Karen P.Y. Lai
@karenpylai.bsky.social
professor of economic geography | deputy editor-in-chief @financeandspace.bsky.social | editor of economic geography | money & finance | fintech | data centres | financial centres | Asia
Another doctoral viva completed! 🎉 A pleasure to examine William Bratton's DPhil (Oxford) thesis on 'The Geographies of Financial Information and Knowledge: A Study of Sell-side Equity Research' with Elena Pierard. Congratulations to Dr Bratton, and cheers to an extra special weekend! 🥂
March 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Another doctoral viva completed! 🎉 A pleasure to examine William Bratton's DPhil (Oxford) thesis on 'The Geographies of Financial Information and Knowledge: A Study of Sell-side Equity Research' with Elena Pierard. Congratulations to Dr Bratton, and cheers to an extra special weekend! 🥂
Excellent closing plenary by Emma Mawdsley at #FinGeo Conference, on aid and d/Development under Trump. Difficult questions about aid-industrial complex, shutdown of USAID, rupture but also continuities of criticisms of #Development. Rounding off a fantastic 3 days of financial geography discussion.
February 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Excellent closing plenary by Emma Mawdsley at #FinGeo Conference, on aid and d/Development under Trump. Difficult questions about aid-industrial complex, shutdown of USAID, rupture but also continuities of criticisms of #Development. Rounding off a fantastic 3 days of financial geography discussion.
Superb pair of sessions at #FinGeo conference today on teaching financial geography. Very thought provoking and useful to think about how we teach, purposes, different countries and student profiles, materials and activities etc.
February 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Superb pair of sessions at #FinGeo conference today on teaching financial geography. Very thought provoking and useful to think about how we teach, purposes, different countries and student profiles, materials and activities etc.
Job done! 🎉 Official handover to the new #FinGeo leadership at the conference today. It was great hearing the reflections from outgoing leadership and visions from the new leadership team. In other news, we seem to have adopted a new FinGeo mascot — Figgy the Piggy!
February 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Job done! 🎉 Official handover to the new #FinGeo leadership at the conference today. It was great hearing the reflections from outgoing leadership and visions from the new leadership team. In other news, we seem to have adopted a new FinGeo mascot — Figgy the Piggy!
Fantastic first day at the 2nd #FinGeo Global Conference in Singapore. Such a delight to see so many old friends and also new faces. Good food, good chats, stimulating sessions. More tomorrow please!
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Fantastic first day at the 2nd #FinGeo Global Conference in Singapore. Such a delight to see so many old friends and also new faces. Good food, good chats, stimulating sessions. More tomorrow please!
Fantastic opening plenary by Eric Helleiner at 2nd #FinGeo Global Conference on ‘Geopolitics & Geoeconomics of Finance’. Delicate work in pulling together different strands of pandemic, geopolitical, climate, and geoeconomic shifts, and how finance is central to this conjectural global polycrisis.
February 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Fantastic opening plenary by Eric Helleiner at 2nd #FinGeo Global Conference on ‘Geopolitics & Geoeconomics of Finance’. Delicate work in pulling together different strands of pandemic, geopolitical, climate, and geoeconomic shifts, and how finance is central to this conjectural global polycrisis.
Great to meet such diverse and engaging group of researchers at the 3rd #FinGeo School this afternoon in Singapore. Stimulating discussions on #publishing for early career researchers and how to generate #ResearchImpacts across various domains. @regstud.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
February 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Great to meet such diverse and engaging group of researchers at the 3rd #FinGeo School this afternoon in Singapore. Stimulating discussions on #publishing for early career researchers and how to generate #ResearchImpacts across various domains. @regstud.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
🇸🇬Shipping containers and high rise buildings as plane approaches Singapore. This view never gets old 💗 Hope I get over jet lag in time for the 3rd #FinGeo School and 2nd FinGeo Global Conference!
February 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
🇸🇬Shipping containers and high rise buildings as plane approaches Singapore. This view never gets old 💗 Hope I get over jet lag in time for the 3rd #FinGeo School and 2nd FinGeo Global Conference!
A pleasure to host Vladimír Pažitka for a seminar at @geogdurham.bsky.social Fascinating insights into how the ‘Atlas of Finance’ came together, the team, ideas and processes behind the amazing visuals. Co-hosted with Durham Centre for Visual Arts & Culture.
February 12, 2025 at 11:02 PM
A pleasure to host Vladimír Pažitka for a seminar at @geogdurham.bsky.social Fascinating insights into how the ‘Atlas of Finance’ came together, the team, ideas and processes behind the amazing visuals. Co-hosted with Durham Centre for Visual Arts & Culture.
Such fun to have some of my Chinese PhD students and colleagues over to celebrate lunar new year. Yusheng is a specific Singaporean/Malaysian tradition. Rather pleased with my homemade version. Lo hei! 捞起！风生水起！好运连连！🥢🥳🧧🍊
February 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Such fun to have some of my Chinese PhD students and colleagues over to celebrate lunar new year. Yusheng is a specific Singaporean/Malaysian tradition. Rather pleased with my homemade version. Lo hei! 捞起！风生水起！好运连连！🥢🥳🧧🍊
Progress report 'Financial geography II - Green finance and climate transition' is now online (open access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With thanks to Sabine Dörry, @saraheknuth.bsky.social and Felicia Liu for useful discussion and suggestions.
January 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Progress report 'Financial geography II - Green finance and climate transition' is now online (open access): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... With thanks to Sabine Dörry, @saraheknuth.bsky.social and Felicia Liu for useful discussion and suggestions.
To those celebrating next week: warm wishes to you for the coming lunar new year! 🐍
🧧幸福安康 Wishing you happiness and good health
🧧萬事如愿May all your wishes be fulfilled
🧧幸福安康 Wishing you happiness and good health
🧧萬事如愿May all your wishes be fulfilled
January 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
To those celebrating next week: warm wishes to you for the coming lunar new year! 🐍
🧧幸福安康 Wishing you happiness and good health
🧧萬事如愿May all your wishes be fulfilled
🧧幸福安康 Wishing you happiness and good health
🧧萬事如愿May all your wishes be fulfilled
⏳Final day to submit your abstract for this session on 'FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life'. Please email me (karen.lai@durham.ac.uk) or Gordon Tan (kuosiong_tan@sutd.edu.sg) by end of today (24 Jan). We will confirm acceptance into the session on 27 Jan.
January 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
⏳Final day to submit your abstract for this session on 'FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life'. Please email me (karen.lai@durham.ac.uk) or Gordon Tan (kuosiong_tan@sutd.edu.sg) by end of today (24 Jan). We will confirm acceptance into the session on 27 Jan.
📣Extended deadline📣 #GCEG2025 Call for Papers on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' now has new abstract deadline of 24 Jan 2025. Please share with your networks!🙌
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January 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
📣Extended deadline📣 #GCEG2025 Call for Papers on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' now has new abstract deadline of 24 Jan 2025. Please share with your networks!🙌
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Listening to 🎄Christmas carols 🎄and getting on with 🧧Chinese new year🧧 writing. Strange combination but needs must! Very early new year for the Year of the Snake, falling on 29 January 2025. Hoping to post to family in Singapore in the next few days.
December 16, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Listening to 🎄Christmas carols 🎄and getting on with 🧧Chinese new year🧧 writing. Strange combination but needs must! Very early new year for the Year of the Snake, falling on 29 January 2025. Hoping to post to family in Singapore in the next few days.
Very pleased to have contributed to this govt research on #AI & #energy security, giving evidence from our #DataCenter project. Infrastructure like DCs are often overlooked in AI debates.
Link to full report post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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December 13, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Very pleased to have contributed to this govt research on #AI & #energy security, giving evidence from our #DataCenter project. Infrastructure like DCs are often overlooked in AI debates.
Link to full report post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
@geogdurham.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social
Link to full report post.parliament.uk/research-bri...
@geogdurham.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social
Some may wonder, "Where is the 2nd progress report?" This was much delayed because, well, life... But Financial Geography II should be appearing online soon, on "Green Finance and Climate Transition".
#financialgeography #greenfinance #climatefinance #sustainablefinance #climate
#financialgeography #greenfinance #climatefinance #sustainablefinance #climate
December 11, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Some may wonder, "Where is the 2nd progress report?" This was much delayed because, well, life... But Financial Geography II should be appearing online soon, on "Green Finance and Climate Transition".
#financialgeography #greenfinance #climatefinance #sustainablefinance #climate
#financialgeography #greenfinance #climatefinance #sustainablefinance #climate
Thrilled that my first @geogdurham.bsky.social PhD student is now Dr Fang Cheng! 🎉🎉🎉 High-five to co-supervisor @paullangley.bsky.social and thanks to examiners Mike Crang and Darek Wojcik!
December 10, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Thrilled that my first @geogdurham.bsky.social PhD student is now Dr Fang Cheng! 🎉🎉🎉 High-five to co-supervisor @paullangley.bsky.social and thanks to examiners Mike Crang and Darek Wojcik!
Day out in York to give a seminar and for research discussions. Really enjoyed giving a paper jointly written with my PhD students Jing Chu and Cheng Fang on central bank digital currencies. I didn’t have time to go to the Christmas market *sob* But it was a productive day otherwise.
December 3, 2024 at 11:13 PM
Day out in York to give a seminar and for research discussions. Really enjoyed giving a paper jointly written with my PhD students Jing Chu and Cheng Fang on central bank digital currencies. I didn’t have time to go to the Christmas market *sob* But it was a productive day otherwise.
📢 #GCEG2025 Call for Papers📢
Gordon Tan and I are organising a paper session on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' at the 7th GCEG, 4-8 June 2025, Clark University.
Please submit abstracts by 7 Jan 2025 and share with your networks 🙌
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Gordon Tan and I are organising a paper session on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' at the 7th GCEG, 4-8 June 2025, Clark University.
Please submit abstracts by 7 Jan 2025 and share with your networks 🙌
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/sol...
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 PM
📢 #GCEG2025 Call for Papers📢
Gordon Tan and I are organising a paper session on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' at the 7th GCEG, 4-8 June 2025, Clark University.
Please submit abstracts by 7 Jan 2025 and share with your networks 🙌
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/sol...
Gordon Tan and I are organising a paper session on '#FinTech and Geographies of Everyday Life' at the 7th GCEG, 4-8 June 2025, Clark University.
Please submit abstracts by 7 Jan 2025 and share with your networks 🙌
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/sol...
After the very light dusting earlier this week, we woke up to a good inch on the ground and heavy snowfall still continuing❄️❄️❄️ But set for 7 degrees later today so should all melt soon. Enjoying the pretty views while they last #durham #northeastengland #stormbert
November 23, 2024 at 8:15 AM
After the very light dusting earlier this week, we woke up to a good inch on the ground and heavy snowfall still continuing❄️❄️❄️ But set for 7 degrees later today so should all melt soon. Enjoying the pretty views while they last #durham #northeastengland #stormbert