Pierre Desrochers

Pierre Desrochers

First Name: 
Pierre
Last Name: 
Desrochers
Title: 
Associate Professor
Phone : 
905-828-5206
Office Location : 
UTM
Biography : 

More detail on research and teaching activities can be found on my personal website.

Publications

“The Paradoxical Malthusian. A Promethean Perspective on Vaclav Smil’s Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities (MIT Press, 2019) and Energy and Civilization: A History (MIT Press, 2017).” Energies, vol. 13, no. 20 (2020), article 5306 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/20/5306

“Jane Jacobs as Spontaneous Economic Order Methodologist: Part 2: Metaphors and Methods” (with Joanna Szurmak), Cosmos + Taxis: Studies in Emergent Order and Organization, vol. 4, no. 2 (2017), pp. 21-48 https://cosmosandtaxis.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/szurmak_desrochers_ct...

“Long Distance Trade, Locational Dynamics and By-Product Development: Insights from the History of the American Cottonseed Industry.” (with Joanna Szurmak). Sustainability vol. 9, no. 4 (2017), article 579 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/9/4/579

Education: 
PhD, Université de Montréal
Personal Website: 
https://geog.utm.utoronto.ca/desrochers/

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Environmental, Food, Energy and Technology History and Policy, Economic Development, Innovation Policy, History of Ideas.

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