Callum Ward
callumny.bsky.social
Callum Ward
@callumny.bsky.social
Lecturer in Valuation and Governance, University of Sheffield
Early career editor ‪@financeandspace.bsky.social‬
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Global Corridor newsletter 6 is out now covering...

BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism...

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Global Corridor #6
BlackRock’s $80bn investment in power/data, Africa's largest mining project, podcast on the global infra race, Dutch semiconductor move, docker struggles in history, special economic zone urbanism...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Dear Colleagues,

On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).

sase.org/events/2026-...

Deadline: December 16th
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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URBAN POLITICS OF TRUTH AND WEALTH
- New Urban Radar podcast available now... 🙊 💰

In this month's episode Tom and Beth are joined by Dr Katie Pruszynski and Rowland Atkinson to examine the impacts of political and wealth elites on urban life.

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July 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Successfully co-organized a 2-day workshop on the theme of Valuation, Space & Power this week, bringing together a brilliant group of scholars in Sheffield. Thank you to all the participants and fellow organizers @callumny.bsky.social @richmgoulding.bsky.social @adamleaver.bsky.social & Dan Tischer!
June 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🚨New in Finance & Space 🚨

Eric Helleiner delivers a tour de force analysis of international finance amid polycrisis, encompassing:

🌍 Pandemic
🚩 Geopolitical conflict
🔥 Climate crisis
💱 Geoeconomic fragmentation
💣 Impending financial crisis?

Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
International finance and the global polycrisis
It has become commonplace to suggest that we are living through a kind of ‘global polycrisis’. This article shows how the mobilisation of international finance has been at the core of political res...
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June 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Starting our second day with an opening talk by Valbona Muzaka of Uppsala University on how assets are made through the 'alchemy' of international investment law
June 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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This week, I was in Sheffield for the WS on @valspacepower.bsky.social. Met many ECRs interested in how economic value is constructed, where it is located, and who captures it. Thanks to Callum Ward, @adamleaver.bsky.social, @richmgoulding.bsky.social and @eyeofraf.bsky.social for the organisation!
June 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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This was such a fun and stimulating workshop. Thank you to the whole organisational team and all the presenters - I learnt lots and enjoyed my trip to Sheffield 🙏
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Amazing opening keynote yesterday by Mary Robertson at our 2-day Valuation, Space and Power workshop!
Mary Robertson as our first keynote, arguing for the need to critically develop Marxist categories of rent when analysing the built environment
June 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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For more on our collective research project, we also have a substack 👀 valspacepower.substack.com/p/valuation-...
Valuation, Space & Power
A new research agenda
valspacepower.substack.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM