, 85.1, 78-93
Shearmur, R., Parra-Lockurst, M. and Wycliffe-Jones, A., 2021, . in Doucet, B., Filion, P. and van Melik, R. (eds) , Bristol: Policy Press, 15-24
2020
Stevens, L. and R.Shearmur, 2020, Geoforum, 111, 155-164
Putri, D. and R.Shearmur, 2020, The Canadian Geographer 64.4, 602-618
Shearmur, R., 2020, , in. M.Moos, D.Pfeiffer and T.Vinodrai (eds) , Oxford University Press
Frigon, A., D.Doloreux and R.Shearmur, 2020, Drivers of eco-innovation and conventional innovation in the Canadian wine industry, Journal of Cleaner Production, 275,
Makkonen, T., Gretzinger, S., Hjaltadottir, R, Lorentzen, A., and Shearmur, R., 2020, Innovation in peripheries and borderlands (editorial), Journal of Rural Studies, doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.06.030
Shearmur, R. 2020, Remote work: Employers are taking over our living spaces and passing on costs, The Conversation. June 2016,
Shearmur, R., 2020, A personal perspective on Mario Pol猫se鈥檚 research in regional science, Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 42.1, 6-10
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur, Porto, I. and J.Zabala, 2020, , Growth and Change, doi.org/10.1111/grow.12385
Shearmur, R., 2020, Covid-19's effect on work is a shift, not a major revolution, Policy Options. 21st May 2020.
2019
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2019, KIBS as Both Innovators and Knowledge Intermediaries in the Innovation Process: Intermediation as a Contingent Role, Papers in Regional Science, DOI:10.1111/pirs.12354
Meili, R. and R.Shearmur, 2019, Diverse diversities 鈥� Open innovation in small towns and rural areas, Growth and Change, 50.2, 492-514
Doloreux, D. & R.Shearmur, 2019, Moving Clusters to the next level: Canada's ocean Supercluster, Marine Policy, 98, 33-36
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur and A.van Asche, 2019, Combined innovation and export strategies of KIBS in different regional settings, Industry & Innovation,
Shearmur, R., M.Charron and F.Pajevic, 2019, Pourquoi seulement les villes sont-elles qualifi茅es d鈥檌ntelligentes? Un vocabulaire du biais urbain, Canadian Geographer, DOI:10.1111/cag.12573
Shearmur, R., 2019, L'innovation municipale: L'entrepreneuriat dans l'administration Publique locale, in Brady, J-P. (ed), Introduction 脿 la vie politique municipal Qu茅b茅coise, Qu茅bec: Presses de l'Universit茅 Laval, 93-118
Shearmur, R., 2019, Why We Should Stop Conflating Cities With Innovation and Creativity, Citylab, 2nd December 2019,
Shearmur, R. and D.Wachsmuth, 2019, Urban Technology : the Rise of the 鈥業nnovation Machine鈥�, Plan Canada, 59.1, 175-179
Charron, M., R.Shearmur et G.Beauchemin, 2019, Donn茅es Massives et Sciences du Territoire, Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 41.1/3, 15-25
2018
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur and M.Rodriguez, 2018, Internal R&D and External Information in Knowledge-Intensive Business Service Innovation: Complementary, Substitutable or Independent?, Technological and Economic Development of Economy,
Shearmur, R., 2018, La dissolution du territoire: la m茅tropole comme machine 茅conomique efficace? in Pecqueur, B. et F.Nadou (eds.) Dynamiques Territoriales et Mutations 脡conomiques, Paris: L'Harmattan, 65-78
Shearmur, R., 2018, The Millennial Urban Space-Economy: Dissolving Workplaces and the De-localization of Economic Value-Creation, in Moos, M., D. Pfeiffer and T. Vinodrai (eds) Millennial City, London: Routledge, 65-80
Terral, L., R.Shearmur and M.Pol猫se, 2018, Le tournant "m茅tropolitain" 脿 l'茅preuve des facteurs de d茅veloppement territoriaux, in Charles, E. and E.Thou茅ment (eds), La m茅tropolisation: une opportunit茅 pour le d茅veloppement des territoires?, Paris: l'Harmattan, 73-100
2017
Pajevic, F. and R.Shearmur, 2017, Catch Me if You Can: Big Data and Workplace Mobility, Journal of Urban Technology , DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2017.1334855
Shearmur, R, 2017, Urban Bias in Innovation Studies, in Bathelt, H., P.Cohendet, S.Henn and L.Simon (eds), The Elgar Companion to Innovation and Knowledge Creation: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (Chapter 27)
Rodriguez, M., Doloreux, D., and R.Shearmur, 2017, Variety in external knowledge sourcing and innovation novelty: Evidence from the KIBS sector in Spain, Technovation,
Shearmur, R., 2017, The Elephant in the Room: Travel Bans, Neoliberalism and Editing Urban Geography, Urban Geography, 38.7, 955-957 (editorial)
Shearmur, R., 2017, Le QI de Montr茅al: Quartier de l'Innovation ou Quartier Imaginaire?, in Klein, J-L and R.Shearmur (eds), Montr茅al: La Cit茅 des Cit茅s, Qu茅bec: Presses de l'Universit茅 du Qu茅bec, 209-228
2016
Shearmur, R., C.Carrincazeaux and D.Doloreux (eds), forthcoming Autumn 2016, Handbook on the Geographies of Innovations, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
Shearmur, R. and V.Poirier, 2016, Conceptualizing Nonmarket Municipal Entrepreneurship: Everyday Municipal Innovation and the Roles of Metropolitan Context, Internal Resources, and Learning, Urban Affairs Review, DOI: 10.1177/1078087416636482
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2016, How open innovation processes vary between urban and remote environments: slow innovators, market-sourced information and frequency of interaction, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2016.1154984
Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur, 2016, Does the Geographic Distribution of Knowledge Intensive Business Services Affect the Use of Services for Innovation? Empirical Evidence from Quebec KIBS Manufacturers, in Ferreira, J., M.Raposo, C.Fernandes and M.Desjardins (eds),听Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness, London: Routledge
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur and M.Rodriguez, 2016, Determinants of R&D in knowledge-intensive business services firms,听Economics of Innovation and New Technology, DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2015.1067001
2015
Shearmur,R., 2015, Far from the Madding Crowd: Slow Innovators, Information Value and the Geography of Innovation, Growth & Change, 46.2, 424-442
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2015, Central places or networks? Paradigms, metaphors, and spatial configurations of innovation-related service use, Environment and Planning A, 47, 1521-39
Shearmur, R., 2015, Dazzled by Data: Big Data, the Census and Urban Geography (editorial), Urban Geography, 36.7, 965-968
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2015, KIBS use and innovation: high-order services, geographic hierarchies and internet use in Quebec鈥檚 manufacturing sector, Regional Studies, 49.10, 1654-71
Shearmur, R., D.Doloreux and A.Lapierre, 2015, Is the degree of Internationalisation Associated with the use of Knowledge Intensive Services or with Innovation? International Business Review, 24.3, 457-465
Shearmur, R., C.Garrocho, J.Alvaraz & T.Chavez, 2015, Hacia una geografia de las actividades economicas en la Ciudad de Mexico: m茅todos, conceptos, cultura et subjetividad, in听Geografia aplicada en Iberamerica: Avances, restos y perspectivas, editied by C.Garrocho and G.Buzai, Toluca: El Colegio Mexiquense, 431-73
Rodriguez, M., D.Doloreux and R.Shearmur, 2015, Innovation strategies, innovator types and openness: A study of KIBS firms in Spain,听Service Business,听DOI 10.1007/s11628-015-0286-x
Doloreux, D. R.Shearmur and R.Guillaume, 2015, Collaboration, (transferable and non-transferable) knowledge and innovation: a study of cool climate wine industry (Canada),听Growth & Change, 46.1, 16-37
Ding, X., W.Zhong, R.Shearmur, Z.Zhang and D.Huisingh, 2015, An inclusive model for assessing the sustainability of cities in developing countries 鈥楾rinity of Cities' Sustainability from Spatial, Logical and Time Dimensions (TCS-SLTD),听Journal of Cleaner Production, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.140
Shearmur, R., 2015, Strategic Role in Development,听The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology, New York: Wiley and AAG: Washington DC (forthcoming)
2014
Pol猫se, M., R.Shearmur et L.Terral, 2014, La France Avantag茅e : Paris et la Nouvelle 脡conomie des R茅gions, Paris : Odile Jacob
Poulin, P-O. and R.Shearmur, 2014, Quartiers durables et p么les d鈥檈mploi : vers des navettes plus courtes et moins polluantes? Une analyse de Montr茅al, 1998-2008,听Cahiers de G茅ographie du Qu茅bec,听58.163, 59-91 (appeared in 2015)
Bonnet-Gravois, N., and R.Shearmur, 2014, Quel r么le r茅el pour les r茅seaux de firmes dans l鈥檌nnovation locale? Une analyse des bassins d鈥檈mplois canadiens durant la p茅riode 1997-2005,听Revue d鈥櫭塩onomie R茅gionale et Urbaine, 2014.1, 121-54
Plassard, M. and R.Shearmur, 2014, SFIC et innovation : Les dynamiques g茅ographiques de l鈥檌nnovation 脿 Qu茅bec, Canadian Geographer, 58.2, 244-262
Shearmur, R., 2014, Dipl么mes et croissance 茅conomiques: quelques chainons manquants, in Vultur, M. (ed)听La surqualification au Qu茅bec et au Canada, Qu茅bec听: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, pp245-272
Aubin-Beaulieu, J., M-S.Cloutier et R.Shearmur, 2014, Accessibilit茅 脿 des Opportunit茅s d鈥橢mploi pour les Populations D茅favoris茅es听: Quel est le Portrait pour Montr茅al, Laval et Longueil?,听Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 36.1, 1-12听
2013
Shearmur, R., 2013, What is an Urban Structure? in Garrocho, C. (ed),听Advances in Commercial Geography, Toluca: El Colegio Mexiquense, 95-142
Shearmur, R., 2013, Le triomphe des m茅tropoles? Et si l鈥檌nnovation m茅tropolitaine n鈥櫭﹖ait qu鈥檜n mythe?, in Klein, J-L. et R.Guillaume (eds),听Vers une nouvelle g茅ographie 茅conomique, Qu茅bec听: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 du Qu茅bec, 93-126
Shearmur, R., 2013, 脡tudier la G茅ographie de l鈥橧nnovation: Pourquoi, Comment et Perspectives,听Compendium d鈥檌ndicateurs de l鈥檃ctivit茅 scientifique et technologique au Qu茅bec听: Edition 2013, Qu茅bec听: Institut de la statistique du Qu茅bec, 31-50
Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur 2013, Innovation Strategies: Are Knowledge Intensive Business Services Just Another Source of Information?听Industry and Innovation, 20.8, 719-738
Shearmur, R., 2013, Que reste-t-il de la classe cr茅ative?,听Nouveau projet, 2013.3
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2013, Innovation and KIBS: The Contribution of KIBS to Innovation in Manufacturing Establishments,听Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 22:8, 751-774, DOI:10.1080/10438599.2013.786581
Shearmur, R, L.Terral and M.Pol猫se, 2013, La g茅ographie de la croissance d鈥檈mploi en France 脿 l鈥檃une de processus Nord-Am茅ricains: vers une th茅orisation du contexte,听Cybergeo, article 631,听
2012
Shearmur R., 2012, Are cities the font of innovation? A critical review of the literature on cities and innovation, Cities, 29.2, S9-S18
Shearmur, R., 2012, The geography of intra-metropolitan KIBS innovation: distinguishing agglomeration economies from innovation dynamics, Urban Studies, 49.11, 2331-56 , doi: 10.1177/0042098011431281
Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur, 2012, Collaboration, Information and the Geography of Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Business Services, Journal of Economic Geography, 12.1, 79-105
Shearmur, R., 2012, Producer Services, in Warf, B. (ed),听Oxford Bibliographies in Geography听New York: Oxford University Press,听
Chenard, P. and R.Shearmur, 2012, Immigration, Attraction or Retention? Some Determinants of Local Human Capital change in Canada,听Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 21.1, 79-108
Doloreux, D. and R.Shearmur, 2012, How much does KIBS Contribute to R&D Activities of Manufacturing Firms?,听Economia Politica, 29.3, 319-42
Shearmur, R., 2012, Montr茅al 1950-2010听: la m茅tamorphose de l鈥櫭ヽonomie spatiale, Foug猫res, D. (ed),听Histoire de Montr茅al et de sa R茅gion, Qu茅bec听: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, 1005-38
Shearmur, R., 2012, La G茅ographie des Comportements d鈥橧nnovation au Qu茅bec,听Revue d鈥櫭塩onomie R茅gionale et Urbaine, 2012.4, 623-48
Shearmur, R., 2012, Le pass茅 au pr茅sent听: structures et institutions de l鈥櫭ヽonomie de l鈥檃gglom茅ration Montr茅al, in Gillio, N. et E.Rallet,听Comprendre l鈥櫭ヽonomie des territoires, Lyon听: Certu, collection R茅f茅rences 126, 156-165
Shearmur, R., 2012, Not being there: why local innovation is not (always) related to local factors, in Westeren, K. (ed),听Foundations of the Knowledge Economy: Innovation, Learning and Clusters, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 117-139
Doloreux, D., R.Guillaume and R.Shearmur, 2011, Production et diffusion de l鈥檌nnovation dans les r茅gions satellites: l鈥檈xemple du Qu茅bec,听Revue d鈥櫭塩onomie R茅gionale et Urbaine, 2011/5, doi听:听.
Motte-Baumvol, B., Belton-Chevalier, L. and R.Shearmur, 2011, Differences de genre et formes de d茅pendances des conjoints biactifs dans l鈥檃ccompagnement des enfants,听G茅ographie, 脡conomie et Soci茅t茅, 13.2, 189-206
2011
Shearmur, R., 2011, Innovation, Regions and Proximity: From Neo-regionalism to Spatial Analysis, Regional Studies, 45.9, 1225-44
Shearmur, R. and N.Bonnet, 2011, Does Local Technological Innovation Lead to Local Development?, Regional Science Policy and Practice, 3.3, 250-70
Bourne, L., T.Hutton, R.Shearmur and J.Simmons (eds), 2011,听Canadian Urban Regions: Trajectories of Growth and Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Shearmur, R. and T.Hutton, 2011, Canada鈥檚 Changing City Regions: The Expanding Metropolis, in Bourne, L., T.Hutton, R.Shearmur and J.Simmons (eds), 2011,听Canadian Urban Regions: Trajectories of Growth and Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 99-124
Shearmur, R. and N.Rantisi, 2011, Montreal: Rising Again from the Same Ashes, in Bourne, L., T.Hutton, R.Shearmur and J.Simmons (eds), 2011,听Canadian Urban Regions: Trajectories of Growth and Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 173-201
Shearmur, R., 2011, Innovation et d茅veloppement territorial: L鈥檌nnovation comme processus (presque) a-territorial,听Bulletin des Sciences G茅ographiques de Li猫ge, 55, 17-27
Shearmur, R. and D.Doloreux, 2024, Scaling-up and Moving On: Do Innovative SMEs Leave Peripheral Regions? GeoInno 2024, Manchester, 11th January 2024
Gluckler, J., D.Gutierrez, K.Martinus, R.Shearmur, 2024, Peripheral Positions in Global Innovation Networks and Places, GeoInno 2024, Manchester, 11th January 2024
Doloreux, D., R.Shearmur, and L-A.St.Pierre, 2024, The Micro-geography of STI and DUI Interaction Modes, GeoInno 2024, Manchester, 12th January 2024
Matsiuk, N., D.Doloreux and R.Shearmur, 2024, Micro Geography of Innovation in the Urban Setting: The Role of Neighbourhood and Local Knowledge Exchange, GeoInno 2024, Manchester, 11th January 2024
Doloreux, D., Dub茅, J., Shearmur, R. et Cardenas-Morales, D.-A. (2023). The City and KIBS Clusters : A Micro-geographic Analysis for Montr茅al (Canada), 16th International Conference on Computational Methodological Statistics (CMStatistics), Berlin, Germany, 15-17 d茅cembre.
Shearmur, R., 2023, New Ways to Work, public panel discussion organized by Harris Centre, Memorial University, NL, 22nd November 2023 (chair)
Shearmur, R., 2023, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policies: Some thoughts after beginning to apply them, Annual Meeting of Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Professional Planners, 8th November 2023, (keynote speaker)
Shearmur, R., 2023 "Why Newfoundland ?" A response to family, friends and colleagues, Atlantic Canada, Canadian Association of Geographers, 2nd November 2023, (keynote speaker)
Shearmur, R., 2023, Can we locate innovation? (or do we just observe the places which benefit from it), Innovation workshop, HEC Montr茅al, 5-6 October, 2023 (invited)
Shearmur, R., 2023, Industrie et innovation en r茅gion p茅riph茅rique et rurale, HEC Montr茅al, le 3 octobre 2023 (lecture)
Shearmur, R. 2023, Innovation and local development: do innovators scale-up locally? Memorial University, Department of Geography, 29th Sept 2023 (invited)
Shearmur, R. 2023, Lieux d'emploi atypiques. Une r茅volution?, Congr猫s de l'ACFAS, 10 Mai 2023, Montr茅al
Shearmur, R., 2023, L鈥檃m茅nagement et l'urbanisme au Qu茅bec. Une br猫ve introduction pratique, Congr猫s des Soci茅t茅s de D茅velopement Commercial du Qu茅bec, 28 avril 2023, Montr茅al (keynote speaker)
Shearmur, R., 2023, From location to locations? Towards a new location theory for economic activities, University of Hong Kong, Dept. of Urban Planning, 21st March 2023 (invited)