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Introduction to the AGM
Dariusz Wójcik, FinGeo Chair
Oxford University, UK
Email: dariusz.wojcik@spc.ox.ac.uk
Our mission
• The Global Network on Financial Geography (FinGeo) is
an open and interdisciplinary network of academics,
practitioners and experts interested in research on the
spatiality of money and finance and its implications for
the economy, society, and nature.
• Financial geography is MORE than geography of finance
• FinGeo operates as a global umbrella network for
research networks, groups and individuals, projects,
events and other activities that sustain and promote
research on financial geography and its benefits for the
society.
Origins and timeline of FinGeo
2010-13 2014-15 2015-16 Apr 2017-now
•RSA RN •Global Network •Funding from •Website
Geographies of idea RSA RN on •Working Paper
Finance and •Launch at 4GCEG Financial Series launch
Post-Socialist in Oxford, August Geography and •AGMs
Transformations 2015 European
Financial •FinGeo Spring
•Growing email- School and Global
list Geography
Network Seminar series
(EUFINGEO) •FinGeo
•International dissertation
Working Group prizes
•Executive
Committee
•Events series
FinGeo launch, 20 August, 2015, Oxford
Agenda
• Presentation of our work over the last year and
plans for the future:
• Governance & membership – Martin Sokol
• Funding – David Bassens
• Events – Karen Lai, Fenghua Pan, and Janelle Knox-Hayes
• Working Paper Series – Manuel Aalbers
• Links to members’ projects – Martin Sokol
• 2020 FinGeo Dissertation Prize – David Bassens
• General open discussion
Governance & membership
Martin Sokol, FinGeo Secretary
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Email: sokolm@tcd.ie
Governance & membership
• 16 Founding members (2015)
• Members: 700+ worldwide!
• Annual General Meeting (AGM)
• FinGeo Regional Ambassadors
• FinGeo Executive Committee
16 Founding members (2015)
http://www.fingeo.net/founding-members/
FinGeo – born in 2015 Membership: • Aug 2015: 150 • Dec 2015: 220 • Dec 2016: 266 • Apr 2017: 300 • July 2018: 470 • Aug 2019: over 600 • Sept 2020: over 700! …covering all continents
To join FinGeo:
• Go to “Join Us”: http://www.fingeo.net/join-us/
N et w o rk
F i n G eo
F REE ( N N N o)
s l e tter
New
FinGeo Regional Ambassadors:
http://www.fingeo.net/regional-ambassadors/
FinGeo Regional Ambassadors: http://www.fingeo.net/regional-ambassadors/ • North America (USA & Canada): Janelle Knox-Hayes • South America: Fabio Contel • Eastern Europe: Zoltan Gal • Asia: Fenghua Pan (China) & Karen Lai (rest of Asia) • Australia, New Zealand and Oceania: Thomas Sigler • Africa: Stefan Ouma • Middle East: Michael Ewers FinGeo Regional Ambassadors: Fabio Contel (South America) Sao Paulo, Brazil 2019
FinGeo Regional Ambassadors:
Asia: Fenghua Pan & Karen Lai
Beijing, China, 2019 – 1st FinGeo Global Conference
FinGeo Regional Ambassadors:
Zoltan Gal
(Eastern Europe)
FinGeo Executive Committee 2019-2020:
http://www.fingeo.net/executive-committee/
FinGeo Executive Committee 2019-2020:
• Chair: Dariusz Wójcik (Oxford)
• Secretary: Martin Sokol (Trinity College Dublin)
• Treasurer: David Bassens (VUB Brussels)
• Communications Officers:
Theodor Cojoianu (UCD, now QUB)
Janelle Knox-Hayes (MIT)
• Working Paper Series Editors:
Manuel Aalbers (KU Leuven)
Sabine Dörry (LISER, Luxembourg)
• Events Coordinators:
Karen Lai (Durham University)
Fenghua Pan (Beijing Normal University)
FinGeo Executive Committee 2020+ … Join us!
FinGeo Executive Committee in Cologne, Germany – July 2018
Funding strategy
David Bassens, FinGeo Treasurer
Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
Email: david.bassens@vub.ac.beFUNDING Strategy
• Current Resources:
• European Financial Geography Network (VUB)
• FinGeo Network Grant (Regional Studies Association)
• Initiatives:
• Digitization via co-funding for FinGeo digital workshops,
seminars, special sessions, etc.
• Career advancement via Doctoral Dissertation Prize: Early
Career Keynotes + €500 prize money; fourth edition in 2020
• Training and community building: Co-funding FinGeo Spring
School (3-yearly event, next one Spring 2021)
• Continuity & Consolidation
• National grant schemes either in networking or research
• International network grant applications
Events
Karen Lai, FinGeo Events Coordinator
Durham University, UK
Email: karen.lai@durham.ac.uk
Fenghua Pan, FinGeo Events Coordinator
Beijing Normal University
Email: panfenghua@bnu.edu.cnPast Events 1st FinGeo Global Conference
• Beijing Normal University,
15-18 September 2019Past Events • FinGeo Forum (8th & 9th July 2020) Forthcoming Events • FinGeo online workshop: ‘Evolving Geographies of FinTech’ • FinGeo Online Seminar Series (starting Jan 2021) • FinGeo Spring/Summer School 2021
FinGeo 2021 School
Janelle Knox-Hayes, FinGeo
Communications Officer
MIT, Cambridge, USA
Email: jankh@mit.edu
Working Paper Series
Manuel Aalbers, FinGeo WPS Editor
KU Leuven, Belgium
Email: Manuel.Aalbers@kuleuven.be
Sabine Dörry, FinGeo WPS Editor
LISER, Luxembourg
Email: sabine.doerry@liser.luWorking Paper Series
• Original aim: minimum of 6-8 papers in first year; 10 papers
in subsequent years
• 2017: 9
• 2018: 11
• 2019: 4
• 2020: 2 (+ 1 forthcoming)
• After a good start, we are now lagging behind our goal
• Increasingly, journal editors are against papers being
published as a WP first
• Even when editors don’t voice this, potential authors seem to
think that publishing a WP would preclude them from
submitting the paper to a journal (which shouldn’t be the
case)
FinGeo “Projects” pageFinGeo… Research/Projects
http://www.fingeo.net/projects/
• Please send us info about your projects!
• Deadline: 30th Oct 2020
• Email Martin sokolm@tcd.ie and Darek
dariusz.wojcik@spc.ox.ac.uk
• see FinGeo NNNo 193 for more details
FinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2020
• 9 applications: 2-7 female/male applicants, less balanced than
other years (covid-19?)
• Disciplinary diversity (geographers, historians, economists, …): we
cherish this but ask for a clear spatial component and a key
contribution to financial geography
• Review process by the board and regional ambassadors
evaluating originality in relation to state of the art, soundness
and novelty of the methodology, empirical nuance, and general
style of the manuscript
• General appraisal: excellent quality across the board stressing the
vibrancy and talent of our Early Career scholarsFinGeo Doctoral Dissertation Prize 2020
This year’s winner is…
Vincent Guermond
Queen Mary University of London
Contesting new ‘development frontiers’:
The uneven financial incorporation of remittance flows
and households in Senegal and Ghana
In summary:
• Join our email-list on
www.fingeo.net
• Join our forthcoming events
• Submit Working Papers and blogs
• Share your project link through our website
• Share your ideas for future FinGeo activities
• Watch out for vacancies and new roles on the
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