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Welcome to FinGeo's News & Thoughts, your hub for financial geography insights. Explore where financial landscapes meet geographic trends. Stay informed, inspired, and navigate the dynamic intersections of money globally. Dive into our blog for analysis, updates, and a deeper understanding of global financial geography.
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
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
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


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


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


2022/04/04 | FinGeo ECR Monthly Coffee meeting – guest speaker | Dariusz Wójcik |
FinGeo Early Career Researchers monthly coffee meeting: Mon 4th April (4 pm BST, London) The ECR Monthly coffee meeting is a one-hour...
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Mar 28, 20221 min read


2022/04/12 |Manuel Wirth| Doing Good with Finance? Impact investing and Marketization of the Youth Homelessness in the UK
In this talk, I present findings from my dissertation in which I studied the implementation of a social policy tool called the Social...
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Feb 14, 20222 min read


7-10/06/2022 Global Conference on Economic Geography in Dublin (Call for papers)
With financial geographies as one of the core themes of the forthcoming Global Conference on Economic Geography in Dublin (7-10 June...
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Jan 25, 20222 min read


2021/12/14 Monthly Drink Event (online) – Sabine Dörry (guest speaker)
Monthly Drink event is a one-hour event being hosted online by FinGeo . It brings together early career researchers and PhD students,...
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Dec 7, 20211 min read


2021/12/08 | FinGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) Wed 8th Dec 2021
FinGeo’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be Wednesday 8th December 2021 at 12noon GMT (London) via Zoom, 12.00-13.30 GMT (07.00-08.30...
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Dec 6, 20211 min read


2021/11/25 Monthly Coffee/Tea Event (online) – Karen Lai (guest speaker)
Monthly coffee/tea event – is a one-hour event being hosted online by FinGeo . It brings together early career researchers and PhD...
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Nov 18, 20211 min read
2021/12/13 Financing Care: Labour Rights Amid New Models of Investment
13 December 2021 16.00-17.30 UK GMT (online) As care needs rise, models of financial investment in the social care sector are...
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Nov 16, 20211 min read


2021/11/19 Valuing the City Symposium
A full-day symposium on the occasion of the publication of Built Up: An Historical Perspective on the Contemporary Principles and...
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Nov 10, 20212 min read


2021/11/29 – Susan Soederberg “Governing Urban Displacements in Global Capitalism”
Register for free here The scarcity of affordable rental housing has become a defining social issue with an increasing number of...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read


2021/09/27 – Rex A. McKenzie “Wealth Chain Property Investment in the hinterland – Evidence from the Merseyside area in the Northwest of England
Register for free here In this paper, we estimate and evaluate the scale and impact of wealth chain investment coming from offshore...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
2021/06/17- FinGeo – Financial Geographies of Regional and Urban Recovery
• SS34 I FINGEO. Financial Policies Thursday, 17 June 2021, 9:00 – 11:00 BST • SS34 II FINGEO. Financial Networks Thursday, 17 June 2021,...
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May 25, 20212 min read


30/05/2018 FinGeo Spring School
FinGeo Spring School 2018 FinGeo Spring School 30 May – 2 June 2018 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium The First FINGEO Spring...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
International Review of Financial Analysis Special Issue: Globally sustainable banking & finance in support of evidence-based policy making
We are delighted to invite you to submit towards our conference and a special issue in International Review of Financial Analysis (1st of...
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Apr 7, 20217 min read
21/04/2021 The ‘Strong Leader’ Trap: The Unintended Consequence of China’s Global Investment Strategy
21 April 2021 from 10 am – 12 pm (Singapore Standard Time). Register via Zoom : https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErfu-vrToqGNw...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
2021/03/30 – Raquel Rolnik: Post 2008 financialized housing geographies: from above, from below
On the 30th March 2021, 13h-14h BST , Raquel Rolnik (University of Sao Paulo) will present to the FinGeo Virtual Seminar Series....
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Mar 22, 20212 min read
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