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2–3 February 2026 University of Bologna (Italy) Palazzo Marescotti – Via Barberie 4, Bologna The 8th FinGeo International Seminar  brings together international scholars, researchers, practitioners, and institutional representatives to explore contemporary advances in financial geography  in a high-level, welcoming academic environment. Hosted by the University of Bologna , in collaboration with the Department of Management , the Regional Studies Association , the journal Fin

This FinGeo blog article series is dedicated to the teaching of financial geography in higher education. Whilst research in financial geography has advanced considerably in recent years, there has been comparatively little discussion about how it is taught in higher education. This series contributes to this end by bringing together reflections from three teaching-active academics on their experiences in the classroom.  Dr Araby Smyth of Mount Allison University reflects on t

Author: Dr. Araby Smyth, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mount Allison University; email: asmyth@mta.ca   I originally didn’t think much of financialization and thought the subject would be boring. I couldn’t have been more wrong. - Anonymous response from a student experience survey, winter 2025. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mount Allison University (MtA), a public, mostly undergraduate, l

Author: Dr. Paweł Węgrzyn, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Economic Geography; e-mail: pwegrz@sgh.waw.pl   ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8963-2765 As an assistant professor teaching both capital markets and economic geography at a business-focused university, I find myself at a unique intersection of disciplines. This position allows me to introduce the spatial dimension of finance into both my economic geography courses and those concerning the functioning