The Teaching webpage has been updated for the upcoming Semester 1, 2012/2013. I will be teaching GE3201 The Service Economy in Semester 1. Details are posted on the GE3201 page and on IVLE. Lecture topics and reading list are still being finalised but you should still get a good sense of what the module covers.... Continue Reading →
Talk by Tim Jarvis for RGS Singapore branch
Tim Jarvis, explorer and environmental scientist Friday 1 June 2012, 5.30-7.30pm Tim Jarvis AM, the renowned polar explorer and environmental scientist, will be giving a talk to the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)'s Singapore branch on 1 June 2012. Tim combines a love of adventure with a passion for environmental issues through his work as... Continue Reading →
NUS Department of Geography Postdoctoral Fellowship
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE FACULTY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Invitation to Apply The Department of Geography National University of Singapore, has launched a scheme called Postdoctoral Fellowships (Teaching) whereby appointees are required to provide teaching support for the department in addition to research. Area of Expertise Postdoctoral Fellowship (Teaching) The successful candidate will be... Continue Reading →
Talk by Victor Savage at Vivocity, 12 November 2011, 2pm
As part of Geography Awareness Week, Associate Professor Victor Savage from the NUS Department of Geography will be giving a public presentation on human-nature relationships in Southeast Asia. Some Geography students will also be displaying their posters. Date: Saturday 12 November 2011 Time: 2pm Venue: National Geographic Store, Vivocity (Click on the poster for a... Continue Reading →
The 6th Summer Institute in Economic Geography
The 6th Summer Institute in Economic Geography will take place in Zurich, July 1-7, 2012. The Summer Institute is open to early-career researchers in economic geography, broadly defined (doctoral students at or beyond the fieldwork stage; postdoctoral researchers in universities, think tanks and research institutes; and lecturers or tenure-track faculty within the first three years... Continue Reading →
AAG 2012 CFP ‘The Rise of the BRICS Knowledge Intensive Service Economy’
Call for Papers AAG Annual Meeting, New York City, 24-28 February 2012 The Rise of the BRICS Knowledge Intensive Service Economy Organisers: Andrew Jones, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Patrik Strom, University of Gothenburg, Sweden James Faulconbridge, University of Lancaster, UK Jon Beaverstock, University of Nottingham, UK Debates about the rise of the BRICs economies... Continue Reading →
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Uppsala University
Three Year Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Economic Geography The Department of Social and Economic Geography and the Centre for research on Innovation and Industrial Dynamics (CIND) at Uppsala University invites applications for a three-year full-time post-doctoral research position in economic geography. The economic geography group at the Department (http://www.kultgeog.uu.se/research/) has a strong international reputation and... Continue Reading →
Schedule and tentative course outline for GE3201 The Service Economy
I have now put up the schedule and tentative course outline for GE3201 The Service Economy, which will be offered in Semester 1, 2011/2012. The dates/times and venues (for lectures, tutorials and final exam) are fixed. The course content and lecture topics and still being finalised, but should give you a fair idea of what... Continue Reading →
New module GE3201 The Service Economy
A new module GE3201 The Service Economy will be offered in Semester 1, 2011/2012. It is on the Geography Department's module listing but has not been offered for many years. I will be updating the course content accordingly. Details about the module (e.g. outline, lectures/tutorials, CA components, reading list) will be posted on my Teaching... Continue Reading →
Research paper – “Differentiated Markets: Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong in China’s Financial Centre Network”
Lai, Karen (2011) 'Differentiated Markets: Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong in China's Financial Centre Network', Urban Studies, DOI: 10.1177/0042098011408143. The online version of this article can be found at: http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/06/04/0042098011408143 Abstract: This paper examines the roles of Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong as financial centres by utilising interview and secondary data to analyse the decision-making... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 