Event date:
19.06.2026, 10:00 - 16:00
The seminar aims to introduce financial geography as a new and rapidly developing field at the intersection of finance and economic geography. The discussion will focus on the spatial structure of financial systems, the location of capital flows, and regional differences in access to finance and exposure to financial risk, including climate risk. The event will bring together invited scholars from economics and geography to create a platform for interdisciplinary discussion on the spatial dimensions of contemporary finance.
A keynote lecture will be delivered by Professor Dariusz Wójcik (National University of Singapore), who will present the “Atlas of Finance” project and its global perspective on financial networks and capital concentration.
The seminar will be held entirely in English and will support both national and international research cooperation in financial geography.
Programme
Opening remarks (10:00–10:15)
- Dr hab. Dorota Niedziółka, prof. SGH, Vice-Rector for Development at SGH Warsaw School of Economics and Head of the Department of Economic Geography
Session I (10:15–11:30)
- Paweł Węgrzyn, SGH Warsaw School of Economics - From Finance to Space. An Introduction to Financial Geography
- Stefanos Ioannou, Oxford Brookes Business School - Small Business Lending in Small Islands: Evidence from the Edge of Scotland
- Silvia Grandi, University of Bologna - The Impact of Savings Banks and Banking Foundations in Italy and Their Relationship with Sustainable Finance and Territorial Development
- Tamara Zambiasi, University of São Paulo - From Utility to Asset: Financialization as Process and Technique in Brazil’s Water Sector
Coffee break (11:30–12:00)
Session II (12:00–13:30)
- Franziska Sohns, Anglia Ruskin University, FinGeo Chair - FinGeo: The Global Network of Financial Geography
- Maciej Gurbała, SGH Warsaw School of Economics - Financialization in Agriculture
- Swisa Pongpech, University of Oxford - Bank Practices and SMEs Decarbonisation in Southeast Asia
- Nakul Gupta, Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon - Radar vs. Representation: Comparing SAR and Geo-Foundational Embeddings for Sub-City Credit Risk Assessment
- Łukasz Kurowski, SGH Warsaw School of Economics, University of Warsaw - Climate Risk and Financial Stability: A Geographical Perspective
Light lunch (13:30–14:30)
Session III – Keynote Lecture (14:30–16:00)
- Dariusz Wójcik, National University of Singapore - Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money
Financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the “Regional Excellence Initiative” Programme.
Type of event:
seminar
Category:
scientific
Location:
SGH, ul. Batorego 8, building S, room S6
online (MS Teams)
Organiser:
SGH Department of Economic Geography
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