NEW webinar series: Emerging voices in economic geography
The Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is delighted to announce details of a new online webinar series taking place over the coming academic year.
Emerging voices in economic geography will showcase new research and spotlight emerging scholars in the field whose work brings attention to new geographies, methodologies and theoretical frameworks that challenge the status quo and enrich our collective understanding of economic geography.
More information is provided below. Please save the dates for now — a sign-up link and full details will be circulated in the next week.
Emerging voices in economic geography
Economic geography is a subdiscipline that goes through ‘periods of introspection’ (Bathelt et al., 2017), where the field grapples with tensions between calls for greater pluralism and the desire for clearer disciplinary boundaries.
In the last few years, the discipline has witnessed a growing number of critical voices calling for greater diversity, inclusion and openness to new perspectives, especially from those who have held less influence in the subdiscipline — particularly early career scholars and women (Johns and Hall, 2024; Pugh, 2018; Rosenman et al., 2020).
These critiques are not just about representation; they are about the kinds of knowledge that are valued, the geographies that are studied, and the futures that are imagined. New voices generate dynamism in economic geography, challenge established boundaries and advocate for theoretical and methodological pluralism which is key to understanding the complexity of the global economy and the ongoing ‘polycrisis’.
This series spotlights early career researchers whose work brings fresh perspectives and critical insights to economic geography. Each webinar will feature two speakers in conversation with one another and the audience, exploring a distinct economic geography theme and generating new insights.
Save the dates
All sessions take place on Thursdays at 1pm (UK time) with the following themes:
- 20 November 2025 – Housing
- 5 February 2026 – Regional development
- 2 April 2026 – Finance and sustainability
- 28 May 2026 – Technology, platforms, and labour
The first webinar will feature Tim White (Queen Mary University of London, UK) and Ifigeneia Dimitrakou (Universität Zürich / University of Zurich, Switzerland) discussing their research on the geographies of housing.
More information and registration links will follow soon — but for now, please save the dates and circulate among your networks.
Get in touch with Liam Keenan (EGRG Chair, liam.keenan1@nottingham.ac.uk) or Luke Green (Events Officer, l.a.green2@newcastle.ac.uk) if you have any questions.