Economic Geography Network Seminar Series 2023/24
10 July 2024, 5:00 pm鈥6:00 pm
Join seminars from the 香港六合彩 Economic Geography Network for presentations of recently completed work, work in progress and emerging research ideas within the field of Economic Geography.
Event Information
Open to
- 香港六合彩 staff | 香港六合彩 students
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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Jessica Ferm
Location
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CASA Room 106/107香港六合彩 Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis90 Tottenham Court RoadLondonW1T 4TJ
Established in February 2023, the Economic Geography Network brings together academics and PhD students across 香港六合彩 researching broadly in the field of Economic Geography or other related disciplines bringing听economics into conversation with the urban, and geography.听
The network is cross disciplinary and includes both quantitative and qualitative researchers including urban economists, human, urban and feminist geographers, planners, architects, urban sociologists, applied mathemeticians, spatial data scientists and statistical physicists. Members of the network are based across a range of 香港六合彩 Schools and Departments including the School of Geography, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP), Bartlett Schools of Planning, Architecture and Sustainable Construction, the Development Planning Unit and the Urban Lab, as well as Barlett Centres and Institutes including the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), Institute of Global Prosperity (IGP), Institute of Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), and Bartlett Real Estate Institute (BREI).
Over the academic year, the network is hosting a听series of internal seminars in the CASA seminar room.听The informal seminars include presentations of recently completed work, work in progress and emerging research ideas.听The seminars are below. Further dates will follow.
- 16 October 2023 | 12:00 | London Housing
London Housing听
12:00 - 13:00
Chair: Max Nathan (max.nathan@ucl.ac.uk)
厂辫别补办别谤蝉:听
- Jon Reades, CASA, 香港六合彩 鈥 鈥The People, Where Do They Go? Displacement and the regeneration of council estates鈥
- Jess Ferm & Mike Raco, The Bartlett School of Planning, 香港六合彩 鈥撎淏eyond entrepreneurialism: Revealing multiple logics of suburban housing development politics in London鈥听
- Sonia Freire Trigo, The Bartlett School of Planning, 香港六合彩 -听鈥淭he Governance and Regulation of Registered providers of Affordable Housing. Current and future trends鈥澨
- 15 November 2023 | 17:00 | Feminist Economic Geographies听
Feminist Economic Geographies听
17:00 - 18:00
Chair: Jess Ferm (j.ferm@ucl.ac.uk)
厂辫别补办别谤蝉:听
- Myfanwy Taylor, The Bartlett School of Planning, 香港六合彩 -听鈥淯rban economies with J.K. Gibson-Graham in mind鈥
- Amy Horton, School of Geography, 香港六合彩 -听鈥淯neven care economies: Comparing for-profit and not-for-profit care homes in the UK during COVID-19鈥澨
- Kate MacLean, The Bartlett Institute of Global Prosperity, 香港六合彩 -听鈥淧luri-economy: Rethinking economics from Bolivia's popular markets.鈥
The organisers welcome you to join them for a drink locally after the event.听听
- 15 January 2024 | 13:00 | Digital Nomadism
Digital Nomadism
13:00 - 14:00
Chair:听Jenny McArthur (jenny.mcarthur@ucl.ac.uk)
Title of PhD research project and presentation:听
NomadLands: Digital Nomadism, Geoarbitrage and Infrastructural Transformations
Biography:
Emanuele听Sciuva is a PhD candidate in Urban and Regional Development at DIST, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Currently, he鈥檚 on a visiting period at 香港六合彩 under the supervision of Sonia Arbaci. His research aims to critically examine the relationship between transnational labour mobility, housing and urban infrastructure in the context of a globalised, technology-driven labour market.
- 21 February 2024 | 17:00 | The Future of Economic Geography听
The Future of Economic Geography:听A Discussion with Henry Yeung听
This seminar will reflect on the state and future of economic geography. Professor Henry Yeung will present his recent intervention in , which suggests four themes for research: (geo)politics, economies, and space; remaking the global economy; worlds of work; and (un)sustainable global economic/environmental change.
The seminar will be followed by drinks and discussion.听
Biographies:
Henry Yeung is Professor in the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore. As one of the world鈥檚 leading academic experts in global production networks and the global economy, his research concerns theories and the geography of transnational corporations, East Asian firms, and developmental states. He has published seven monographs, most recently Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia (Stanford University Press, 2022) and Theory and Explanation in Geography (Wiley, 2023). He is a longstanding editor of two top journals in Geography, Economic Geography听and Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. His work has been recognised through multiple awards, including the Regional Studies Association's Sir Peter Hall Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field.听
Respondents:听
Lin-Fang Hsu has a background in urban planning and industrial policy. Her PhD research works on smart cities and regional industry evolution, with a broader range of research interests in technological innovation, high-tech industries and regional development. Before starting her PhD study, she worked as a consultant at the Nomura Research Institute and as an assistant researcher at an economic and industrial policy think tank in Taiwan.
Jonny Jones teaches human geography in the 香港六合彩 Department of Geography. He researches the political economy of the logistics sector, with a focus on challenges and opportunities for labour organising.
- 11 March 2024 | 13:00 | Innovation and Industrial Policy听
Innovation and Industrial Policy听
13:00 - 14:00
Chair: Lin-Fang Hsu (lin.hsu.13@ucl.ac.uk)
Multipliers from a major public sector relocation: the BBC moves to Salford -听Max Nathan, CASA, 香港六合彩
Smart City Policy as Industrial Policy in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan: Understanding Bureaucracy as a Site for Reproduction of State Capitalism -听Jung Won Sonn & Lin-Fang Hsu, The Bartlett School of Planning, 香港六合彩
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- 10听July听2024 | 17:00 | Thinking Labour in Economic Geography听
Thinking Labour in Economic Geography听
17:00 - 18:00 followed by summer social听
Thinking听social reproduction: workers in a dormitory labour regime -听Dr Hannah Schling, 香港六合彩 Geography听
How can workers win? Some reflections on dockworker organising -听Dr Jonny Jones, 香港六合彩 Geography听
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Image:听London City Island, Leamouth Peninsula