Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Finance
Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Finance
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The Second Global Financial Geography (FinGeo) Conference and the Third FinGeo School
A Global Research Forum at the National University of Singapore
24 - 25 February 2025 (School)
26 - 28 February 2025 (Conference)
We welcome early career scholars to the Third FinGeo School on financial geography, and invite all scholars to discuss the geopolitics and geoeconomics of finance from interdisciplinary perspectives at the Second Global FinGeo Conference in the form of plenaries, paper presentations, and panels. These perspectives include but are not limited to: geography, political economy, political science, geopolitics, financial economics, and development studies.
Important dates:
1 June 2024 FinGeo School applications open
31 August 2024 FinGeo School applications close
1 September 2024 Conference registration, abstract and panel submission open
30 November 2024 Conference registration, abstract and panel submission close
1 June 2024
FinGeo School applications open
31 August 2024
FinGeo School applications close
1 September 2024
Conference registration, abstract and panel submission open
30 November 2024
Conference registration, abstract and panel submission close
Rationale:
As Max Weber wrote in 1920 ‘money is a weapon in the struggle for economic existence’. This applies at all scales, from individuals, through social groups, firms, to nations and the Earth as a whole. Arguably, the existence of the planet and humanity now depends on whether and how money can be governed in ways to promote social and environmental justice. Weber’s quote epitomizes the inseparable relationship between finance and politics.
We invite you to a global event dedicated to the geopolitics and geoeconomics of finance. The 5-day event would start with a 2-day FinGeo School for early career scholars from around the world, followed by a 3-day Global FinGeo Conference. It would build on the success of the first global financial geography conference held in Beijing 2019, and early career financial geography events held in Brussels, 2018, and at MIT, 2021. The time is ripe to debate this topic. The US-China trade war and the war in Ukraine reshape the global political, economic, and financial landscape. Efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and net zero emissions are hampered by failures to reach and fund international initiatives. Singapore is right in the middle of these processes, as a leading financial centre, and part of the new Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership between ASEAN and other Asia-Pacific countries.
The key themes of the conference will include, but are not confined to:
- Coupling, decoupling, and recoupling in global financial networks
- Geopolitics of financial infrastructures
- Hegemonic stability or instability in global finance
- Illicit financial flows and networks
- Platform economies and AI technology in global finance
- Politics of sustainable financial development
- Climate finance and carbon colonialism
- Financial inclusion, precarity, and debt
The event will contribute to interdisciplinary dialogue on these topical matters among scholars from the Global South and the Global North. It will nurture dialogues between early career and senior researchers. It will facilitate future research initiatives and international connections, and lead to special issues in journals and grant applications.
Organising Committee
Advisory Board
Collaborating organisations
Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, National University of Singapore
Global Network on Financial Geography
Finance & Space Journal
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Territory, Politics, Governance Journal
DIJ-ARI Asian Infrastructures Research Partnership
Regional Studies Association
Venues
NUS Department of Geography
(School, 24-25 February 2025)
NUS Shaw Foundation Alumni House
(26-28 February 2025)
Accommodation
Below is a non-exhaustive list of accommodation recommendations that you may consider due to their proximity to NUS. They are arranged in alphabetical order.
$$ - Citadines Connect Rochester Singapore
1 Rochester Park, Singapore 139212
From SGD$200/night
$$ - Citadines Science Park Singapore
7 Science Park Drive, Geneo, Singapore 119316
From SGD$172.50/night
$ - Fragrance Hotel - Ocean View
432 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 118773
From SGD$130/night
$ - ibis budget Singapore West Coast
418 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 118759
From SGD137/night
$ - lyf one-north
80 Nepal Park, Singapore 139409
From SGD128/night
$$$ - Oasia Residence, Singapore
123 West Coast Crescent, Singapore 126779
From SGD300/night
$$$ - Park Avenue Rochester
31 Rochester Dr, Singapore 138637
From SGD238/night
$ The Quay Hotel West Coast
428 Pasir Panjang Rd, Singapore 118769
From SGD128/night
Funding support
We plan to charge a small registration fee for the conference and offer funding support for early career scholars from under-represented groups and regions. Details will follow.
Contact
Have a question or feedback? Email us directly at fingeo@nus.edu.sg.