Thomas Kemeny Department of Geography and Environment University of Southampton Southampton, SO17 1BJ

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1 Thomas Kemeny Department of Geography and Environment University of Southampton Southampton, SO17 1BJ EMPLOYMENT Current Position Lecturer (Tenure Track Assistant Professor), Department of Geography and Environment, University of Southampton, 2014 Present Prior Positions Senior LSE Fellow in Economic Geography, Department of Geography & Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ralph and Goldy Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, School of Public Affairs, University of California, Los Angeles OTHER AFFILIATIONS Special Sworn Status Researcher, United States Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies EDUCATION Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, The State University of New York, Buffalo University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D., Urban Planning, 2009 Dissertation title: International Technology Gaps in the Age of Globalization Chairs: Michael Storper and David Rigby Awards: Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Fellowship; UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship York University, Toronto, Canada. Master in Environmental Studies, 1999 Queen s University, Kingston, Canada, Bachelor of Commerce, 1996 RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Urban Economic Development Economic Geography Innovation and Technology Immigration and Diversity International Trade Inequality

2 Thomas Kemeny Page 2 PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Books/Monographs Storper, M., Kemeny, T., Osman, T., and Makarem, N. (Forthcoming: 2015) The Rise and Fall of Urban Economies: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Stanford University Press. Refereed Journal Articles Feldman, M, Hadjimichael, T., Kemeny, T., Lanahan, L. (Forthcoming) Economic Development: A Definition and Model for Investment. Environment and Planning C. (Authors listed alphabetically) Rigby, D., Kemeny, T., Cooke, A. (Forthcoming) U.S. Wage Inequality and Low-Wage Import Competition.Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie. Kemeny, T., Rigby, D., Cooke, A. (2014) Cheap Imports and the Loss of U.S. Manufacturing Jobs. The World Economy. doi: /twec Working paper version: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper Kemeny, T. (2014) Immigrant Diversity and Economic Performance in Cities. International Regional Science Review. DOI: / Working paper version: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper Kemeny, T., Storper, M. (2014) Is Specialization Good For Regional Economic Development? Regional Studies, DOI: / Kemeny, T. (2012) Cultural Diversity, Institutions and Urban Economic Performance. Environment and Planning A, 44(9). Kemeny, T., Storper, M. (2012) The Sources of Urban Development: Wages, Housing and Amenity Gaps Across American Cities. Journal of Regional Science, 52(1). Kemeny, T., and Rigby, D. (2012) Trading Away What Kind of Jobs? Globalization, Trade and Tasks in the U.S. Economy. Review of World Economics, 148(1). Kemeny, T. (2011) Are Technology Gaps Growing or Shrinking in the Age of Globalization? Journal of Economic Geography, 11(1). Kemeny, T. (2010) Does Foreign Direct Investment Stimulate Technological Upgrading? World Development, 38(11). Under Review Kemeny, T., Feldman, M., Ethridge, F., and Zoller, T. The Economic Value of Local Social Networks. Working paper version: Spatial Economics Research Centre Discussion Paper Rigby, D., Kemeny, T., and Cooke, A. Plant Exit and U.S. Imports from Low-Wage Countries. Book Chapters Kemeny, T. (2011) The American South in the Global Economy. In: A Way Forward: Building a Globally Competitive South. Daniel Gitterman & Peter Coclanis, eds. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, p Kemeny, T. (2010) Technological Change, Geography of. In: The Encyclopedia of Geography, B. Warf, ed. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.

3 Thomas Kemeny Page 3 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Works in Progress Kemeny, T. and Cooke, A. The Social Returns to Immigrant Diversity in Cities Kemeny, T. and Nathan, M. Mapping Technology Ecosystems Cooke, A. and Kemeny, T. International Trade, Wages and Risky Skills Rigby, D., Kemeny, T., Cooke, A. The Uneven Geography of Import Competition Policy and Consultancy Publications Kemeny, T. (2013) The U.S. Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge. In: An International Benchmarking Analysis of Public Programs for High-Growth Firms. OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED) & Danish Business Authority (DBA). Potter, J., Marchese, M, Feldman, M, Kemeny, T., Lawton-Smith, H., Pike, A. (2013) The Local Dimension of SME and Entrepreneurship Issues and Policies in Mexico. OECD Local Economic and Employment Development Programme (LEED). Margulis, S.,, Hughes, G., Schneider, R., Pandey, K., Narain, U., and Kemeny, T. (2010) Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Synthesis Report. World Bank. Kemeny, T. (2007) Sanitation and Economic Development: Making a Case for the MDG Orphan. Sanitation Policy Paper, WaterAid UK. RESEARCH FUNDING Funded Projects University of Southampton, Annual Adventures in Research Scheme; TechEcosystems: Measuring Technology Ecosystems in the UK and US Using Big Data. Principal Investigator, , 8,915. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Entrepreneurial Pathways: Understanding Dynamic Regional Economies, Co-Investigator with Maryann Feldman, Nichola Lowe, and John Scott, 2015, $110,000. U.S. National Science Foundation; The Economic Payoff of Immigrant Diversity in Cities: Evidence From Matched Employer Employee Data. Principal Investigator, , $115,000. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Dealmakers, Regional Social Capital and Firm Performance, Principal Investigator, , $25,000. Regional Studies Association, Early Career Grant, Leveraging the Economic Benefits of Cultural Diversity in Cities, Principal Investigator, , $16,000. U.S. National Science Foundation, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program, Globalization, Trade and the Task Content of U.S. Employment, Co-Principal Investigator with David Rigby, Grant# , , $214,870. U.S. Economic Development Administration, EDA in the 21st Century: New Performance and Impact Metrics, Co-Investigator with Principal Investigator Maryann Feldman,

4 Thomas Kemeny Page 4 John Randolph Haynes Foundation, A Contrast in Economic Development: Los Angeles Versus San Francisco, , Co-Investigator with Principal Investigator Michael Storper. Proposals Under Review Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC UK) Secondary Data Analysis Initiative, Technology Ecosystems in the United Kingdom, Principal Investigator. FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS Early Career Grant, Regional Studies Association, Faculty Fellow, UNC Chapel Hill Center for Urban and Regional Studies, Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division, Associate Global Fellow, International Institute, UCLA, Hildebrand Fellowship For Canadian Studies, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Quality of Graduate Education Fellowship, Graduate Division, UCLA, David and Marianna Fisher Fellowship, School of Public Affairs, UCLA, Nonresident Tuition Fellowship, Graduate Division, UCLA, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago, Regional Studies Association Winter Conference, London, UK, European Regional Science Association Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, Russia, Geography of Innovation Conference, Utrecht, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, New York City, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, Urban Development: Patterns, Causes, Foundations, and Policy Conference. Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, Rotterdam, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, North American Regional Science Council Annual Conference, San Francisco, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Martin Prosperity Institute Creative Economy Conference, Toronto, North American Regional Science Council Annual Conference, Brooklyn Annual Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning Conference, Milwaukee, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) Conference, Copenhagen, 2007.

5 Thomas Kemeny Page 5 INVITED SPEAKER Dealmakers and The Economic Value of Local Social Networks, Centre for Urban & Regional Development Studies (CURDS) Seminar Series, Newcastle, Transforming Specialization: Lessons from San Francisco and Los Angeles. Cluster Transformation Workshop, Turku School of Economics, Fostering Innovation in Cities, Duke University Center for International Development, Program on Urban Planning, Management and Sustainable Development, Mysteries of Economic Development in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. USC Rena Sivitanidou Symposium: Cities, Urban Form, and Growth, Los Angeles, With Michael Storper. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer Economic Geography (Undergraduate), University of Southampton, Department of Geography and Environment, 2015 A Global World (Undergraduate), University of Southampton, Department of Geography and Environment, 2015 A Dangerous World (Undergraduate), University of Southampton, Department of Geography and Environment, 2015 Geographical, Quantitative and Field Skills (Undergraduate), University of Southampton, Department of Geography and Environment, Urban and Spatial Economic Analysis I: International Trade (Undergraduate), London School of Economics, Department of Geography & Environment, 2013 Urban and Spatial Economic Analysis II: Empirics of Agglomeration (Undergraduate), London School of Economics, Department of Geography & Environment, 2013 Introduction to Economic Geography (Undergraduate), UCLA, Department of Geography, 2010 Urban Theory and Spatial Development (Graduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning (Guest), 2004 Teaching Associate International Political Economy (Graduate), UCLA Anderson School of Management, 2005, 2007 Theories of Regional Economic Development (Graduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning, 2005, 2006, 2007 Regional Economic Development Applications (Graduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning, 2006 Histories & Theories of Urban Planning (Graduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning, 2006 Political Economy of Urbanization (Graduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning, 2005, 2006

6 Thomas Kemeny Page 6 Fundamentals of Urban & Regional Economics (Undergraduate), UCLA Department of Urban Planning, 2004 CONSULTING NESTA, Measuring the creative economy in North America and the EU, as part of a project conducted through the (UK) National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2013 Evaluate the U.S. Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge Program, as part of a larger international study of public programs aimed at high-growth firms. U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA), Produce a performance and impact measurement system to evaluate EDA investments in economically disadvantaged regions, in order to support the agency s mission to lead the federal economic development agenda. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2011 Evaluate Mexican federal and local policies targeting learning and upgrading in small and medium size enterprises for the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme. World Bank, Estimate the impact of climate change on the viability and cost of micro-insurance and other social protection programs in India, Ethiopia, Malawi and Bangladesh. WaterAid UK, 2007 Estimate the economic costs and benefits of achieving global access to basic sanitation, which is among the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS Referee Service Research Policy; World Development; Economic Geography; Regional Studies; Environment & Planning A; Environment & Planning C; Journal of Regional Science; Journal of the American Planning Association; The World Economy; Regional Studies, Regional Science. Memberships Association of American Geographers; Regional Studies Association; Regional Science Association International Other Service Reviewer, U.S. National Science Foundation, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program. Associate Editor, Regional Science, Regional Studies, 2014 Present Ph.D. Task Force Member, UCLA Department of Urban Planning, Editorial Board Member, Critical Planning, ;

7 Thomas Kemeny Page 7 UCLA Urban Planning Staffing Committee, LANGUAGES English (native) French (intermediate) Spanish (intermediate) CITIZENSHIP USA and Canada UK Work permit: Tier 2 dependent