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From 19 August 2019, I will be taking up a new position as Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Durham University. It is not easy leaving a place and people whom I have known for 21 years, as an undergrad, as a grad student and as faculty member. But it is time to move... Continue Reading →
Colleagues and I at NUS have been awarded S$4.95 million to start a Global Production Networks Centre at NUS (GPN@NUS). This is funded by the NUS Office of Deputy President (Research & Technology) Strategic Research Proposals 2014. GPN@NUS will be co-directed by Henry Yeung and Neil Coe (from Geography). Team members consists of Karen Lai... Continue Reading →
I will be on a FASS Writing Fellowship from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014. This means I will not be teaching in Semester 1, 2014/2015. GE3201 The Service Economy will not be offered in Semester 1, 2014/2015. Instead, it will be offered in Semester 2, 2014/2015, and co-taught by myself and Neil Coe.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the new Economic Geography Research Group (RGS-IBG) website at: http://www.egrg.rgs.org/ Lots of updated features, plus an expansive archive of EGRG activities over the years. This site replaces the previous site (built and maintained for over 10 years by Graham Bowden at the University of Manchester), as... Continue Reading →
Happy new year to all and hope you are having a good start to 2014. Just a quick announcement: I will be on a FASS Writing Fellowship from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2014. This means I will not be teaching in Semester 1, 2014/2015. GE3201 The Service Economy will not be offered in... Continue Reading →
With effect from 1 November 2010, I will be based at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore. Address: Department of Geography National University of Singapore 1 Arts Link Singapore 117570 Office: (+65) 6601 1720 Fax: (+65) 6777 3091 Email: karenlai@nus.edu.sg
I am honoured to be awarded the 2009 PhD prize by the Economic Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG (Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers). Many thanks to my supervisors, Professor Andrew Leyshon and Dr Shaun French, for their advice and guidance and the collegial support of other faculty and postgraduate students at the School... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my homepage. This website will be updated periodically with news about my working papers, journal articles, conference and seminars announcements, research projects, and observations (both academic or not). For more details about my research and other interests, click on the tabs across the page. My contact details are posted on the right hand... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 