 Edward
Feser
Professor & Head of Urban & Regional Planning
Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1997
Edward Feser teaches courses in state and local economic development
policy, regional development theory, urban and regional analysis,
and urban spatial structure. His research focuses on the forces
influencing the growth, decline, economic adjustment, and industrial
restructuring of cities and regions. He has published work on
technology-oriented economic development, theories of industry
clustering, industry cluster analysis methods, agglomeration
economies and industrial productivity, migration and regional
economic distress, regional influences on process technology
adoption in manufacturing, and the improvement of data and spatial-analytical
techniques for local development practice. Currently he is studying
economic development policy making processes and the role that
universities can play in assisting states and regions undertake
strategic economic development planning.
Feser's research has
been supported by the National Science Foundation, the World
Bank, the U.S. Economic Development Administration,
the Appalachian Regional Commission, and the German Marshall
Fund of the United States, as well as multiple state and local
agencies. He is involved in the development and operation of
NEURUS—the Network
for European-U.S. Regional and Urban Studies—a consortium
of thirteen universities in the U.S., the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Sweden, Spain, and Korea.
Feser taught at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill for seven years prior to coming to llinois in 2004.
In 2003 he served
as Assistant Secretary of the North Carolina Department of
Commerce, where he acted as chief economist and senior policy
advisor to
the Secretary and directed the reorganization and expansion
of the agency's Division of Policy, Research and Strategic Planning.
He continues to work closely with state and local governments
on issues related to his research and acts regularly as a consultant
to the corporate sector, government, non-profit development
agencies,
and economic development planning firms.
Contact Information
111 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, MC-619
611 Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 217.244.6767
Fax: 217.244.1717
E-mail: feser@illinois.edu
Current Research Areas
- Economic policy making at the state, regional and local levels
- The forces influencing the growth, decline, economic adjustment,
and industrial restructuring of cities and regions
- Theories of industry clustering, industry cluster analysis
methods, agglomeration economies and industrial productivity,
migration and regional economic distress, regional influences
on process technology adoption in manufacturing
- The improvement of data and spatial-analytical techniques
for local development practice
Selected Publications
Ke, S, and E Feser. Forthcoming. Count on the growth pole strategy for regional economic growth?
Spread-backwash effects in greater central China. Regional Studies.
Isserman, A, E Feser, and D Warren. Forthcoming.
Why some places prosper while others do not. International Regional Science Review.
Feser, E. Forthcoming. Detecting university-industry synergies: A comparison of two approaches in applied cluster analysis. In Universities and Regional Development: Success Factors and Potential for Failure, edited by A Varga (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).
Feser, E, H Renski, and J Koo. 2009. Regional cluster analysis with interindustry benchmarks. In Targeting Regional Economic Development, edited by S J Goetz, S C Deller, and T R Harris, 213-238 (London: Routledge).
Feser, E, and A Isserman. 2009. The rural role in national value chains. Regional Studies 43 (1): 89-109. Feser, E, H Renski, and H Goldstein. 2008. Clusters and economic development outcomes: An assessment of the link between clustering and economic growth in Appalachia. Economic Development Quarterly 22 (4): 324-344.
Feser, E. 2008. Clusters and the design of innovation policy for developing economies. In The Economics of Regional Clusters: Networks, Technology and Policy, edited by U Blien and G Maier, 191-213 (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar).
Feser, E. 2007. Globalization, regional economic policy and research. In Globalization and Regional Economic Modeling, edited by R J Cooper, K P Donaghy, and G J D Hewings, 107-130 (Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag).
Renski, H, Koo, J, and E Feser. 2007. Differences in labor versus value chain industry clusters: An empirical investigation. Growth and Change 38 (3): 364-395.
Feser, E. 2007. Linking research and rural development policy: An introduction to the special issue. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 37 (1): 1-3.
Feser, E. 2007. Encouraging local broadband deployment from the bottom up. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 37 (1): 69-72.
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