Benjamin Spigel

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C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E

E D U C AT I O N H I S T O R Y
2008 - present - Ph.D Student - University of Toronto Department of Geography

2006 - 2008 Masters of Arts - The Ohio State University Department of Geography

2002-2006 - Bachelors of Arts, Honors: Social and Economy Geography - University of

Toronto

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES

C. Muellerleile, K. Strauss, B. Spigel and T. Narins. “Economic geography and the
financial crisis: Full speed ahead or missing the boat?” In preparation for submission
to The Professional Geographer

H. Bathelt and B. Spigel. “The spatial economy of North American trade fairs.” In
preparation for submission to The Canadian Geographer

H. Bathelt, A. Munro and B. Spigel. “Challenges of transformation: Innovation, re-

bundling and traditional manufacturing in Canada’s Technology Triangle.” Forthcoming
in Regional Studies.

B. Jones, B. Spigel, and E. J. Malecki. (2010) “Blog links as pipelines to buzz elsewhere:
the case of New York theatre blogs” Environment and Planning B 37(1):99-111

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
H. Bathelt and B. Spigel (2010) “The relational geography of North American Trade
Fairs” Presented at the 2010 Association of American Geographers Conference.
Washington D.C. April 17-21

H. Bathelt, M. Munro and B. Spigel. (2010) “Challenges of transformation: innovation,

re-bundling and traditional manufacturing in Canada’s Technology Triangle.” Presented
at the 2010 Association of American Geographers Conference. Washington D.C. April
17-21

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B. Spigel. (2010) “Proximity, location and informal knowledge spillovers.” Presented at
the Association of University Technology Managers Annual Conference. New Orleans,
LA. March 17-20

B.Spigel. (2009) “Propinquity and the environments of academic knowledge exchange.”

Presented at the 2009 Association of American Geographers Conference. Las Vegas,
Nevada. March 22-27

B. Spigel. (2008) “The microgeographies of academic knowledge transfer.” Presented at

the 2008 Association of American Geographers Conference. Boston, Massachusetts.
April 15-19

L. Brown, S. Chung, M. Webb and B. Spigel. (2008) “Housing foreclosures in

Columbus, Ohio: Where, who, why.” Presented at the 2008 Association of American
Geographers Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 15-19.

B. Spigel. (2008) “What can early developers of Linux teach us about open
knowledge?” Presented at Open Knowledge 2.0. London, England. March 15.

B. Spigel. (2007) “Transmission or Transmutation? The role of tacit knowledge and

codification in the creation of the Linux operating system” Presented at the 2007
Association of American Geographers Conference. San Francisco, California. April
16-22

C. Rinner, B. Spigel and M Raubal. (2005) “User interface design for location-based
decision services”. Presented at the 13th International Conference of Geoinformatics,
Toronto Ontario. August 18th.

PA P E R S
B. Spigel. (2008) “The Geographies of academic knowledge exchange” Masters Thesis,
Ohio State University. Edward Malecki, advisor.

B. Spigel. “Open source release options for research results – An overview of best
practice examples for small software projects.” (2005) Knowledge Media and Design
Institute, Project Open Source | Open Access. http://www.open.utoronto.ca

I N V I T E D TA L K S
Culture and Canadian entrepreneurship: Regional differences and patterns. Talk given
at the Teller School of Management, Ottawa Ontario. October 29th, 2010.

FUNDING
2010 - Travel Funding - The Associates of the University of Toronto Travel Award - $900
(CND)
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2010 - Travel Funding - Summer Institute in Economic Geography - $300 (CND)

2008-2010 - Research Allowance, Innovation Systems Research Network - $8000 (CND)

2008-2023 - University of Toronto Fellowship - $6500 (CND)

2008 - Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Ohio State University - $450 (USD)

2007 - Travel Grant, Department of Geography, Ohio State University - $450 (USD)

2006 - Student Experience Program, Project Open Source | Open Access, Toronto
Knowledge, Media and Design Institute - $1440 (CND)

A WA R D S

First Prize - ESRI Social Media Challenge (2010, $5,000 USD)

Selected Attendee - Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Vancouver. (2010)

Second Place - Association of University Technology Managers Graduate Research

Paper Prize (2010)

Selectee - Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (2007)

SERVICE

Treasurer - Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society 2008-present

Department of Geography Orientation Committee 2008-present

Department of Geography Office Space Committee 2008-present

Student Representative - Committee on Patents and Copyrights. 2007-2008

Graduate Student Representative - Committee on Academic Misconduct. 2007-2008

Student Board Member - Project Open Source | Open Access. 2006

P R O F E S S I O NA L M E M B E R S H I P S
Association of American Geographers

Canadian Association of Geographers

Association of University Technology Managers

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PEER REVIEWER
Papers in Regional Science

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