| About
PRIE
PRIE conducts research of planning and public policy interest on the
intersection between industries and occupations, on the one hand, and
regions, cities and communities, on the other. Each project involves
a team of faculty and students and
disseminates
results through scholarly publications, the popular press and person-to-person
outreach to parties directly concerned with the issue.
Current projects include a study of Distinctive Cities, stressing
labor and human capital and using stereo vision: combining
occupational with industrial analysis and developing guidelines for
targeting. PRIE's Arts Economy Initiative has completed two major
studies on the arts and economic development and continues to
research the intersection between cultural and economic development policy, with an emphasis on artistic spaces.
Past projects include defense conversion at local, national and
international levels, a comparative analysis of fast-growing
medium-sized cities in four countries ( US, Japan, Brazil, South
Korea) and a study of trade-related economic development impacts
across US regions and cities. |
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Ann Markusen is the director of PRIE. Her research focuses on industrial and
occupational approaches to regional development and on the arts,
high-tech, and defense activities as regional economic stimulants. |
| The Distinctive City: an Occupational Approach
World market integration forcing cities to become more specialized economically and otherwise, while the loosening bonds between employers
and workers mean that separate strategies must be used to attract and
retain them.
Read "The Distinctive City"
Publications
Read published and working papers, books and special issues, journal articles, chapters in books, research reports, short articles, and op eds by Ann Markusen. |
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Reining in
the Competition for Capital
Regions and localities all over the globe are facing increasingly
stiff competition for capital to build new plants and offices and
provide jobs.
Finding a workable solution to this dilemma was the focus of 'Reining in Competition for Capital,' a two-day signature study conference held at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute February
27-28, 2004.
Read the press release for the resultant volume, Reining in the Compeition for Capital (2007), published by W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. Order book. |
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Arts Economy Initiative
The Arts Economy Initiative is a ten-year project on artists, their livelihoods and their contributions to regional and local economies. Read more.
Arts Economy Initiative Publications
"Crossover: How Artists Build Careers across Commercial, Nonprofit and Community Work"
"Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies"
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