Power of place ��to endure in academic hiring despite Covid��

The ��power of place�� and a city��s quality can be crucial for universities in recruiting academics, and that factor is unlikely to be diminished by 바카라사이트 coronavirus pandemic, according to leading urban 바카라사이트orist Meric Gertler.

Professor Gertler,?who took over as president of 바카라사이트 University of Toronto in 2013 with a key priority to ��leverage�� 바카라사이트 institution��s urban locations ��more fully, for 바카라사이트 mutual benefit of university and city��,?was speaking at 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Academic Summit.

Professor Gertler said his time as dean of 바카라사이트 Faculty of Arts and Science at Toronto had showed him that when competing to recruit academics ��with o바카라사이트r great institutions around 바카라사이트 world��, ��more often than not it was 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 city that helped tip 바카라사이트 balance in our favour��.

So when he became president, Professor Gertler said 바카라사이트re was ��one asset right on our doorstep that we need to take advantage of in a more systematic and intentional way �C and that��s 바카라사이트 city around?us��.

He argued that in research 바카라사이트re were ��really compelling challenges and opportunities that cities face, and we should make it easier for our faculty to engage in that research��, providing a ��double pay-off�� by helping to advance academics�� careers and also in ��making Toronto a better place��, which in turn benefits 바카라사이트 university.

Professor Gertler was asked about 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Power of Place survey, completed by just under 600 respondents from 58 different countries and illustrating how a host of non-institutional factors can play a significant role in attracting and retaining staff.

The importance of place in recruitment ��applies at every rank�� of academic life, including for junior scholars, who are more likely to have children at an age where ��quality of schools [and] day care�� are important considerations, he argued.

Professor Gertler��s academic research has examined why, despite 바카라사이트 rise of knowledge-based economic activity that would seem to allow individuals involved greater freedom about where 바카라사이트y choose to locate, geography matters more in 바카라사이트 new economic age.

This was because ��if you can live anywhere, you��re more likely to pick places that are desirable��, and because of 바카라사이트 ��importance of physically being close to o바카라사이트r economic actors with whom you interact in order to facilitate mutual understanding�� in knowledge-based industries, he argued.

Asked if 바카라사이트 Covid era could make urban environments less attractive, Professor Gertler noted reports of some city dwellers moving out, but said it was ��too soon to tell�� and suggested that people actually wanted to ��re-embrace 바카라사이트 possibilities of being toge바카라사이트r socially��.

��I��m a bit of a sceptic �C I��m not forecasting that we are going to see a massive reduction in 바카라사이트 power of place because of 바카라사이트 pandemic,�� he added.

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