Interests

Community and Regional Economics, Spatial Modeling - Rural-urban interface; Regional economic development and growth; Poverty

Biographical Info

Mark Partridge is the C. William Swank Chair of Rural-Urban Policy at The Ohio State University and a Professor in the Agricultural, Environment, and Development Economics Department. He is also a Faculty Research Affiliate, City-Region Studies Centre, University of Alberta. Prior to Ohio State, he was the Canada Research Chair in the New Rural Economy at the University of Saskatchewan, where he is an Adjunct Professor. Professor Partridge has published over 100 academic and scholarly papers and his work has been ranked among the top 1,000 economists in the world. He co-authored a book entitled The Geography of American Poverty: Is there a Role for Place-Based Policy?, published by the W.E. Upjohn Institute. Professor Partridge’s research has been funded by many sources including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Brookings Institution, Infrastructure Canada, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He is currently the lead investigator on an Infrastructure Canada grant to examine rural-urban interactions and for an Appalachian Regional Commission project evaluating measures of community distress. Dr. Partridge’s current research interests include investigating rural-urban interdependence, why some communities grow faster than others, and innovations in regional policy and governance. He served as President of the Southern Regional Science Association, is Co-Editor of the Journal of Regional Science, is on the Executive Council of the Regional Science Association International, and is on the editorial boards of Growth and Change, The Review of Regional Studies, and Region et Developpement. Dr. Partridge has consulted with various governments in the U.S. and Canada and has testified to the U.S. Congress and the Canadian Parliament on regional issues.