Richard Shearmur, McGill University

Research

data analysis semi-directed interviews

Latest papers

Towards a post-COVID geography of economic activity: Using probability spaces to decipher Montreal's changing workscapes.
Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2022 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Understanding Canada's changing space-economy: processes, outcomes and policies
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$421,762
Espaces de coworking, pratiques du travail et milieux de vie à Montréal: les nouveaux enjeux de la planification urbaine
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$242,680
Espaces de coworking, pratiques du travail et milieux de vie à Montréal: les nouveaux enjeux de la planification urbaine
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$40,534

All 9 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Towards a post-COVID geography of economic activity: Using probability spaces to decipher Montreal's changing workscapes.

Shearmur R, Ananian P, Lachapelle U, Parra-Lokhorst M, Paulhiac F, Tremblay DG, Wycliffe-Jones A

Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)2022First author

DOI: 10.1177/00420980211022895 PMID: 35903169

Understanding Canada's changing space-economy: processes, outcomes and policies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shearmur, Richard G.

$421,762

Espaces de coworking, pratiques du travail et milieux de vie à Montréal: les nouveaux enjeux de la planification urbaine

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ananian, Priscilla

Keywords: espaces de coworking; tiers-lieux; pratiques du travail; milieux de vie; planification urbaine

$242,680

Espaces de coworking, pratiques du travail et milieux de vie à Montréal: les nouveaux enjeux de la planification urbaine

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ananian, Priscilla

Keywords: espaces de coworking; tiers-lieux; pratiques du travail; milieux de vie; planification urbaine

$40,534

Partnership for the Organization of Innovation and New Technologies (4POINT0)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: innovation; collaboration; innovation ecosystems; new innovation metrics/indicators; idea generation/conversion; commercialization; clusters; networks; proximity; economic development; science and technology

$2,172,512

Partnership for the Organization of Innovation and New Technologies (4POINT0)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: innovation; collaboration; innovation ecosystems; new innovation metrics/indicators; idea generation/conversion; commercialization; clusters; networks; proximity; economic development; science and technology

$327,211

Where does economic activity take place in cities: from place of work to work trajectory

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shearmur, Richard G.

Keywords: data analysis; semi-directed interviews

$82,166

L'innovation dans les régions périphériques : fondations théoriques, constats empiriques et enjeux pratiques

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Doloreux, David

Keywords: innovation; stratégies; PME; régions périphériques; Québec

$109,725

Sources of Structural Changes: Understanding Economic Diversification in Canadian Regions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brunelle, Cedric

Keywords: (1) Urban and Regional Development; (2) Economic Diversification and Renewal; (3) Regional Industrial Dynamics; (4) Evolutionary Economic Geography; (5) Regional Skills and Occupational Dynamics; (6) Canadian Urban System; (7) Spatial Statistics and GIS

$73,243

À la recherche de régularités, spatiale et temporelle, dans la réussite/l'échec des entreprises individuelles

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dubé, Jean

Keywords: développement régional; géographie économique; analyse spatiale; résilience économique; performance des entreprises

$240,375

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay

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1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: data analysis Dear Professor Shearmur, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Towards a post-COVID geography of economic activity: Using probability spaces to decipher Montreal's changing workscapes." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Understanding Canada's changing space-economy: processes, outcomes and policies" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]