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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.
2018/05/28 – 2018/05/29 – Brussels, Belgium – 5th FinGeo Global Seminar
Fifth FINGEO Global Seminar “European Spaces of Financialization” 28-29 May 2018 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium *** Local...
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Oct 2, 20178 min read
2017/08/29 – 2017/09/01 – London, UK – Annual International RGS-IBG Conference
FinGeo supported a series of seven sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2017. The sessions were organised by financial geographers...
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Sep 8, 20172 min read
Geographical limits to arbitrage in the global oil market
– Michael H. Grote, Matthew Zook, Thomas Heidorn – For more than 30 years, the world’s main indices for oil prices – West Texas...
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Aug 4, 20173 min read
2017/11/09 – 2017/11/10 – Frankfurt, Germany – Financial Geography Lab 2017
This is the time of financial geographers’ life: A financial crisis, followed by an economic crisis, followed by a European sovereign...
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Jul 17, 20172 min read
The Increasing Financialization of China’s Urbanization
– Thierry Theurillat, James H. Lenzer Jr. & Hongyu Zhan – Mainland China is well known for its massive and rampant urban development,...
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Jul 7, 20172 min read
Cluster dynamics of financial centres in the United Kingdom: Do connected firms grow faster?
– Vladimír Pažitka and Dariusz Wójcik – The aftermath of the global financial crisis (GFC) has seen a sharp reduction in employment in...
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Jul 6, 20173 min read
2017/06/06 – Dublin, Ireland – Geographies of Money and Finance: Where next?
Book Launch & Meet-the-Authors: Handbook on the Geographies of Money and Finance – edited by Ron Martin and Jane Pollard – Sponsored by...
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May 30, 20171 min read
Post-Doctoral Researcher (x2) – Financial Geography – School of Geography, Trinity College Dublin (Deadline: 26 April 2017)
Led by Dr Martin Sokol , GEOFIN is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (1.8m EUR). This 5-year project...
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Mar 28, 20171 min read
2017/12/06 – 2017/12/08 – Singapore – 4th FinGeo Global Seminar – Conference on Global Production
The 4th FinGeo Global Seminar will be held at the National University of Singapore as part of the Conference on Global Production, 6-8...
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Mar 28, 20171 min read
Research Associate – Finance and Geography – School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford
We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work on the project ‘Cities in Global Financial Networks: Financial and Business...
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Mar 27, 20172 min read
PhD Researcher (Fully Funded) – Financial Geography – Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)
The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) invites highly qualified and motivated applicants for a fully funded PhD...
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Mar 27, 20172 min read
2017/09/04 – 2017/09/06 – Brussels, Belgium – The 3rd FinGeo Global Seminar “Financial geographies of Europe”
The 3rd FinGeo Global Seminar was organised as part of EUGEO’s 6th Congress on the Geography of Europe in Brussels on 4-6 September 2017....
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Mar 27, 20171 min read


2017/04/04 – Cambridge, USA – FinGeo AGM 2017
Join us for the historic first-ever Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo). We will be...
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Mar 26, 20171 min read
2016/08/21 – Beijing, China – International Geographical Congress 2016 in Beijing and 1st FinGeo Global Seminar
by Karen Lai The Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo) had a particularly successful series of sessions which also officially...
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Mar 21, 20171 min read
2015/08/19 – Oxford, UK – Launch of Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo) at the 4th GCEG
At the Museum of Natural History, Oxford Q&A at the end of paper session on ‘Financialisation of everyday life’. A key development was...
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Mar 21, 20171 min read
2017/06/04 – Dublin, Ireland – Brexit, Trump and the Dusk of Globalisation? New Directions in Economic and Financial Geography
(Special FinGeo Panel at the RSA Annual Conference 2017, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 4th – 7th June, 2017) The session will explore...
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Mar 21, 20171 min read
2017/04/07 – Boston, USA – Brexit and the City: Financial Geography after the UK’s EU Referendum
Organised by: Sarah Hall (University of Nottingham) and Dariusz Wójcik (University of Oxford) sponsored by Geoforum and the Global...
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Mar 21, 20172 min read
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