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

E-mail: ben.spigel@utoronto.ca Web site: www.benspigel.com

E D U C AT I O N H I S TO RY 2008 Present (expected graduation date: April 2013) - Ph.D - University of Toronto Department of Geography Dissertation Title: e emergence of regional cultures and practices: A comparative study of Canadian software entrepreneurship Dissertation Committee: Harald Bathelt (advisor), Meric Gertler, Pierre Desrochers, Olav Sorenson 2006 2008 Masters of Arts - e Ohio State University Department of Geography 2002 2006 - Bachelors of Arts, Honors: Social and Economy Geography - University of Toronto

PE E R R E V I EW E D A RT I C L E S C. Muellerleile, K. Strauss, B. Spigel and T. Narins. Economic geography and the nancial crisis: Full speed ahead or missing the boat? Forthcoming in e Professional Geographer. H. Bathelt and B. Spigel (2012). e spatial economy of North American trade fairs. e Canadian Geographer 56(1): 18-38. B. Spigel. (2012) e geography of Canadian entrepreneurship and self-employment. e International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 15(3):340-361 H. Bathelt, A. Munro and B. Spigel (2011). Challenges of transformation: Innovation, re-bundling and traditional manufacturing in Canadas Technology Triangle. Regional Studies 18(5): 416-486 H. Bathelt and B. Spigel (2011). University spin-os and regional policy in comparative perspective: e cases of Columbus (Ohio) and Toronto and Waterloo (Ontario). International Journal forKnowledge-Based Development 2(2):202-219. B. Jones, B. Spigel, and E. J. Malecki. (2010) Blog links as pipelines to buzz elsewhere: e case of New York theatre blogs Environment and Planning B 37(1):99-111

EDITED COLLECTIONS B. Spigel. A series of unfortunate events: e growth, decline and rebirth of Ottawas Entrepreneurial Institutions. Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development, Volume 22, Gary D. Libecamp and Sherry Hoskinson (eds). Pp. 47-72

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WORK UNDER REVIEW B. Spigel. Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Regional Culture: A Bourdieuian Perspective. In review at Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geography. B. Spigel. A Bourdieusian Approach to Regional Entrepreneurial Cultures. In review at Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.

WORK IN PROGRESS B. Spigel. Bourdieu and Economic Geography. In preparation for Economic Geography

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS B. Spigel (2012) Entrepreneurship and Tolerance. Presented at the 2012 Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario Division Conference. Scarborough, Ontario, October 12-13. B. Spigel (2012) Regional cultures and entrepreneurial environments: A Bourdieuian approach. Presented at the 2012 Experience the Creative Economy Workshop, Toronto, ON. June 19-22. B. Spigel (2012) Cultural contexts and entrepreneurial intentions. Presented at the 2012 Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Fort Worth, TX, June 7-9. B. Spigel (2012) Regional cultural contexts and entrepreneurial intentions: A Bourdieusian approach. Presented at the 2012 Association of American Geographers Conference. New York, New York, February 24-28. B. Spigel. (2011) e cultures of Canadian entrepreneurship. Presented at the 2011 Canadian Association of Geographers Conference. Calgary AB, June 1-3. B. Spigel. (2011) Entrepreneurship and regional culture: A Bourdieusian perspective. Presented at the 2011 Association of American Geographers Conference. Seattle, WA, April 12-16. H. Bathelt and B. Spigel (2010) e 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 Canadas Technology Triangle. Presented at the 2010 Association of American Geographers Conference. Washington D.C. April 17-21 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) e microgeographies of academic knowledge transfer. Presented at the 2008 Association of American Geographers Conference. Boston, Massachusetts. April 15-19

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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? e role of tacit knowledge and codi cation 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.

O T H E R P U B L I C AT I O N S H. Bathelt, A. Munro and B. Spigel (2011) Challenges of transformation: Innovation, re-bundling and traditional manufacturing in Canadas Technology Triangle. Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography #11-11. H. Bathelt, A. Munro and B. Spigel (2011) Industries innovate and prosper. Editorial in e Toronto Star, November 7. B. Spigel. (2008) e Geographies of academic knowledge exchange Masters esis, Ohio State University. Edward Malecki, advisor. B. Spigel. (2005) 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

REVIEWS Review of e Handbook of Evolutionary Economic Geography by Ron Boschma and Ron Martin, eds. Economic Geography Working Group (http://www.egrg.org.uk/bkreview.html#bk2011) Review of Managing Financial Risk: From Global to Local by Gordan Clark, Adam Dixon and Ashby Monk, eds. Economic Geography Research Group (http://www.egrg.org.uk/ bkreview2010_09.html)

I N V I T E D TA L K S Cultural change and entrepreneurial resiliency: Technology entrepreneurship and crisis in Ottawa. Talk given at the Innovation Lab, Munk School of Global Aairs, Toronto, Ontario. January 15th, 2013 (expected date). Culture and Canadian entrepreneurship: Regional dierences and patterns. Talk given at the Teller School of Management, Ottawa, Ontario. October 29th, 2010.

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FUNDING 2011 School of Graduate Studies Winter 2011 Conference Grant - $150 (CND) 2010 Travel Funding - e Associates of the University of Toronto Travel Award - $900 (CND) 2010 Travel Funding - Summer Institute in Economic Geography - $300 (CND) 2008-2010 Research Allowance, Innovation Systems Research Network - $8000 (CND) 2008-2012 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 Selected Attendee 2012 Experiencing the Creative Economy Workshop, Toronto, Ontario (2012) Selected Attendee Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Fort Worth, Texas (2012) Joseph A. May Scholarship (2011, $1,000 CAD) Department of Geography Graduate Expansion Fund Award - (2011, $1000 CND) 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) Selected Attendee Edward F. Hayes Graduate Research Forum (2007)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE Course Instructor - GGR221 Winter 2011 (New Economic Spaces - 200 student introduction to economic geography) Teaching Assistant - GGR 124 (Urbanization), GGR221 (New Economic Spaces), GGR271 (Social Research Methods), POL371 (Spatial Political Economy)

S E RV I C E Department of Geography and Munk School of Global Aairs Hiring Committee (2012-2013)

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Department of Geography Intersections Lecture Committee (2009-2011) Treasurer, Graduate Geography and Planning Student Society (2008-2009) Department of Geography Orientation Committee (2008-2012) Department of Geography Oce Space Committee (2008-2010) 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)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Association of American Geographers Canadian Association of Geographers

PEER REVIEWER Papers in Regional Science

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