Location has a very important impact on rates of informal interaction. This stream of research concentrated on knowledge sharing between university researchers and researchers at nearby private research institutions. This work – which formed the bulk of my master’s research – focused on the role of urban design and structure in the ease of communication.
Papers and Presentations
B. Spigel (2010), “The Role of Local Geography in Encouraging University Knowledge Spillovers” Presented at the 2010 Association of University Technology Managers Conference. Won 2nd place in the Academic Technology Transfer & Commercialization Graduate Student Literature Review Prize. (e-mail for copy, or view the presentation)
B. Spigel (2008), “The Geographies of Academic Knowledge Exchange,” Masters Thesis for Department of Geography, The Ohio State University (e-mail for copy)
B. Spigel (2008), The Microgeographies of Academic Knowledge Exchange, presentation at the 2008 Meeting of the Association of American Geographers