Damien Talbot

Damien TALBOT is a Professor of Management Sciences at the University of Clermont Auvergne, affiliated with the IAE Clermont Auvergne - School of Management. His research focuses on proximity effects across organizational dynamics, particularly in aeronautics supply chains and healthcare management.

• Specializes in institutional economics, organizational control systems, and strategic proximity
• Active in academic governance as university administrator
• Key contributor to proximity theory in innovation and public policy

Research spans three decades with extensive publications in peer-reviewed journals like Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine and Innovations - Revue d’économie et de management de l'innovation. He has explored cognitive proximity in avionics, institutional dynamics in European aerospace, and spatial impacts on medical service utilization.

His work with collaborators such as Sandra Charreire Petit and Laurent Mériade demonstrates interdisciplinary approaches to management control. Current projects examine proximity's role in chronic pain management and university administrative systems.

As associate editor for Revue d'Economie Régionale et Urbaine and editorial board member for Revue Innovations, he continues shaping academic discourse in organizational theory and territorial development.