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The following is a translation of an article written by Chinese geographers following the sad news of Prof. CP Pow's passing on 22nd July 2021 (see formal announcement from NUS Geography department). The article circulated amongst the Chinese geography community is a touching tribute to Pow's contributions to China urban geography, and testament to his... Continue Reading →
It's been a rather busy April. Teaching and marking aside, I was able to give two seminars based on on-going work. The first was a seminar for the Centre for Urban and Regional Development (CURDS), Newcastle University, on 15th April 2021. Titled 'Ecologies of Green Finance in Islamic Financial Centre Development: The Case of Green... Continue Reading →
Given the uncertainty of holding in-person events in 2021, the FinGeo committee decided back in 2020 to organise a virtual seminar series to maintain community engagement and discussions. Organised in three parts (February-March, May-July, and September-November), we have finished with a very stimulating and well-attended Part 1, and about to start with Part 2 in... Continue Reading →
Join us in exploring new research ideas on the evolving geographies of FinTech! The 2-day online workshop will cover 4 main themes: Economic Geographies of FinTechFinTech Consumption and PracticesGeopolitics of FinTechFinTech Markets and Regulation Evolving Geographies of FinTech 25th November 2020 (13:00-17:00 GMT)26th November 2020 (08:00-12:00 GMT) Co-convenors: David Bassens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)Reijer Hendrikse (Vrije... Continue Reading →
It was a bit manic this week with the FinGeo Forum sessions as well as helping out with Durham Geography's virtual open day events, but very happy to see how things all came together for FinGeo's first virtual event, and brilliant co-organising it with Dariusz Wójcik. It was great to see many new and familiar... Continue Reading →
I have been working on a collection of commentaries about the intersections of finance and geopolitics in studying the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and this has just been published in Eurasian Geography and Economics (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rege20/61/2) ** Open Access until 30 June 2020 ** as "Research Colloquium: Financing the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)". This... Continue Reading →
The Regional Studies special issue that I have been working on with Fenghua Pan, Martin Sokol and Dariusz Wojcik has just been published. Titled "New financial geographies of Asia", the special issue brings together a collection of papers that examines the role of finance in the restructuring of markets, firms, government policies and urban processes... Continue Reading →
RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, 1-4 September 2020 Unpacking Geographies of FinTech Sponsored by: Economic Geography Research Group Session convenors: Karen Lai (Durham University) karen.lai@durham.ac.uk Reijer Hendrikse (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) reijer.hendrikse@vub.be FinTech, short for ‘financial technology’, operates at the intersections of the financial and technology sectors where big technology firms and start-ups... Continue Reading →
It was rather hectic so soon after moving to Durham and after the RGS-IBG conference at the end of August, and no longer being based in Asia, but I was glad I could still make it for the 1st FinGeo Global Conference in September. Having worked with Fenghua Pan and other in planning the event... Continue Reading →
This year's conference back in August 2019 was rather special; it was the first work event that I attended with my new affiliation at Durham University, having just moved from Singapore less than 2 weeks before that. The last time when I attended the RGS-IBG Conference was 2 years ago. It was lovely meeting up... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 