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30th November 2023 at 2-3pm UK time – online book talk with Andy Pike on “Financialization and Local Statecraft"
📚 Join us for a captivating online book talk with Andy Pike on “Financialization and Local Statecraft”! 🗓️ Mark your calendars for the...
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Nov 27, 20231 min read
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2023/11/28 – Monthly Drink Event (Online)
Monthly Drink event is a one-hour event hosted online by FinGeo . It brings together early career researchers and PhD students, across...
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Nov 2, 20231 min read
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Join the next Summer Institute in Economic Geography held at NUS Geography, 21-26 July 2024!
Join the next Summer Institute in Economic Geography held at NUS Geography , 21-26 July 2024! Applications OPEN now till 22 Dec 2023....
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Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Job opportunity! Postdoctoral Research Opportunities at Vienna University
What to expect The postdoctoral researcher will be part of a team starting a new research direction in the study of energy- and financial...
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Oct 5, 20232 min read
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Senior Research Associate – Knowledge Exchange and Innovation
The role This is an exciting opportunity to join the Future Finance for All UKRI/ESRC funded project which is led by the University of...
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Aug 22, 20232 min read
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2023/02/20 |Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo)
Dear Friends and Colleagues, We warmly invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Network on Financial...
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Dec 14, 20222 min read
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2022/10/26 Monthly Drink Event (online) – Janelle Knox-Hayes (guest speaker)
Monthly Drink event is a one-hour event hosted online by FinGeo . It brings together early career researchers and PhD students, across...
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Oct 14, 20221 min read
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2022/11/10 – The Financial Industry Sets Sights on Institutional Investors: A Relational Approach to
Over the past few decades, pension funds have emerged as major players in global financial markets as the reserves they manage have grown...
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Oct 6, 20222 min read
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Postdoctoral/Research Fellow in Asia Research Institute (Asian Infrastructures) at the National Univ
This is the final call for applications – the deadline is 30 September. The successful applicant is expected to commence duties at NUS in...
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Sep 27, 20221 min read
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‘Global finance as the weapon of choice’ (By Gordon L Clark, Oxford University)
The following is a transcript of the lecture given by Professor Gordon Clark (Professorial Fellow at St Edmund Hall, University of...
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Sep 5, 202210 min read
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2023/05/29 | 9th. edition Global Prize “Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Futur
The Global Prize Ethics & Trust in Finance for a Sustainable Future is a bi-annual competition that was initiated in 2006 by the...
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Sep 5, 20221 min read
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2022/09/07 | 14:00 BST: Grants and Funding: Managing funded research projects I (Dariusz Wójcik, Oxf
Winning research funding is the aim of many researchers but the complexities of managing a research grant and the research project can be...
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Sep 5, 20223 min read
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Call for abstracts: The new green global division of labour: Emerging geographies of decarbonisation
The ongoing shift away from fossil fuels has sometimes been framed as a ‘green energy race’ among states, each competing with one another...
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Sep 1, 20223 min read
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Three research associates (PhD or Postdoc) in the field of climate change and global finance, Witten/Herdecke University
Witten/Herdecke University, which was founded in 1982, is Germany’s first privately funded university. At present, it has a staff of more...
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Jul 24, 20221 min read
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FinGeo Travel Bursaries awarded
Congratulate the FinGeo Travel Bursaries winners! Jing Chu, PhD candidate, Department of Geography, Durham University “The Variegated and...
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Jun 6, 20221 min read
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2022/05/17 FinGeo / AAG webinar – Building Impact and Engagement into Your Early Academic Care
In this webinar, we will hear from economic and financial geographers who have been building engagement and impact into their research...
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May 11, 20223 min read
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2022/05/10 |Alicia Giron| Geographies of Chinese Financial Flows in Africa
The objective of this research is to deepen the relationship between Chinese creditors and companies with African states. The hypothesis...
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Apr 12, 20222 min read
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2022/04/26 – |Leigh Johnson| The Ironies of Disaster Sovereign Disaster Risk Financing for African States amidst Covid-19 and a Changing Climate
Amidst budget distress and fiscal austerity, African states face perennial barriers to accessing post-disaster public finance for...
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Apr 12, 20222 min read
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FinGeo Bursaries to attendees of the 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography – Apply by 25
FinGeo is providing a small number of bursaries (typically GBP £300-£400 each) to attendees of the 6th Global Conference on Economic...
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Apr 7, 20221 min read
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2022/04/05 |Rachel N. Weber| Financial astrology: Real estate speculation during a pandemic
5th April 2022, 17.30 BST, 18.30 CEST – Financial astrology: Real estate speculation during a pandemic How can an unforeseen crisis like...
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Mar 30, 20222 min read
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