Professor Harald Bathelt

Department of Geography & Planning, University of Toronto, Canada

Zijiang Visiting Professor, Department of Geographical Science, East China Normal University (since 2011)
Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Governance, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (2006-2020)

Editor, Journal of Economic Geography (2012-2020)

Personal Website: https://www.geography.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/harald-bathelt and http://www.harald-bathelt.com

Areas of Interest: relational economic geography; industrial clustering; interregional inequality and foreign direct investments; innovation/knowledge creation over distance; regional impacts of industrial/institutional change; regional economic development and governance

Recent Publications:
Bathelt, H. and Glückler, J. (2026): Concise Introduction to Relational Economic Geography. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, Northampton (MA). Forthcoming.
Roy, K. and Bathelt, H. (2026): Making the Ontario Craft Beer Market. In: Regional Studies (Vol. 60). Forthcoming.
Bathelt, H. and Cantwell, J. A. (2025): Communities in the Internationalization Process. In: ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography (Vol. 69) pp. 55-72.
Bathelt, H. and Henn, S. (2025): Creating Knowledge over Distance: The Role of Temporary Proximity. Oxford University Press: Oxford.
Bathelt, H.,  Buchholz, M. and Storper, M. (2024): The Nature, Causes and Consequences of Inter-Regional Inequality. In: Journal of Economic Geography (Vol. 24) pp. 353-374.