The Roepke Lecture

The Roepke lecture in economic geography was established to honor the late Professor Howard G. Roepke, who served on the faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1952 until 1985. The lecture is presented annually at the Association of American Geographers conference, with support from the Department of Geography at the Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Economic Geography/Clark University, and the Economic Geography Specialty Group. Roepke lectures are later published in Economic Geography.

Roepke lecturers (1987 onward)

Anna Lee Saxenain, University of California, Berkeley

The New Argonauts

To be published in Economic Geography 2008

Ann Markusen, University of Minnesota

The Place and Politics of the Creative Class

To be published in Economic Geography 2007

Risa Palm, University of Oregon

Catastrophic Earthquake Insurance: Patterns of Adoption

Published in Economic Geography April 1995, 71(2): 119-131

Peter Dicken, University of Manchester

Global-Local Tensions: Firms and States in the Global Space-Economy

Published in Economic Geography April 1994, 70(2): 101-128

Allen J Scott, UCLA

The Collective Order of Flexible Production Agglomerations: Lessons for Local Economic Development Policy and Strategic Choice

Published in Economic Geography July 1992, 68(3): 219-233

Larry S Bourne, University of Toronto

Recycling Urban Systems and Metropolitan Areas: A Geographical Agenda for the 1990s and beyond

Published in Economic Geography July 1991, 67(3): 185-209

Eric Sheppard, University of Minnesota

Modeling the Capitalist Space Economy: Bringing Society and Space Back

Published in Economic Geography July 1990, 66(3): 201-228

Brian J L Berry, University of Texas at Dallas

Comparative Geography of the Global Economy: Cultures, Corporations, and the Nation-State

Published in Economic Geography January 1989, 65(1): 1-18

Gerard Rushton, University of Iowa

Location Theory, Location-Allocation Models, and Service Development Planning in the Third World

Published in Economic Geography April 1988, 64(2): 97-120

William A V Clark, UCLA

Urban Restructuring from a Demographic Perspective

Published in Economic Geography April 1987, 63(2): 103-125

last revised 10/25/2007