Pierre-Alexandre Balland on the Relationship between Complexity, Proximity, and Innovation
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In today's episode with Pierre-Alexandre Balland – Assistant Professor of Economic Geography at Utrecht University, and research fellow at the Center for Complex Systems Studies – co-host Daniel Hain and I discuss the recent Nature paper “Complex economic activities concentrate in large cities”. Pierre-Alexandre shares his reflections on the COVID-19 crisis from a complexity perspective and some thoughts on the paradox of the importance of proximity in a digital age that has been driving his research for many years.
You can find more about Pierre-Alexandre Balland as well as get access to his publications here: https://www.paballand.com/
Connect with Daniel https://twitter.com/Daniel_S_Hain and me https://twitter.com/RJurowetzki on Twitter.
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