Anders Malmberg
Professor at Department of Human Geography
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 25 34
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 425 01 75
- E-mail:
- Anders.Malmberg@kultgeog.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum, Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
- Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Anders Malmberg is Professor of Economic Geography since 1999.
He is Deputy Vice Chancellor of Uppsala University since 2012.
His research has focused on industrial dynamics and local and regional economic development, with an emphasis on the study of innovation and transformation processes in clusters and innovation systems.
Biography
Anders Malmberg earned his PhD in 1989 at Uppsala University, and was the research co-ordinator of the European Science Foundation Scientific Programme on Regional and Urban Restructuring in Europe between 1990 and 1994. He was the Director of the PhD programme in social and economic geography between 1996 and 2005. He has held visiting research positions at Durham University, UK and at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences. Director of the Centre for Research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics (CIND), Uppsala University 2003-2011.
Ongoing and recent external assignments:
- Chairman of board Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, SCAS (2017-)
- Board member UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2007-)
- Member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (2005-)
- Member of Scientific Council at the Institute of growth Policy Studies (2003-2008)
- Member of the Economic Council, Invest in Sweden Agency (1997-2009)
Previous assignments within Uppsala University:
- Dean for the Faculty of Social Sciences (2008-2011)
- Member of the Board for Humanities and Social Sciences (2008-2011)
- Deputy member of the of the University Board (2006-2008)
- Vice-Dean for the Faculty of Social Sciences (2005-2008)
- Chairman of the Recruitment Committee for Professors and Research Fellows within the Faculty of Social Sciences (2005-)
- Chairman of the electorate body of the social sciences and humanities (2004-2006)
- Director of the PhD Programme in Social and Economic Geography (1996-2005)
Academic Assignments (selection)
Member of Editorial Advisory Board for the journals:
Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Economic Geography, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Environment & Planning A, Journal of Economic Geography, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (TESG)
Referee for journals:
Area, Danish Journal of Geography, Economic Development Quarterly, Economic Geography, Economic and Industrial Democracy, Environment & Planning A, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, European Urban and Regional Studies, European Planning Studies, Geoforum, Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography, Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft - Review of Regional Research, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of International Management, Journal of Management Studies, Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift, Progress in Human Geography, Regional Studies, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Transactions: an International Journal of Geographical Research, Urban Studies, World Development.

Publications
Selection of publications
An evolutionary approach to localized learning and spatial clustering
Part of The handbook of evolutionary economic geography, p. 391-405, Edward Elgar, 2010
The Spaces and Places of Swedish Fashion
Part of European Planning Studies, p. 529-547, 2009
Path dependence in economic geography
Part of The evolution of path dependence, p. 87-107, Edward Elgar, 2009
Part of Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, p. 233-245, 2008
Part of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, p. 137-159, 2007
Part of Growth and Change, p. 1-18, 2006
True Clusters / A Severe Case of Conceptual Headache
Part of Clusters in Regional Development, Routledge, 2006
Building global knowledge pipelines: The role of temporary clusters
Part of European Planning Studies, p. 997-1013, 2006
(How) Do (Firms in) Clusters Create Knowledge?
Part of Industry and Innovation, p. 409-431, 2005
On the Role of Global Demand in Local Innovation Processes?
Part of Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change, p. 273-290, Springer, New York, 2005
Clusters and knowledge: Local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation
Part of Progress in Human Geography, p. 31-56, 2004
Spatial Clustering, Local Accumulation of Knowledge and Firm Competitiveness
Part of Globalization and the Location of firms., Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Populärmusik från Svedala: Näringspolitiska lärdomar av det svenska musikklustrets framväxt
Stockholm, SNS Förlag, 2004
Part of Networks. Volume II., Cheltenham UK and Northhampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Teorier om kluster – Var står vi?
Part of Innovasjonspolitikkens scenografi, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, Trondheim, 2004
Part of Journal of Economic Geography 3, 2003
Localised capabilities and industrial competitiveness
Part of Voices from the North.New trends in Nordic Human Geograph, p. 11-28, 2003
Local embeddedness and international competitiveness – the case of the Swedish music cluster
2003
Part of Environment and Planning A, p. 429-449, 2002
Klusterdynamik och regional utveckling: begreppsdiskussion och forskningsöversikt
2002
Does Foreign Ownership Matter?: Subsidiary Impact on Local Clusters
Part of Critical Perspectives on Internationalisation, p. 59-78, Pergamon/Elsevier, Oxford, 2002
Firms in territories: a relational perspective
Part of Economic Geography, p. 345-363, 2001
Part of Environment and Planning A, p. 305-321, 2000
Regional unevenness and geographical convergence in Europe. A review of concepts, models and data
Part of Regions and Cities in the Global World. Essays in honour of György Enyedi, 2000
The Local embeddedness of the Transnational Corporation
Part of Globalization, Institutions and Regional Development in Europe, p. 23-45, Oxford University Press, 1994
Recent publications
Part of ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography, p. 79-79, 2024
- DOI for Population age structure - An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development (vol 67, pg 217, 2023)
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Population age structure: An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development
Part of ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography, p. 217-233, 2023
- DOI for Population age structure: An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development
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Uppsala University, 2017
Brain Circulation And Flexible Adjustment: Labour Mobility As A Cluster Advantage
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, p. 21-39, 2011
An evolutionary approach to localized learning and spatial clustering
Part of The handbook of evolutionary economic geography, p. 391-405, Edward Elgar, 2010
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography, p. 79-79, 2024
- DOI for Population age structure - An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development (vol 67, pg 217, 2023)
- Download full text (pdf) of Population age structure - An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development (vol 67, pg 217, 2023)
Population age structure: An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development
Part of ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography, p. 217-233, 2023
- DOI for Population age structure: An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development
- Download full text (pdf) of Population age structure: An underlying driver of national, regional and urban economic development
Brain Circulation And Flexible Adjustment: Labour Mobility As A Cluster Advantage
Part of Geografiska Annaler. Series B, Human Geography, p. 21-39, 2011
The Spaces and Places of Swedish Fashion
Part of European Planning Studies, p. 529-547, 2009
Part of Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, p. 233-245, 2008
Part of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, p. 137-159, 2007
Myopia, knowledge development and cluster evolution
Part of Journal of Economic Geography, p. 603-618, 2007
Part of Growth and Change, p. 1-18, 2006
Building global knowledge pipelines: The role of temporary clusters
Part of European Planning Studies, p. 997-1013, 2006
(How) Do (Firms in) Clusters Create Knowledge?
Part of Industry and Innovation, p. 409-431, 2005
Clusters and knowledge: Local buzz, global pipelines and the process of knowledge creation
Part of Progress in Human Geography, p. 31-56, 2004
Part of Journal of Economic Geography 3, 2003
Part of Environment and Planning A, p. 429-449, 2002
Firms in territories: a relational perspective
Part of Economic Geography, p. 345-363, 2001
Part of Environment and Planning A, p. 305-321, 2000
Books
Populärmusik från Svedala: Näringspolitiska lärdomar av det svenska musikklustrets framväxt
Stockholm, SNS Förlag, 2004
Chapters in book
An evolutionary approach to localized learning and spatial clustering
Part of The handbook of evolutionary economic geography, p. 391-405, Edward Elgar, 2010
Part of International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, p. 48-53, Elsevier, 2009
Localised Clusters in Global Networks
Part of Regional Economies in a Globalising World, p. 4-16, IWA (Institute of Welsh Affairs), 2009
Path dependence in economic geography
Part of The evolution of path dependence, p. 87-107, Edward Elgar, 2009
Localised Learning and Industrial Competitiveness
Part of Learning by populations of organizations, p. 406-424, Edward Elgar, 2008
True Clusters / A Severe Case of Conceptual Headache
Part of Clusters in Regional Development, Routledge, 2006
On the Role of Global Demand in Local Innovation Processes?
Part of Rethinking Regional Innovation and Change, p. 273-290, Springer, New York, 2005
Spatial Clustering, Local Accumulation of Knowledge and Firm Competitiveness
Part of Globalization and the Location of firms., Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Part of Networks. Volume II., Cheltenham UK and Northhampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004
Teorier om kluster – Var står vi?
Part of Innovasjonspolitikkens scenografi, Tapir Akademisk Forlag, Trondheim, 2004
Localised capabilities and industrial competitiveness
Part of Voices from the North.New trends in Nordic Human Geograph, p. 11-28, 2003
Local embeddedness and international competitiveness – the case of the Swedish music cluster
2003
Does Foreign Ownership Matter?: Subsidiary Impact on Local Clusters
Part of Critical Perspectives on Internationalisation, p. 59-78, Pergamon/Elsevier, Oxford, 2002
Regional unevenness and geographical convergence in Europe. A review of concepts, models and data
Part of Regions and Cities in the Global World. Essays in honour of György Enyedi, 2000
The Local embeddedness of the Transnational Corporation
Part of Globalization, Institutions and Regional Development in Europe, p. 23-45, Oxford University Press, 1994