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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · 15d

Latin America is the most crisis-prone region in the world. But why?

In this new Finance & Space article, Belén Villegas Plá argues it is not just weak institutions but financial subordination driving political volatility.

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 27

Got sharp insights on the shifting financial landscape?

In addition to original research articles, we accept submissions on a rolling basis for:

📝 Short-form commentaries
📊 FinVis – innovative visualizations that bring finance to life

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International finance and the global polycrisis

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨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....

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...

Bank branch closures and SME economic activity in Slovakia: good servant but a bad master?

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 16

RSA Award for Finance & Space Best Paper 2025 goes to...🥁 ...

Andreas Noelke, Goethe University, 'Private institutions in infrastructural geoeconomics: limits to the rise of emerging economies in global finance'🏆

Read this pathbreaking article here: doi.org/10.1080/2833...

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 13

Maria Siranova explores the relationship between bank branch closures and labour productivity in Slovakian SMEs

New article out now in Finance & Space: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We investigate the impact of bank branch closures on labour productivity in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector in Slovakia over the 2016–2019 period. We use a staggered difference-i...

Building and protecting assets in the spaces of climate risk-making

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 6

FinTech meets forest restoration. But does the innovation match the hype?

Felicia Liu, Benjamin Thompson and Jack L. Harris explore the rise of ‘FinTech for Forests’ 🌳A must-read for those tracking the green turn in finance.

New in Finance & Space: doi.org/10.1080/2833...

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John Hogan Morris @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social · Jun 4

Another must read article out form Rob Aitken www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... this one in @financeandspace.bsky.social Bravo!

In this paper, I explore two cases of climate financialisation: micro-insurance for climate uncertainty among the global poor, as well as attempts to rescue asset value via investor-state dispute m...

Building and protecting assets in the spaces of climate risk-making

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Jun 4

How do financial actors turn climate chaos into durable assets - and what happens when those assets crack under pressure?

Rob Aitken’s new paper traces the politics of climate risk, from micro-insurance to ISDS.

Out now in Finance and Space: doi.org/10.1080/2833...

In this paper, I explore two cases of climate financialisation: micro-insurance for climate uncertainty among the global poor, as well as attempts to rescue asset value via investor-state dispute m...

Navigating regional transformation: a collection of journal articles illustrating the theme of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference - RSA Main

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A/Prof Kate Booth @incollapse.bsky.social · May 30

Great to have our paper selected!

Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 6

Two Finance & Space articles have been selected in @regstud.bsky.social 's curated special collection 'Navigating Regional Transformation'! Access the collection here:

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As part of the RSA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this curated collection of previously published articles from the RSA’s journals highlights the contribution of regional research to policy…

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RSA Blog @rsablog.bsky.social · May 15

Calling the RSA community for fresh perspectives 📢
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@regionalstudies.bsky.social @financeandspace.bsky.social
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Let’s shape the future of regions together 🌎✍️

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 9

'We don’t want to be colonialism 2.0'

New Finance & Space article from Sam Unsworth investigates VC investment in climate technology startups for Africa: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 6

The other is Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma on the uneven financial geographies of Kenya's 'Silicone Savannah'

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 6

The first is Kate Booth and Grace Martini on the spatial dynamics of the challenges climate change poses for the insurance industry: www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...

Navigating regional transformation: a collection of journal articles illustrating the theme of the 2025 RSA Annual Conference - RSA Main

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 6

Two Finance & Space articles have been selected in @regstud.bsky.social 's curated special collection 'Navigating Regional Transformation'! Access the collection here:

www.regionalstudies.org/news/navigat...

As part of the RSA’s 60th anniversary celebrations, this curated collection of previously published articles from the RSA’s journals highlights the contribution of regional research to policy…

www.regionalstudies.org

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · May 1

Who gets to shape renewable energy projects — and who gets left out?

Alain Nadaï, Pascal Grouiez & Arnaud Assié show how different forms of renewable energy and their financing enatil different modes of territorialisation.

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Assembling renewable energy resources: materiality, financing and territorialisation

This paper explores the relationship between the processes through which renewable energy (RE) resources are developed, the types of financing used for RE projects, and the relations these projects...

Renewables in the queue: capital landing and the present crisis in power transmission

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Apr 29

New article 📣 "Renewables in the queue: capital landing and the present crisis in power transmission" by Sara Knuth and Jessie Ventrella

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As renewable energy investment continues to boom internationally, where this capital is landing – and, conversely, where and why it is failing to land – are equally important questions. This paper ...

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Regional Studies Association @regstud.bsky.social · Apr 28

Counting down to #RSA2025 and we are delighted to share a collection of free-to-access articles from across our journals www.regionalstudies.org/news/navigat...

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Apr 25

📣 Finance & Space's Annual Lecture 2024 'The Waterworks of Money' from Martijn van der Linden, Thomas Bollen and Carlijn Kingma, online now:

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Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Apr 10

Discuss: "The connectivity of the global city network of firms suggests that any movement toward de-globalisation would be challenging in practice. Clear evidence of regionalisation within the network suggests that regional blocs may withstand global turmoil..."

Building the de-risking state: power, policy and Canada’s Social Finance Fund

Finance & Space @financeandspace.bsky.social · Apr 10

📣 New FinVis 'The Global City Network of Firms' from Yue Wang, Thomas Sigler & Julia Loginova: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.bsky.social · Apr 7

'Building the de-risking state' is now open access on @financeandspace.bsky.social.

In it we examine the careful political work of building what @danielagabor.bsky.social and Sylla call a 'derisking consensus' in sectors with social/green logics.

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The Canadian social finance market received a significant boost in 2018 when the Federal Government announced a $755 million (CAD) Social Finance Fund (SFF). Despite rhetoric painting private finan...