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Charlotta Mellander
E-mail:
Website: www.propserityinstitute.se
Work Address: Jönköping International Business School, Box 1026, 551 11 Jönköping, Sweden
Professional and Educational Positions
2009- Research Fellow, Jönköping International Business School (50%),
Visiting Faculty, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management (50%)
2007- Director, Prosperity Institute of Scandinavia, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
2001-2008 PhD Candidate, Economics, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden 2003-2004 Parental leave
2001-2002 Parental leave
1999-2001 PhD Student, Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden 1996-1997 Sorbonne University, Paris, France
1992-1996 Master in Economics, Linköping University, Sweden
1991-1996 Undergraduate courses in English, French, Business Administration, and Educational Science.
Other Professional Positions
1997-1999 Swedish Board of Agriculture
2009-2010 European Commission Expert in the European Cluster Policy Group, for more info:
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemlongdetail.cfm?displayType=news&lang=sv&tpa _id=135&item_id=2834
Publications
Books
The Wealth of Urban Regions – On the Location of Creative Individuals and Firms, PhD Thesis, Economics, 2008
Articles in Refereed Academic Journals
Florida, R., Mellander, C., Stolarick, K. (2008) Inside the Black Box of Regional Development,
Journal of Economic Geography, 8 (2008) pp. 615–649
Florida, R., Gulden, T., Mellander, C. (2008) The Rise of the Mega-Region, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, pp 1-17
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “Human Capital, the Creative Class, and Tolerance: Effects on Regional Wages and Income,” Annals of Regional Science, accepted 2009, forthcoming.
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “There Goes the Metro: How and Why Artists,
Bohemians and Gays Effect Housing Values.” Journal of Economic Geography, accepted 2009. Charlotta Mellander “Creative and Knowledge Industries: An Occupational Distribution
Approach”, Economic Development Quarterly, accepted 2009.
Book Chapters
Charlie Karlsson, Charlotta Mellander and Thomas Paulsson, “Spatial ICT Clusters in Sweden – An Empirical Method to Identify a Necessary Condition for Existence”, in Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in a Knowledge Economy, (ed) Stough, Johansson and Karlsson Routledge, London & New York
Charlotta Mellander and Johanna Palmberg, "Household Migration and the Attractiveness in Consumer Service Supply", in C. Karlsson, B. Johansson and R. Stough (Eds.):
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Functional Regions. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar., forthcoming 2009
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Papers in Process
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian, “Creative China?
The University, Tolerance and Talent in Chinese Regional Development” Submitted. Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Where It’s At: The Economic Geography of Music in the U.S., 1970-2000, submitted
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, That’s Entertainment:
Scale and Scope Economies in the Location and Clustering of the Entertainment Economy, submitted
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, This Must Be the Place: A typology of music clusters, submitted
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Creative Canada, submitted
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? How and why community satisfaction affect migration decision, submitted.
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Beautiful Places, The Role of Perceived Aesthetic Beauty in Community Satisfaction, submitted
Florida, R., Gulden, T., Mellander, C. Global Metropolis: A New Approach to Identifying World’s Cities and Metropolitan Regions, submitted
Working Papers:
Charlie Karlsson, Charlotta Mellander and Thomas Paulsson, “Spatial ICT Clusters in Sweden – An Empirical Method to Identify a Necessary Condition for Existence”, in Entrepreneurship and Dynamics in a Knowledge Economy, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “Human Capital, the Creative Class, and Tolerance: Effects on Regional Wages and Income, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of
Management.
Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “Human Capital, the Creative Class, and Tolerance: Effects on Regional Wages and Income, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology Richard Florida and Charlotta Mellander, “There Goes the Metro: How and Why Artists, Bohemians and Gays Effect Housing Values.” Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management.
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Inside the Black Box of Regional Development, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Inside the Black Box of Regional Development, Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management.
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian, “Creative China?
The University, Tolerance and Talent in Chinese Regional Development” Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management.
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Haifeng Qian, “Creative China?
The University, Tolerance and Talent in Chinese Regional Development”, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology
Richard Florida, Timothy Gulden and Charlotta Mellander, “The Rise of the Mega-Region,” CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick, Inside the Black Box of Regional Development, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology
Charlotta Mellander, Occupational Distribution within Swedish Industries—an identification and market relation analysis, CESIS Working Paper, Royal Institute of Technology
Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander, Tim Gulden, Global Metropolis: The Role of Cities and Metropolitan Areas in the Global Economy, Martin Prosperity Institute Working Paper
Special Journal Issues
Kevin Stolarick, Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida (guest editors), Industry and Innovation
December 2009 issue (vol. 16, issue 6).
Other Publications
MUTEIS, Macro- and Urban Trends in Europe’s Information Society, EU report, 2003.
Teaching
Mathematical Economics
Micro Economics, undergraduate level course
Cities, Creativity and Innovation I, Bachelor level course Cities, Creativity and Innovation II, Master level course CFUNK, lectures on attractive city regions
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Conferences, Workshops and Training Sessions
Strasbourg, ETIC, two-weeks-training, April 2002 Maastricht, ETIC, two-weeks-training, October 2002 Uddevalla Symposium, June 2003
SRSA, Arlington, April, 2005
NAICS, Las Vegas, November, 2005
Uddevalla Symposium, George Mason University, USA, June 2006 Diversity and Cities, London, 2007
Uddevalla Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, May 2008
Co-organizer; Creative Economy Workshop, Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto, June 2008 Co-organizer; Creative Economy Workshop, Martin Prosperity Institute, Toronto, June 2009
Visiting Researcher
George Mason University, Fairfax, USA July-August 2006 George Mason University, Fairfax, USA, June-July 2008 MIT, Boston, USA, June 2007
Martin Prosperity Institute, Rotman School of Management, May-July 2008
Columns
Reports
Collaborator for the “Stadsbyggnadsvisionen 2.0” (City Development Vision), Jönköping, December 2007-March 2008.
Talang, Teknologi och Tolerans i Södertälje kommun, January 2009 Regional Attraktivitet, Vägverket, June 2009
Regional Attraktivitet, Landskrona kommun, currently running
Journal Reviewer for:
Annals of Regional Science Journal of Economic Geography Economic Development Quarterly Geography Compass
Sociological Forum City and Community
Journal of the American Planning Association Environment and Planning A
Book Reviewer for:
Edward Elgar
Speaking Events
ArtCom, Entreprenörsdagar, Helsingborg, September 2007
Nordic Innovation, Nordic Minstry Council, Oslo, speaking invitation, November 2007 City Development Vision 2.0, Jönköping, January 2008
Upplands Väsby Municipality, February 2008
7 Nordplan, Stockholm, March 2008
Värnamo Municipality, April 2008
Marknadsföreningen, Helsingborg Municipality, April 2008 Nordic Urban Forum, April 2008
Copenhagen Business School, April 2008 Martin Prosperity Institute, June 2008 Rotary, Jönköping, August 2008
Fastighetsvärlden, Stockholm, September 2008 Vägverket, Stockholm, September 2008
Svensk Handel (Swedish Trade), Stockholm, September 2008 Fastighetsvärlden, Gothenburg, October 2008
Framtidens Boende, Temaplan, Stockholm, October 2008 Öhlings, Stockholm, November 2008
Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, December 2008 Eksjö Municipality, January 2009
Forskningsnätet Skåne, January 2009 Eksjö Municipality, February 2009
PriceWaterCooper, Oslo, Norge, February 2009 PROGRIS, University of Toronto, March 2009
Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, Toronto, March 2009 Nordic Urban Forum, Jönköping, March 2009
The Role of Clusters, European Commission, Malmö, March 2009 RIksdagens Kulturutskott, Swe Parlament, April 2009
Expansiva Växjö, May 2009 Vaggeryds Municipality, May 2009
Arendals kommunkonferens, Arendal, Norge, Juni 2009
