Ron Martin (geographer)

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Ronald Leonard Martin FBA FAcSS (born 17 April 1948) [1] is professor of economic geography at the Department of Geography University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of the Cambridge-MIT Institute, research associate of the Centre for Business Research and professorial fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

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Martin's research focuses on the geographies of work and of financial systems, regional economic development, economic theory and economic geography, and the interface between geography and public policy. [2] He is the editor of the journal Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, published by Oxford University Press. [3] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005, and awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship for 2007-2010. [3]

Outside of his academic work, he is an associate director of the Local Futures Group, an economic-geographic consultancy. [3]

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References

  1. 'MARTIN, Prof. Ronald Leonard', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 29 April 2013
  2. "Ron Martin". Department of Geography, Cambridge. Retrieved 26 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. 1 2 3 "Editorial Pen Portrait". Cambridge Jnl Regions, Econ and Society. Oxford Journals. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. "British Academy Fellows - Ron Martin". British Academy. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)