Lecturer

10 Rhetoric House
Tel: 353 1 708 4714
E-mail: chris.vanegeraat@nuim.ie

Office Hours

Biography

Chris van Egeraat graduated with a Master’s degree (Cum Laude) in Development Geography from Utrecht University and a PhD from the Dublin City University Business School. He has worked as a research officer at the Economic and Social Research Institute and the DCU Business School, as a post-doctoral researcher at University College Dublin and as a Research Fellow at the National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), NUI Maynooth.

His research interests and publications focus on production/innovation networks, regional economic development, industrial clusters and transnational corporations. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses about Economic Geography, Informational Economy, Regional Development & Planning, Globalization and Research Methods.

He serves as the Chair of the Regional Studies Association Irish Branch, and is a member of the NIRSA Board.

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND GRANTS

Current funded research projects

Economic Baseline Study for County Meath (Principal Investigator), together with Justin Gleeson, 2013

Economic Action Plan for the Mid-East Region, together with Jim Walsh and TMA consultants, 2011-13

ICaTSEM (EU FP7)- Institutional Changes and Trajectories of Socio-Economic Development Models (Principal Investigator), 2010-2112

OPAALS Phase 3 (EU FP6)- Open Philosophies for Associative Autopoietic Digital Ecosystems (Principal Investigator)

Den4Dek (EU FP7) - Digital Ecosystems Network of Regions for Dissemination and Knowledge Deployment (Principal Investigator)

Complete details on current and previously funded research projectors and grants.

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

• Van Egeraat, C., O'Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2013) Social and Spatial Structures of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry, European Planning Studies. (forthcoming)
• Van Egeraat C. and Curran, D. (2013) Spatial Concentration in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry: The Role of Government Intervention and Agglomeration Economies, Tijdschrift voor Economische and Sociale Geografie, (forthcoming)
• Van Egeraat, C. and Kogler, D. (2013), Editorial for special issue: global change in knowledge and innovation flows, European Planning Studies (scheduled for publication, 2013)
• McCafferty, D., Van Egeraat, C., Gleeson, J. and Bartley, B. (2013) Complementarities Between Urban Centres on the Island of Ireland, Administration 60(3)
• Meredith, D. and van Egeraat, C. (2012) Ten Years On: Revisiting the NSS, Editorial for special Issue, Administration, 60(3), pp.3-9
• Breathnach, P., Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2013), Enterprise and labour: hubs, gateways and inter-regional specialisation. Administration, 60(3)
• Van Egeraat, C. and Breathnacht, P. (2012) The Drivers of Transnational Subsidiary Evolution: The Upgrading of Process R&D in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry, Regional Studies, 46
• Van Egeraat, C. (2012) The State of the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry (editorial), Future Medicinal Chemistry, 4(9), pp. 1039-43
• Van Egeraat and Curran (2012), Social Network Analysis and Actual Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotech Industry, European Planning Studies, forthcoming.
• Curran, D., O’Gorman, C. and Van Egeraat, C. (submitted 2011), New Entrants and Inherited Competence in the Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector, R&D Management
• Egeraat, C. van (2010) ‘The Scale and Scope of Process R&D in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry’, Irish Geography 42 (1), pp.35-38.
• Egeraat, C. van and Barry, F. (2009), “The Pharmaceutical Industry over the Boom Period and Beyond”, Irish Geography - special issue “Geographies of the Celtic Tiger”. 42(1).
• Barry, F. and Egeraat, C. van (2008) “The Decline of the Computer Hardware Sector: How Ireland Adjusted”. ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2008, pp. 38-57.
• Sokol, M., Egeraat, C. van, Williams, B. (2008) Revisiting the “Informational City”: Space of Flows, Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Polycentricity in an Emerging Global City’. Regional Studies.
• Egeraat, C. van (2007) Review of Arnoud Lagendijk and Päivi Oinas (Eds), Proximity, Distance and Diversity: Issues on Economic Interaction and Local Development (2006), Economic Geography, 83(2), pp. 203-204.
• Egeraat, C. van and Jacobson, D. (2006) The Geography of Linkages in the Irish and Scottish Computer Hardware Industry: the Role of Information Exchange, Journal of Economic and Social Geography, 97(4), pp. 45-18.
• Egeraat, C. van (2006) Review of Andy Cumbers and Danny MacKinnon (Eds), Clusters in Urban and Regional Development. Regional Studies, 40(9), pp.1100-1101.
• Egeraat, C. van and Jacobson, D. (2005) Geography of Linkages in the Irish and Scottish Computer Hardware Industry: the Role of Logistics, Economic Geography, Vol.81, No. 3, pp. 283-303.
• Egeraat, C. van and Jacobson, D. (2004) The Rise and Demise of the Irish and Scottish Computer Hardware Industry, European Planning Studies,12(6).
• Clancy, P., O'Malley, E., O'Connoll, L. and Egeraat, C. van (2001) Industry Clusters in Ireland: An Application of Porter's Model of National Competitive Advantage to Three Sectors, European Planning Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 7-28.
• O'Malley, E., and Egeraat, C. van (2000). Industry Clusters and Irish Indigenous Manufacturing: Limits of the Porter View. Economic and Social Review, 31(1), pp. 55-79.
• O'Connell, L., Clancy, P. and Egeraat, C. van (1999) Porter's Diamond: A Problem Solving Heuristic, European Journal of Marketing, Vol. 33, No. 5.
• Van Grunsven, L., and Egeraat, C. van (1999) Achievements of the Industrial 'High-Road' and Clustering Strategies in Singapore and Their Relevance to European Peripheral Economies. European Planning Studies, 7(2), pp. 145-173.

Book Chapters

• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010), Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems. In: Dini, P., Digital Ecosystems, Springer
• Cassidy, J., Barry, F. and Egeraat, C. van (2010). “Ireland”. In: D. van den Bulcke and A. Verbeke (eds), Small Nations in the Global Economy: The Contribution of Multinational Enterprises to National Economic Success, Edward Elgar, pp. 50-87
• Van Egeraat, C. and O’Byrne, J. (2010), "Developing the Pharmaceutical Sector in the Dublin City Region". In: O Broin, D and Davidson, D., Dublin's Economic Development: Building a Thriving and Sustainable City Region, Dublin: DCU Press.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Sokol, M. (2010), Dublin as a Polycentric City Region? In: O Broin, D and Davidson, D., Dublin's Economic Development: Building a Thriving and Sustainable City Region, Dublin: DCU Press.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Barry, F. (2009), “The Pharmaceutical Industry over the Boom Period and Beyond”, In Carmody, P., Ireland's Celtic Tiger: Legacies and Prospects, Routledge, pp.22-44
• Egeraat, C. van and Breathnach, P. (2007) "The Manufacturing Sector". In R. Kitchin and B. Bartley, Understanding Contemporary Ireland, Pluto Press, pp.125-146.
• Breathnach, P. and Egeraat, C. van (2006) The Equine Industry in County Kildare. In W. Nolan and T. McGrath, Kildare History and Society: Interdisciplinary Essays on the History of an Irish County, Dublin: Geography Publications, pp. 720-743.
• Egeraat, C. van, et al. (2006) Greater Dublin in the Celtic Tiger Economy: Towards a Polycentric Mega-City Region? In: Hall, P. and Pain, K. (Eds.) The Polycentric Metropolis: Learning from Mega-City-Regions in Europe. London: Earthscan / James & James
• Egeraat, C. van and Sokol, M. (2006) Service Firm Connections in the Dublin-Belfast Corridor. In J. Yarwood, (Ed.), Ireland’s Megacity Region: The Dublin-Belfast Corridor. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, pp. 141-163.
• Jacobson, D., Heanue, K. and Egeraat, C. van (2000) ‘Industrial Agglomeration’, In: W. Lazonick (Ed.), The IEBM Handbook of Economics, London: Thomson Learning.
• Clancy, P., O'Malley, E., O'Connoll, L. and Egeraat, C. van (1997) ‘Culliton's Clusters: Still the Way to Go?’ In: Sustaining Competitive Advantage, Dublin: National Economic and Social Council, pp. 15-47.
• O'Connell, L., Egeraat, C. van, and Pitts, E. (1997) ‘The Irish Dairy Processing Industry’, In: B. Traill and E. Pitts (Eds.), Competitiveness in the Food Industry. London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 58-117.

Other Publications

• O'Keefe, B., Van Egeraat, C. and O'Riordain, S. (2013) Putting People First: Reforming Local and Regional Government in Ireland, Regions (forthcoming)
• Van Egeraat, C. (2012) Competition, Competitive Advantage and Clusters: The Ideas of Michael Porter, Book Review of Huggins, R. and Izushi, H. (2011), Regional Studies, 46(2), 276-77.
• Curran, D., Van Egeraat, C. and O’Gorman, C. (2011) New Entrants and Inherited Competence: The Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector, NIRSA Working Paper, No. 66, Maynooth: National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis.
• Van Egeraat, C. (2011), Ireland, corporation tax and the Dutch sandwich, Faces Magazine of Accounting & Finance, Vol. 12, Issue 2
• Van Egeraat and Jacobson (2011): The Irish Biopharmaceuticals and Biotech industry. In: Jullien, B., Sectoral Studies of Institutional Configurations and Industrial Dynamics. Deliverable D4.3 of EU FP7 ICaTSEM research project.
  http://icatsem.u-bordeaux4.fr/sites/icatsem/IMG/pdf/icatsem_deliverable_d4.3.pdf
• Van Egeraat, C. (2010), Comparing Clusters, The Market (Enterprise Ireland Magazine),Vol. 6, Issue 6 (October-November)
• In: Harding et al. (2010) The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe, ESPON Final Report, Luxembourg: ESPON
• Curran, D., O Callaghan, C., Ancien, D., Van Egeraat, C., McCafferty, D., Gleeson, J. and Bartley, B. (2010), ‘Dublin Case Study'. In: Harding et al. (2010) The Case for Agglomeration Economies in Europe, ESPON Final Report, Luxembourg: ESPON
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2010) Defining and Valuing Dublin’s Creative Industries, Report to Dublin City Council, March, 2010.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010), A Biotech Digital Ecosystem for the Greater Dublin Region: DE Deployment Plan. Deliverable 5.1 of EU CIP DEN4DEK Project.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010) Defining and valuing Dublin’s creative Industries, NIRSA Working Paper No. 57.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010) Structures of Knowledge Flow and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: Towards the Development of a Biotech Digital Ecosystem in Ireland. Deliverable 11.11 of EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project.
• McCafferty, D., Van Egeraat, C., Gleeson, J. And Bartley, B. (2010) Complementarities between Urban Centres on the island of Ireland, NIRSA Working Paper No. 56.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010) Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotech Industry: Implications for Digital Ecosystems, NIRSA Working Paper No. 55.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2009), A Biotech Digital Ecosystem for the Greater Dublin Region: Preliminary Strategy. Deliverable 4.1 of EU CIP DEN4DEK Project.
• O' Byrne, J. and Van Egeraat, C. (2009), North Dublin Industrial Trends and Employment Analysis 2009-2020: Assessing the Region's Skills and Infrastructural Needs, Dublin: North Dublin Development Coalition (NorDubCo)
• Chris Van Egeraat, Sean O’Riain, Aphra Kerr (2009) Social and Spatial Structures of Collaboration and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy. Deliverable 11.2 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project (http://wiki.opaals.org/DeliverableAbstracts)
• Adair, A., Berry, J., Driscoll, J., Egeraat, C. van, Guerra, E., mcGreal, S., Ryan, C., Vigier, F. (2009) The Newry-Dundalk Twin City Region, Armagh: International Centre for Local and regional Development.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Barry, F. (2008) "The Irish Pharmaceutical Industry over the Boom Period and Beyond," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp271, IIIS.
• Chris Van Egeraat, Sean O’Riain, Aphra Kerr, Runa Sarkar, Jayanta Chatterjee, Jo Stanley, Lorena Rivera León, Antonella Passani (2008) A Research Agenda for Bridging Digital Ecosystems to Regional Development and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy: A Preliminary Report. Deliverable 11.1 for EU FP6 OPAALS Research Project (http://wiki.opaals.org/DeliverableAbstracts)
• Egeraat, C. van and Breathnacht, P. (2008) ‘The Drivers of Transnational Subsidiary Evolution: The Upgrading of Process R&D in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry, NIRSA Working Paper No. 38, July 2008.
• Creamer, C., Blaire, N. O’Keefe, B. and Van Egeraat, C. van (2008) ‘Tough Love: “Local Cross-Border Co-operation Faces the Challenge of Sustainability’, Journal of Cross Border Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1.
• Egeraat, C. van (2007) ‘The Scale and Scope of Process R&D in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry’ NIRSA Working Paper No. 32.
• Egeraat, C. van, McCafferty, D., Bartley, B. and Creamer, C. (2007), Supporting Evidence-Based Spatial Planning and Analysis in Ireland: Towards the Development of All-Island Spatial Databases, Regions, No. 267, pp. 22-24.
• Sokol, M., Egeraat, C. van and Williams, B. (2007) ‘Revisiting the ‘Informational City’: Space of Flows, Polycentricity and Knowledge-intensive Business Services in an Emerging Global City. GaWC Research Bulletin 228.
• Egeraat, C. van (2006)‘The Pharmaceutical Industry in Ireland: Agglomeration, Localisation, or Simply Spatial Concentration’ NIRSA Working Paper 28, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
• Egeraat, C. van, Kitchin, R. and O'Brien, M. (2006), Investing in Maynooth: the prime location for knowledge based activities. Report prepared for the Dean fo Research, NUI Maynooth, June 2006
• Egeeraat, C., van, Kitchin, R. and O'Brien, M. (2006), Investing in Maynooth: the prime location for the systems biology sector. Report prepared for the Dean of Research, NUI Maynooth, October 2006
• Barry, F. and Egeraat, C. van (2005) The Eastward Shift of Computer Hardware Production: How Ireland Adjusted. NIRSA Working Paper Series, No. 26, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland.
• Egeraat, C. van and Jacobson, D. (2005), Information Exchange and the Geography of Production Linkages – the Microcomputer Industry in Ireland and Scotland. NIRSA Working Paper Series, No. 26, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland.
• Egeraat C. van and Sokol, M. (2005), Polycentricity in the Dublin Mega-City Region: A Quantitative Analysis of Service Firm Connections, UII Working Paper Series No. 1, Urban Institute Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland
• Yarwood, J., Egeraat C. van and Sokol, M. (2005), Polynet Action 1.1: Commuting and the Definition of Functional Urban Regions, Greater Dublin. In Hall, P. and Pain, K., Polynet Action 1.1. Interim report to INTERREG IIIB NWE Secretariat. http://www.urbaninstitute.net/documents/1_1_dublin.pdf
• Egeraat C. van; Sokol, M. and Yarwood, J. (2005), Polynet Action 1.2: Quantitative Analysis of Service Business Connections, Greater Dublin. In Hall, P. and Pain, K., Polynet Action 1.2. Interim report to INTERREG IIIB NWE Secretariat. http://www.urbaninstitute.net/documents/1_2_dublin.pdf
• Sokol, M. and Egeraat C. van (2005), Polynet Action 2.1 and 2.2: Qualitative Analysis of Service Business Connections, Greater Dublin. In Hall, P. and Pain, K., Polynet Action 2.1 and 2.2. Interim report to INTERREG IIIB NWE Secretariat. http://www.urbaninstitute.net/documents/2_1_dublin.pdf
• Sokol, M., and Egeraat, C. van (2005), Locational strategies of advanced producer services in Dublin: towards a polycentric mega-city region? UII Working Paper Series No. 1, Urban Institute Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland (Forthcoming)
• Egeraat, C. van, and O'Malley, E. (1999) Porter's Industry Clusters in Irish Indigenous Industry, ESRI Working Paper. Dublin: The Economic and Social Research Institute.
• Egeraat, C. van, Trent, C., Breathnach, P., and Walsh, J. (1999) Kildare Linkage Study: An Analysis of Opportunities in Five Sectors. Clane: Kildare County Enterprise Board.
• Clancy, P., O'Malley, E., O'Connoll, L. and Egeraat, C. van (1997) Clusters in Ireland: An Application of Porter's Model of National Competitive Advantage to Three Sectors (report prepared for the National Economic and Social Council ). Dublin: NESC.
• O'Connell, L., Egeraat, C. van, and Enright, P. (1997) Clusters in Ireland: The Irish Dairy Processing Industry: An Application of Porter's Cluster Analysis. NESC Research Series, no. 1, Dublin: National Economic and Social Council.
• Van Grunsven, L., Egeraat, C. van, and Meijsen, S. (1995) New Manufacturing Establishments and Regional Economy in Johor, Malaysia: Production Linkages, Employment and Labour Fields (Utrecht University Report Series). Utrecht: University of Utrecht.

Presentations

Invited Guest Lecture

• Just-in-Time Production and Regional Development: the Geography of the PC Supply Chain, Guest Lecture Departamento de Ciencias Sociales Uam-Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, November 2011
• The Drivers of Transnational Subsidiary Evolution: Guest Lecture Departamento de Ciencias Sociales Uam-Cuajimalpa, Mexico City, November 2011
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2010) The Economic Value of the Creative Industries to the Dublin City Region. Paper presented to the meeting of the Dublin Creative Alliance, Dublin City University, May 2010.
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2010) Defining and Valuing the Creative Industries. Paper presented to the Forfás seminar series, Dublin, June 2010.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010), Socio-Spatial Foundations of Knowledge Flow in the Irish Biotechnology Industry and the Role of Digital Ecosystems. Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, Galway, January 2010
• Van Egeraat, C. (2007) Process R&D in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry. Paper presented at the PharmaChemical Ireland / IBEC Research Section Meeting, UCC Cork, 7 November 2007.
• Egeraat, C. van (2006) Agglomeration, Localisation and Spatial Concentration in the Irish Pharmaceutical Industry, Department of Economics, University College Cork, December 2006
• Egeraat, C. van (2003) Geography of Production Linkages in the Irish and Scottish Microcomputer Hardware Industry: The Role of Logistics. Paper presented at Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, Galway, July 2003.

Recent Conference Papers

• Breathnach, P., Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2013) Regional Economic Resilience in Ireland: The Role of the Inward Investment Sector. Paper presented at the RSA Regional Resilience Conference. Cork, 22 February. 
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2012) Linking Subsidiary Evolution and Territorial Development. Paper presented at the RSA Scottish Branch Conference: Glasgow: 13 December
• Van Egeraat, C. and Breathnach, P. (2012), Enterprise and labour: hubs, gateways and inter-regional specialisation. Paper presented at the RSA Irish Branch Annual Conference, Ten Years On: Revisiting the NSS, Dublin: ESRI, 5 June.
• Van Egeraat, C. (2012), ‘Process R&D in the Irish pharmaceutical industry: the changing role of multinational subsidiaries in global networks’. Paper presented at Networks and Flows in Economic Space Economic Geography Conference, NUI Maynooth, 30 January 2012.
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2012), Social networks and actual knowledge flows in the Irish biotech industry. Paper presented at Networks and Flows in Economic Space Economic Geography Conference, NUI Maynooth, 30 January 2012.
• Curran, D., O’Gorman, C. and Van Egeraat, C. (2011) Entrepreneurial Activity and the Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector, Paper presented at the Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference, Bodø, Norway, 16-18 November, 2011.
• Curran, D., O’Gorman, C. and Van Egeraat, C. (2011) Entrepreneurial Activity and the Evolution of the Irish Biotech Sector, Paper presented at Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference 2011, 08-10 November 2011.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2011), Social networks and actual knowledge flows in the Irish biotech industry. Paper presented at the third global conference for economic geography, Seoul, June 2011
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010), Knowledge flow in the Irish biotech industry. Are social networks exploited? Paper accepted for presentation at the DIME workshop on Industrial Dynamics and Economic Geography, Utrecht, the Netherlands 5-7 September 2010
• Curran, D. and Van Egeraat, C. (2010) “Towards measuring the Economic Value of the Creative Industries to the Dublin City Region.” Paper presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers, National University of Ireland Maynooth, May 2010.
• Van Egeraat, C. and Curran, D. (2010) Social Network Analysis of the Irish Biotechnology Industry: Implications for Digital Business Ecosystems. Paper presented at The Third International OPAALS Conference on Digital Ecosystems, Aracaju, Brazil, March 2010.
• Van Egeraat, C., O’Riain, S. and Kerr, A. (2010) “Knowledge Bases and the Geography of Innovation in the Irish Animation Industry: Implications for Digital Business Ecosystems” Paper presented at the Conference of Irish Geographers, National University of Ireland Maynooth, May 2010.

Conferences Organised

• The Future of the IFSC. Department of Geography Conference, Forfás, 17 March
• Economic Resilience. RSA Irish Branch Conference, Cork, 22 February.
• New Regional Governance in Ireland: Persepctives and Challanges, RSA Irish Branch Conference, NUI Maynnoth, January
• Ten Years On: Revisiting the Local Government. RSA Irish Branch conference, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, 5 June 2012
• Local Government – Myth or Reality, half-day conference organised by the RSA Irish Branch, National University of Ireland Maynooth, 8 March 2012
• Networks and Flows in Economic Space, One-day international Economic Geography Conference, NUI Maynooth, 30 January 2012
• Irish Regions in the Smart Economy, Regional Studies Association Irish Branch Annual Conference, NUI Maynooth, 12 September 2011.
• Towards a Biotech Digital Ecosystem in the Greater Dublin Area. Conference organised in co-operation with the Dublin and Mid-East regional Authorities, Dublin Regional Authority, 3 November 2009
• Supporting Evidence-Based Spatial Planning and Analysis in Ireland: Towards the Development of All-Island Spatial Databases. Bartley, B., Egeraat, C van McCafferty, D. and Jim Berry, RSA/ICLRD Workshop, University of Ulster, June 2007
• Supporting Evidence-based Spatial Planning and Analysis in Ireland: Towards the Development of All-Island Spatial Databases. Bartley, B., Egeraat, C. and McCafferty, D., RSA/ICLRD Workshop, Maynooth (15 February 2007).