Joshua Drucker

About Joshua Drucker

I am a Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Policy at the University of Illinois Chicago. I research and teach economic development planning, including municipal, regional, and state policy; regional development theory; technology and innovation; entrepreneurship; public finance; industrial structure; and analytical methods.

Areas of Expertise

Economic Development, Technology, Society and Analytical Methods

Selected Publications

Please see my CV for a full list of publications and other work - link on my professional page at https://cuppa.uic.edu/profiles/drucker-joshua/.

• Drucker, J. 2024. Innovation districts and the physical environment of knowledge-based economic development. Routledge Companion of Creativity and the Built Environment, J. Miao and T. Yigitcanlar (editors). Routledge: London, United Kingdom. Ch. 40, 491-503. doi:10.4324/9781003292821-45 
• Drucker, J., & Kayanan, C. M. 2023. Innovation districts: Assessing their potential as a strategy for urban economic development. Urban Affairs Review, OnlineFirst. doi: 10.1177/10780874231173618
• Fang, L., & Drucker, J. 2021. How spatially concentrated are industrial clusters? A meta-analysis. Journal of Planning Literature, 36(4), 526-542. doi: 10.1177/08854122211012921
• Malizia, E., Feser, E., Renski, H., & Drucker, J. 2021. Understanding Local Economic Development, 2nd Edition. Routledge: Milton, United Kingdom.
• Funderburg, R., Drucker, J., Merriman, D., & Weber, R. 2021. Is tax competition strategic? Spatial distributions of business property tax abatements in the Chicago suburbs. Economic Development Quarterly, 35(1), 66-83. doi: 10.1177/0891242420977694

Recent Courses Taught

• Economic Development Theory and Policy
• Economic Analysis Techniques
• Planning for Innovation, Planning Skills