Central banks, the climate crisis and the need for a ‘creative disruption’ Authors: Martin Sokol and Jennie C. Stephens _________________________________________________________________________ How should central banks respond to the worsening climate crisis that threatens to destabilise the …
📚 Join us for a captivating online book talk with Andy Pike on “Financialization and Local Statecraft”! 🗓️ Mark your calendars for the 30th at 2-3pm UK time. 🌐 Explore the intersection of finance and …
Join the next Summer Institute in Economic Geography held at NUS Geography, 21-26 July 2024! Applications OPEN now till 22 Dec 2023. The Summer Institute in Economic Geography represents a unique approach to advanced training, mentoring, and professional development for …
What to expect The postdoctoral researcher will be part of a team starting a new research direction in the study of energy- and financial transitions that will have important implications for studying phenomena at the …
The following is a transcript of the lecture given by Professor Gordon Clark (Professorial Fellow at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford) at the FinGeo sponsored plenary session on 7th June 2022. This was held …
Given the emphasis on ESG in the media and among the finance community one could easily believe that capital markets are a major contributor to the goal of limiting global warming. We argue this perception …
The European Bank for Restructuring and Development (EBRD) is one of the least visible and most controversial regional development banks. Its unique features include its political mission to advance liberal market transition in countries committed …
The stock of Chinese foreign direct investment into the advanced capitalist economies has grown exponentially in the past decades, generating a large body of policy and popular discourse around the question of Chinese political influence …
Some people might consider the ‘brick-and-mortar’ bank branch to be an obsolete concept destined to become extinct. Almost every decade, it has been predicted that technology will render the physical presence of banks unnecessary. However, …
Financial nationalism is on the rise. Countries ranging from the United States, Russia, China, and Taiwan, to Bolivia and Hungary embrace financial nationalist policies although to varying degrees. For scholars, a core intellectual puzzle is …
The literature about financial geography is largely defined by three parts: financial geography (general), distance relations in banking, and location analysis of commercial banks. Two important parts of financial geography are, however, rarely discussed in …
The Covid-19 pandemic has reignited debates about the future of cities. Optimists hope that – in response to the pandemic – our cities can become greener, healthier, smarter, more pleasant to work and live in, …