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 →
‘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 →
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 →
Keynote lecture at MOE Social Studies Seminar 2013
I will be delivering a keynote lecture at the MOE Social Studies Seminar (along with Associate Professor Shandre M. Thangavelu, Department of Economics, NUS), on the topic of Singapore's economic development. This is an invitation-only event for MOE teachers. * * * Social Studies Symposium Revisiting Singapore’s Strategies for Economic Development in a Globalising World... Continue Reading →
EAI seminar: Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in China’s financial centre network (22 March 2013)
EAI Seminar Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in China’s financial centre network 上海, 北京和香港在中国的金融中心网络 Dr Karen Lai 黎碧瑶 (Department of Geography, National University of Singapore) 22 March 2013, 3:30pm-5:00pm EAI Conference Room NUS Bukit Timah Campus 469A Bukit Timah Road Tower Block #06-01 Singapore 259770 Abstract: Applying a network approach to the question of competition... Continue Reading →
BES Seminar on ‘Environment and Development in Africa’
NUS Bachelor of Environmental Studies (BES) Seminar Series ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Hosted by:Dr Joanna Coleman, BES Lecturer Speaker: Prof David Taylor (Geography, NUS) Date: 25 January 2013, Friday Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm Venue: National University of Singapore, Faculty of Science, Blk S16, Level 3, Lecture Theatre 31 More details are in the poster... Continue Reading →
CFP: Integrating finance into Global Production Networks (RGS-IBG 2013)
Call for papers: RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, 28-30th August 2013 Session title: Integrating finance into Global Production Networks Organisers: Neil M. Coe (National University of Singapore), Karen Lai (National University of Singapore) and Dariusz Wójcik (Oxford University). First coined in 2002, the Global Production Network (GPN) approach has inspired a large body of literature, with... Continue Reading →
IMMF visitor: Dariusz Wójcik
The NUS Department of Geography is pleased to host Dr Dariusz Wójcik (Oxford) as Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship (IMMF) visiting fellow from the period of 19 November to 8 December 2012. His research focuses on economic geography, corporate governance, and finance. If you wish to meet with Dr Wójcik during his visit, please do contact... Continue Reading →
Department of Geography Seminar Series: Thomas Sigler
Panama City: Singapore of the Americas? Thomas Sigler School of Geography, Planning, and Environmental Management at the University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia Date: Friday, 2 November 2012 Time: 3.30 – 5.00 pm Venue: Earth Lab (AS2 02-03) Department of Geography, NUS Abstract: Panama City is the primate city and capital of the eponymous country... Continue Reading →
Karen P.Y. Lai 