As a former participant in the Summer Institute in Economic Geography, I cannot recommend this highly enough, especially for postdoctoral researchers and early-career geographers. — Karen Please circulate widely: The next meeting of the Summer Institute in Economic Geography will be hosted by the Department of Geography at the University of Kentucky, July 10-15, 2016. The... Continue Reading →
Talk for Dunman High School’s Distinguished Speakers Series, 15 July 2015
It was my pleasure to meet senior high humanities students of Dunman High School and those from other junior colleges who attended the Distinguished Speakers Series event held on 15th July 2015 (Performing Arts Centre, Dunman High School). My thanks to Mrs Grace Bok who invited me to speak on the topic of "Singapore as... Continue Reading →
Call for papers: Financialisation of everyday life (4th GCEG, Oxford 2015)
CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography (Oxford, 19-22 August 2015) Session: Financialisation of everyday life Organisers: Shaun French (University of Nottingham), Karen Lai (National University of Singapore) Increasing consumption of financial products and the growing acceptance of financial logics (particularly in the context of dwindling state-welfare benefits) are normalising risks and risk-taking... Continue Reading →
Call for papers: Global Production Economies (Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography, 2015)
CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography, Oxford, 19-22 August 2015 http://www.gceg2015.org/ Global Production Economies Sponsored by the Global Production Networks Research Centre at the National University of Singapore (GPN@NUS http://gpn.nus.edu.sg/) The Global Production Network (GPN) approach is a useful analytical tool for economic geographers seeking to unpack the networked nature of the global... Continue Reading →
Talk at Beijing Normal University, 17 November 2014
I will be giving a talk at the School of Geography, Beijing Normal University (北京师范大学，地理学与遥感科学学院) on Monday 17 November 2014. Details are listed below. Financialisation, financial citizenship and the state: The case of banking reforms in Singapore 金融化，金融公民与国度：新加坡银行业改革的案例研究 Dr Karen Lai (National University of Singapore) Monday 17 November 2014, 10.00am to 12.00pm School of Geography,... Continue Reading →
Research Impact Workshop at RGS-IBG
Generating Research Impact: Ethics, Politics and Practices Date: Tuesday 26th August 2014 Venue: Education Centre, Royal Geographical Society (RGS), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR Organised by RGS Research Groups: EGRG, DARG, SCGRG and PolGRG This workshop will take place on the day before the annual international conference of the RGS (with IBG). It brings... Continue Reading →
Launch of official website for the Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography
The official website for the Fourth Global Conference on Economic Geography is now live. The conference will be held in Oxford, UK, on 19-22 August 2015 under the title 'Mapping Economies in Transformation'. For more details, please visit http://www.gceg2015.org/, and do pass this information to interested colleagues.
Call For Papers: International Financial Centres and Regional Development (RGS-IBG 2014)
Call for Papers: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014, London, 26 to 29 August 2014 International Financial Centres and Regional Development Convenors: Sabine Dörry (University of Oxford) and Karen Lai (National University of Singapore) Financial activities form a global economic network that is distinctive in terms of its operation and impact, particularly in terms... Continue Reading →
EGRG sponsorship for RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2014
The RGS-IBG Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) will be sponsoring sessions at the conference and a call for sessions will be circulated shortly. Please note the deadline for proposing a session is 21st February 2014 and that conference booking will open in March 2014. To propose a session to be sponsored by the EGRG, please... Continue Reading →
7th Summer Institute in Economic Geography
Announcing the 7th Summer Institute in Economic Geography, Frankfurt, 20-26 July 2014 Details at: http://www.econgeog.net/index.html For early career researchers in economic geography, broadly defined. Local costs are covered; travel assistance available. This year's featured speakers: Brett Christophers (Uppsala), Susan Christopherson (Cornell), Mark Lorenzen (Copenhagen), Katharine Rankin (Toronto), and Marion Werner (Buffalo) Organizers: Marc Boeckler (Frankfurt) and... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 