Finance & Space

How does finance shape geopolitical power? Our new Finance & Space special collection brings together work examining how financial systems underpin contemporary state power and global competition. Browse the collection here: tandfonline.com/journals/rfas2…

Where does debt-driven growth actually happen? New research in Finance & Space finds it may not be where debt is taken on, but elsewhere in the system. Read James Wood's 'The spatial dynamics of America’s debt-driven growth model' here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Why are international finance centres absent from debates on post-carbon transitions? Sabine Dörry makes a timely call for forensic research into the institutional structures through which IFCs constrain rapid and just transitions. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/283311…

New in Finance and Space: Daniel Robins on how Venezuelan migrants repurpose US FinTech for remittances. A striking case of monetary pluralism from the ground up. Open access here: doi.org/10.1080/283311…

🚨 Check out Finance and Space's inaugural themed collection 🚨 These articles on Climate Governance and finace examine how risks become assets, adaptation becomes transparency, and intermediaries reshape who controls climate planning: tandfonline.com/journals/rfas2…

How is law used to make voluntary carbon markets liquid? Lukas Bogner traces how UNIDROIT's standardisation of carbon credits reshapes property rights in the Global South and drives jurisdictional competition in the Global North. Open access here: doi.org/10.1080/283311…

Do tax incentives attract foreign investment or just signal that a government is trying? Sudiana, Jones and Wren survey of 224 foreign-owned plants in Indonesia find that labour costs drive location but incentives don't. Full paper: doi.org/10.1080/283311…

Where do green financial flows land? Why does green finance land where it does? What does it produce when it “hits the ground”? Find out in our new special issue on 'Green finance and capital landing' edited by Antoine Ducastel & Bregje Van Veelen: tandfonline.com/journals/rfas2…

NEW in Finance and Space: How does Singapore maintain its position as Asia's trade & finance hub amid net-zero transitions? Emma Galbraith and Javier Revilla Diez reveal mechanisms of extraterritorial agency in leveraging SE Asia's assets tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How did ESG go from BlackRock's mainstream opportunity to a political battlefield? Christiansen et al's new commentary maps the anti-ESG backlash: 418 legislative proposals, $12B in divested funds, and the rise of explicitly anti-ESG investment products. #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New in Finance and Space: Alexander Kristiansen & Patrik Ström shows how DeFi mirrors offshore finance with arbitrage, opacity, and power concentrated in new hands 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/283311…

Has DeFi really decentralised real estate? Ang Liu’s new article in Finance & Space shows the Aspen Coin case mostly recentralises ownership rather than democratising it: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/283311…

🗞️ New in Finance and Space: ECB’s QE didn’t realign Eurozone finance but fuelled capital switching abroad. What does this mean for Europe’s financial sovereignty? Access David Bassens & Duncan Lindo latest here: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/283311…

📣 Special Issue Call for Papers: "Multi-Level Phenomena in Financial Geography: Hierarchies, Systems, and Reflexivity" organised by Franziska Sohns: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues… Submit your abstracts by 31st December

💸 New in Finance & Space: Synthetic data + decentralised finance = new data assets, new power. Ludovico Rella shows how banks are using blockchain and federated learning to turn our data (and its risks) into monetisable synthetic datasets. 🔗tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Who gets climate finance, who gets shut out? New Finance & Space article from Poon, Robinson & Peng shows donor networks favour less-vulnerable, well-connected countries, while highly climate-vulnerable nations struggle to access funds. #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🏘️ NEW PAPER: How are housing booms & busts synchronized globally? Hong and Wójcik's study of 51 countries reveals gloabl power asymmetries persist. 📖 Read in Finance and Space: doi.org/10.1080/283311…

🖼️ FINVIS: Ruth Buck, Emily Rosenman and Louisa Holmes visualise Purdue Pharma's corporate ownersihp structure: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Their interactive diagram allows users to investigate the financial processes beneath the opioid epidemic: rkbuck1.github.io/finviz/

In critical dialogue with Nick Bernards’ recent book, 'Fictions of Financialization: Rethinking Speculation, Exploitation, and Twenty-First-Century Capitalism'

New in Finance & Space! 📢 Why does financialisation happen — and who benefits? Hannah Hasenberger digs into the politics behind state financialisation #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…