I will be delivering a keynote lecture at the MOE Social Studies Seminar (along with Associate Professor Shandre M. Thangavelu, Department of Economics, NUS), on the topic of Singapore's economic development. This is an invitation-only event for MOE teachers. * * * Social Studies Symposium Revisiting Singapore’s Strategies for Economic Development in a Globalising World... Continue Reading →
EAI seminar: Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in China’s financial centre network (22 March 2013)
EAI Seminar Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in China’s financial centre network 上海, 北京和香港在中国的金融中心网络 Dr Karen Lai 黎碧瑶 (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore) 22 March 2013, 3:30pm-5:00pm EAI Conference Room NUS Bukit Timah Campus 469A Bukit Timah Road Tower Block #06-01 Singapore 259770 Abstract: Applying a network approach to the question of competition... Continue Reading →
BES Seminar on ‘Environment and Development in Africa’
NUS Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) Seminar Series ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Hosted by:Dr Joanna Coleman, BES Lecturer Speaker: Prof David Taylor (Geography, NUS) Date: 25 January 2013, Friday Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Venue: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Blk S16, Level 3, Lecture Theatre 31 More details are in the poster... Continue Reading →
CFP: Integrating finance into Global Production Networks (RGS-IBG 2013)
Call for papers: RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, 28-30th August 2013 Session title: Integrating finance into Global Production Networks Organisers: Neil M. Coe (National University of Singapore), Karen Lai (National University of Singapore) and Dariusz Wójcik (Oxford University). First coined in 2002, the Global Production Network (GPN) approach has inspired a large body of literature, with... Continue Reading →
Course information for GE1101E (Semester 2, 2012/2013)
Associate Professor Alan Ziegler and I will be teaching GE1101E/GEK1001 Place in the coming semester (Semester 2, 2012/2013). This module is currently under review with the objective of highlighting the relevance and attractiveness of a geographical perspective to world issues. Dr Ziegler and I are updating the course material with an emphasis on contemporary issues,... Continue Reading →
IMMF visitor: Dariusz Wójcik
The NUS Department of Geography is pleased to host Dr Dariusz Wójcik (Oxford) as Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship (IMMF) visiting fellow from the period of 19 November to 8 December 2012. His research focuses on economic geography, corporate governance, and finance. If you wish to meet with Dr Wójcik during his visit, please do contact... Continue Reading →
Department of Geography Seminar Series: Thomas Sigler
Panama City: Singapore of the Americas? Thomas Sigler School of Geography, Planning, and Environmental Management at the University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia Date: Friday, 2 November 2012 Time: 3.30 – 5.00 pm Venue: Earth Lab (AS2 02-03) Department of Geography, NUS Abstract: Panama City is the primate city and capital of the eponymous country... Continue Reading →
No Webcast for GE3201 lectures in Semester 1, 2012/2013
Students (and potential students) should note that lectures for GE3201 The Service Economy will NOT be available on Webcast for this semester (Semester 1, 2012/2013). While I have always made my lectures available on Webcast, the allocated lecture venue this year (AS6/02-14) does not have webcast facilities and therefore my request for webcast lectures could... Continue Reading →
AAG CFP 2013 – Relational Geographies of Global Change: Financial Geographies of Emerging Markets
Call For Papers: Annual Meeting of American Geographers 2013 (Los Angeles) Relational Geographies of Global Change: Financial Geographies of Emerging Markets Whilst the USA and Western Europe are in crisis investment alternatives are once again re-emerging in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. Against this backdrop financial circuits are increasingly directed towards emerging markets,... Continue Reading →
GE3201 finalised topics and reading list
Lecture topics and reading list are now finalised for GE3201 The Service Economy, Semester 1 2012/2013. Information has been updated on the module info page, with full reading list on IVLE. Please note that Lecture 1 will start on 23 August 2012 (Week 2) as I will be at an overseas conference in Week 1.... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 