The Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography, titled Mapping Economies in Transformation, will take place in Oxford, UK, on 19-22 August 2015. Building on the success of previous global conferences held in Singapore, Beijing and Seoul, the Conference is expected to attract hundreds of scholars with the objective to foster interdisciplinary worldwide dialogue on the... Continue Reading →
Geography PhD scholarship funding at NUS
The QS World University rankings (2013) place National University Singapore (NUS) in the top 25 universities in the world and number one in Asia. In the same rankings, the Department of Geography, NUS, is ranked in the top ten Geography programmes globally. Research in the Department of Geography, NUS, falls into three major themes (Politics,... Continue Reading →
Field trip to Kampong Glam
Intersections of Service Worlds in Kampong Glam Led by: Karen Lai (Department of Geography, NUS), with Edda Ostertag (ETH Future Cities Lab) & Ying Zhou (ETH Future Cities Lab) Meeting point: Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Cafe Starbucks (ground floor of Raffles Hospital, 585 North Bridge Road) Meeting time: 3.45pm Field trip duration: 4.00pm to 6.00pm I will... Continue Reading →
‘Deconstructing offshore finance’ seminar at Oxford, September 2013
Last week, I attended the 'Deconstructing Offshore Finance' seminar, held at St Peter's College in Oxford. It was a gathering of critical social scientists (economic geographers, international business and management scholars, political scientists and sociologists), former policy makers and civil society organisations (Tax Justice Network) to examine the concepts, methods and policy implications of offshore... Continue Reading →
RGS-IBG 2013: Integrating Finance into Global Production Networks
Neil Coe, Dariuz Wojcik and myself organised 3 sessions on 'Integrating Finance into Global Production Networks (GPN)' at the RGS-IBG conference in London (28-30 August 2013). We had a rich selection of papers that really echoed and also built on the themes of our opening paper (of the same title, available here). Thanks to all... Continue Reading →
The Lehman Minibonds crisis and financialisation of investor subjects in Singapore
My Area paper titled 'The Lehman Minibonds crisis and financialisation of investor subjects in Singapore' is now available online under Early View on the journal website.
Four new positions in GIS/Geochemical & Environmental Science
The Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore is seeking highly qualified candidates for FOUR positions in GIS and geochemical & environmental science. These are in addition to the on-going search for a Lecturer in Petroleum Exploration (to start in January 2014). The positions are: A geochemical/environmental laboratory executive (3 years) A lecturer... Continue Reading →
Updates to GE3201 The Service Economy for 2013/2014
The module page for GE3201 The Service Economy has been updated. Full details are available to NUS staff and students on the IVLE portal. Please note that the order of topics and assessment mode has changed from previous years. You are welcome to send me an email if you have any questions about taking this... Continue Reading →
Research seminar on offshore services in Asia, 25-26 April 2013
Professor Neil Coe and I were invited participants at a research seminar on ‘Creating and capturing value in the next wave of globalization: experiences in (offshore) services production from India, East Asia and Southeast Asia’, organised by the University of Amsterdam and Kasetsart University. This was held in Bangkok, Thailand, 25-26 April 2013. We were... Continue Reading →
NUS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Urban and Economic Geography
Invitation to Apply The Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore has launched a scheme called Postdoctoral Fellowships (Teaching) whereby appointees are required to provide teaching support for the department. Part of the postdoctoral fellowship will also provide time for publishing and/or research. Area of Expertise Postdoctoral Fellowship (Teaching) The successful candidate will... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 