Greg Spencer

Research Associate, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto

Gregory M. Spencer is a Research Associate with the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto where he conducts research on the economies of local communities. Greg has published in the top international academic journals in his field on the topics of industrial clusters, the social dynamics of the creative process, and rural creative economic development.
 
With over 15 years of consulting experience in Canada and the UK, Greg works extensively with national, provincial, and local levels of government. From 2011-2014 while at the Munk School of Global Affairs, at the University of Toronto he developed and managed Local IDEAs (Indicator Database for Economic Analysis) a research tool intended for academics and local economic development practitioners. Prior to his academic career from 1999 to 2003, Greg was Principal Consultant and Head of R&D at the Local Futures Group, an economic development consultancy based in London, UK.
 
Greg has taught undergraduate courses in Research Methods and Regional Dynamics in the University of Toronto and Queen’s University as well as Planning Methods in the Master’s Program in Planning at the University of Toronto. Greg holds a Ph.D. (Geography) and M.Sc.Pl. (Planning) from the University of Toronto and a B.A. in Geography from Bishop’s University.

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