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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.


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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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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2022/03/08 |Ludovico Rella| An ecology of Money Infrastructures
This paper proposes an investigation of blockchain technologies – understood as money infrastructures – from the point of view of the...
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Feb 14, 20222 min read
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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
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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
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2021/12/13 – Andrew Leyshon “Neoliberal Fairy Tales and Authoritarian Realpolitik: Regul
Register for free here This paper outlines the ways in which sovereign regulatory authorities are responding to the challenge of...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
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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
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2021/11/15 – Radha Upadhyaya “Employing Capital: Patient Capital and Labour Relations in Kenya's Manufacturing Sector
Register for free here Generating decent employment plays a key role in the creation of a new social contract and social cohesion in...
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Sep 23, 20212 min read
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2021/06/15 – Sarah Hall “The economic geographies of Brexit and financial services”
Register for free here (Regional Studies Association) The economic geographies of Brexit and financial services This paper analyses the...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
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2021/06/01 – Michael Drew “Investment Governance for Fiduciaries”
Register for free here (Regional Studies Association) Investment Governance for Fiduciaries Governance is a word that is increasingly...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
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2021/05/18 – Yanpeng Jiang “The financialization of Chinese cities and the role of urban investment and development companies
Register for free here (Regional Studies Association) The financialisation of Chinese cities and the role of urban investment and...
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Apr 20, 20213 min read
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2021/05/04 – Markus Hesse “The Urban Geography of Luxembourg’s Financial Centre”
Register for free here (Regional Studies Association) Open the fortress! When financial centre and urban development collide – the case...
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Apr 20, 20212 min read
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02-March-21 – Jessie Poon: Geographies of financial regulation: the rise of regulatory capital
On the 2nd March 2021 (11h-12h GMT) Jessie Poon of the University at Buffalo presented “Regulation and Financial Organizational...
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Feb 23, 20212 min read
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2021/02/02 – Shaina Potts (UCLA, USA): Debt in the time of Covid
On the 2nd Feb 2021 Dr. Shaina Potts of UCLA presented the first ever FINGEO virtual seminar, entitled “Debt in the time of Covid”, the...
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Jan 23, 20211 min read
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