New Year message from Prof. Dariusz Wójcik, FinGeo Chair Dear FinGeo Community! As we are settling into 2021, with all its uncertainties, I wanted to thank you all for collaboration and contributions in 2020. Despite adversity, FinGeo was active. We had lively fora, AGM and an amazing FinTech workshop. Dozens of new members joined. The […]
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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 seminar was hosted by Dr. Dariusz Wójcik (Uni Oxford). Shaina Potts (Ph.D, UC Berkeley, 2017) is an Assistant Professor in Geography and Global Studies, with research interests in post-colonial […]
Continue reading2021 FinGeo Virtual Seminar Series 1 (Feb – Mar)
Please register on the RSA website: https://www.regionalstudies.org/events/fingeo-2021/ Coming up in 2021: FinGeo Virtual Seminar Series The Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo) is delighted to announce the launch of our Virtual Seminar Series in 2021. This will be a 3-part series taking place next year in February-March, May-July, and September-November. The seminars will take place […]
Continue reading11x research positions “Practicing Place” – Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt [Deadline: 10 Dec 2020]
The Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt is seeking to fill an overall of eleven researcher positions – ten part-time positions (75%) for doctoral students, one 100% position for a PostDoc – in the interdisciplinary Research Training Group “Practicing Place” (GRK 2589/1) funded by the German Research Foundation DFG. Applicants with a geographies of money and finance background […]
Continue readingCall for Papers – Warwick Critical Finance: Manuscript development workshop 2.0
Call for Papers – Warwick Critical Finance: Manuscript development workshop 2.0 For Early Career Researchers, writing and publishing journal papers is an essential, yet often daunting, task. How to set up your original research and speak to existing debates? How to tailor your writing to specific journals? Our manuscript development workshop is an attempt to […]
Continue reading2x Research Associate in Finance and Geography – Oxford University [Deadline: 2 Dec 2020]
2x Research Associate in Finance and Geography School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, UK Grade 7: £32,817 – £40,322 p.a. Oxford University is seeking to appoint two Research Associates to work on the project ‘Cities in Global Financial Networks: Financial and Business Services and Development in the 21st Century’, funded by the […]
Continue readingASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY & TOURISM: FLOWS OF PEOPLE AND MONEY (KU Leuven) [Deadline: 14 January 2021]
OPEN-RANK (I.A. TT ASSISTANT, ASSOCIATE OR FULL) PROFESSOR OF GEOGRAPHY & TOURISM: FLOWS OF PEOPLE AND MONEY KU Leuven, the University of Leuven, Belgium In the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Research unit Geography and Tourism, there is a full-time academic vacancy in the area of “Flows of People and Money”. We are looking […]
Continue reading2020/11/25-26 — “Evolving Geographies of FinTech” (FinGeo online workshop)
Full programme here Registration here The workshop will take place online via Zoom. Please register via the link above by 23rd November 2020. After registration you will receive a personal link that will grant you access to the workshop. The Global Network of Financial Geography (FinGeo) Online Workshop 25th November 2020 (13:00-17:00 GMT) and 26th […]
Continue reading2020/11/13-14 – Two *Virtual* Talks on Cities, Finance and Climate Risk
We are excited to announce two public talks on Nov 13-14, 2020 exploring the emerging urban political ecologies of climate and financial risk. Information about the two speakers and their talks can be found below. The talks are open to anyone, but you need to register via the Eventbrite links below to receive the […]
Continue reading2020/10/31 – Call for papers: AAG 2021 Seattle + virtual “Real Estate, Finance and Urban Development”
Please find below four sessions on real estate (incl. housing), finance and urban development at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Seattle + virtual, April 7-11, 2021, https://www2.aag.org/aagannualmeeting/. We had planned four sessions last year but cancelled all of them for obvious reasons. This time, we hope to be able to organize one or […]
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