Jan212022January 21, 2022January 21, 2022by EGRG_Admin

EGRG sponsorship at RGS-IBG 2022

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The Economic Geography Research Group (EGRG) of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) invites expressions of interest and proposals for sponsored sessions for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022.

The chair of the 2022 conference is Professor Rachel Pain (Newcastle University, UK) and the conference theme is Geographies Beyond Recovery. See https://www.rgs.org/research/annual-international-conference/call/ for guidance on organising sessions.   

The EGRG are able to sponsor some sessions in the conference schedule that will be guaranteed to be non-concurrent. Please consider the EGRG sessions for any topic that includes consideration of economic questions (broadly defined). We are keen to sponsor diverse sessions based on innovative theoretical and methodological perspectives. 

Each session is 1 hour and 40 mins and in addition to paper-based sessions we also encourage innovative formats to sessions.

The deadline for session proposals submissions to the EGRG is 4th March 2022. Final session proposals including registered participants are due to the RGS-IBG 25th March, 2022.

Please email submissions to Kean Fan Lim (keanfan.lim@newcastle.ac.uk) and Jon Swords (jon.swords@york.ac.uk) including session title and abstract (max 400 words), name(s) and affiliation(s) of the session convenor(s), and the anticipated format of the session. Please also indicate if you are applying or intend to apply for sponsorship with any other research group for co-sponsorship. Please bear in mind that sessions cannot occupy more than two slots in the whole programme.


Jan142022January 14, 2022January 14, 2022by EGRG_Admin

Submissions to EGRG PhD Dissertation Prize 2022

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We are pleased to open the call for submissions to the annual EGRG PhD Dissertation Prize. This award provides the opportunity to recognise excellent research undertaken by doctoral researchers in the UK in the field of economic geography (broadly defined) as judged by the committee. Previous winners are listed on the EGRG website here: https://egrg.org/prizes/

In order to be considered for the award, please email an electronic version of the thesis to the Prizes Officer, Prizes Officer – Alexandra Dales (a.dales@yorksj.ac.uk) by 1st March 2022. This must the final version of a thesis that has passed the PhD degree at a UK institution between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021.  If you have any doubts about eligibility, please email Alexandra Dales.

The theses will be reviewed by the EGRG committee and the prize winner will be announced in early May 2022.  


Oct212021October 21, 2021April 5, 2023by EGRG_Admin

EGRG Dissertation Prizes 2022

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The Royal Geographical Society with IBG Economic Geography Research Group is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 EGRG PhD Thesis Prize and the 2022 EGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize.

EGRG PhD Thesis Prize Winner:

The EGRG Committee would like to congratulate Dr Johannes Petry, University of Warwick, whose thesis ‘Capital markets with Chinese characteristics: Exchanges, state capitalism and China’s integration into the global financial order’ has won the PhD Thesis Competition 2022.

EGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize Winner:
Congratulations to Mr Junze Shi, University of Oxford, whose dissertation ‘Operating in the absence of proximity: A case study of a Chinese Bank in the City of London during the Covid-19 lockdown’ has won the Prize for best Undergraduate Dissertation 2022

Again, many congratulations to both Dr Petry and Mr Shi!

A list of previous dissertation prize winners can be found here: https://egrg.org/prizes/


Oct122021October 12, 2021October 12, 2021by EGRG_Admin

AGM Minutes 2021

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Minutes of the EGRG Annual General Meeting held on 8th September 2021 (online) are now available for viewing here. You can also find minutes of past AGMs on that same page.


Sep062021September 6, 2021September 6, 2021by EGRG_Admin

Reminder of AGM (online 8th September 2021)

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A reminder that the RGS-IBG Economic Geography Research Group will be holding our AGM this Wednesday (8th September) at 1300 hours (BST).

If you haven’t registered, please sign up here: https://forms.gle/JCqubRxyMELBgL2v8.

We have the following four roles open for election at the AGM:

  • a new Chair
  • 2 new postgraduate representatives
  • an early career representative

Please get in touch with Jennifer Johns (jennifer.johns@bristol.ac.uk) or Kean Fan Lim (Keanfan.Lim@newcastle.ac.uk) if you are interested in these roles.

We look forward to seeing many of you on Wednesday!


Aug032021August 3, 2021September 6, 2021by EGRG_Admin

Announcement of AGM (online 8th September 2021)

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The Economic Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG is having its AGM at on Wednesday 8th September 2021, 1pm (UK BST).

The meeting will be held online, and a meeting link will be distributed closer to the time. If you would like to attend, please register here: https://forms.gle/JCqubRxyMELBgL2v8

The EGRG committee has two roles open for election at the AGM. We are seeking:

  • a new Chair
  • a new postgraduate representative

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact Kean Fan Lim (Keanfan.Lim@newcastle.ac.uk) and/or Jennifer Johns (jennifer.johns@bristol.ac.uk).


Mar022021March 2, 2021March 2, 2021by EGRG_Admin

CFP: RGS-IBG post-graduate mid-term conference -(Dis)connections and disruptions in global value chains

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Call for papers: (Dis)connections and disruptions in global value chains 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had (and continues to have) an enormous impact on global value chains across a multitude of sectors around the world.  From prohibition to panic-buying, we have witnessed the volatility of value chains, including multi-scalar disruptions and disconnections.  We also see widening inequalities, tensions, and injustices across the ‘length’ of these chains, from production, distribution, to consumption and beyond. 

This call invites postgraduate students working (broadly) around global value chains to present their research in a warm and supportive environment at the RGS-IBG post-graduate mid-term conference.  Presenters are encouraged to reflect on the ways in which they see connections, reconnections, and/or disconnections within their research, particularly in relation to work around global value chains (both before and during the pandemic).  Presentations are welcomed that reflect on themes around theory, methodology, empirical work, and more. 

The conference will take place online from the 19th-23rd April 2021.  

Please send abstracts of up to 250 words (including key words) by Friday 5th March 2021 to Zara Babakordi (z.babakordi2@newcastle.ac.uk) and Minjing Li (m.li51@newcastle.ac.uk).  


Feb222021February 22, 2021March 2, 2021by EGRG_Admin

Virtual events for PhD and early career researchers (March 2021)

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Following on from our event towards the end of last year, the PhD representatives of the EGRG are planning a virtual series that will give an opportunity for PhD researchers to meet and speak with a number of leading economic geographers, learn more about the work they do, perspectives and positions within academia, and more.
We are pleased to announce the first two events, taking place on Monday 1st March 2021 and Friday 26th March 2021:


Sep072020September 7, 2020September 7, 2020by EGRG_Admin

Registration for virtual AGM 2020

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The Economic Geography Research Group Annual General Meeting will be held online on Tuesday, 22nd September 2020, from 16:00 to 17:00 BST. We will also hold an informal ‘social’ after the formal meeting has concluded. Please register in advance via Eventbrite at this link. We will subsequently send you a link to the Microsoft Teams meeting.

During the meeting, we need to fill several open committee positions including Secretary, Prizes Officer, Early Career Rep, and PGR Rep. Please send expressions of interest to the EGRG Chair, Jennifer Johns (jennifer.johns@bristol.ac.uk).

If you have any trouble registering or have any other questions, please get in touch with EGRG Secretary, Chris Muellerleile (c.m.muellerleile@SWANSEA.AC.UK)


Aug062020August 6, 2020August 6, 2020by EGRG_Admin

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2020

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As the RGS Annual Conference is not going ahead in 2020, we will be holding our Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually. This will take place on Tuesday 22nd September 2020, 1600-1700 BST online. Further details regarding how to join the online AGM will be posted later.  There will also be an informal social space after the formal meeting, so please do try to attend if you can. Apologies in advance if your geographical location precludes your participation.

CALL FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS – UK based only
This year the Secretary, Prizes Officer, one Early Career Rep, PGR Rep are coming to the end of their terms, with new members starting after the AGM at the end of September. Please consider standing for the following roles or encourage suitable candidates to do so. Nomination and election will take place during the online AGM. Details of the positions are as follows:

  • The Secretary role is a significant one for the EGRG as it is a coordinating role, taking minutes at meetings, responding to member emails, attending EGRG meetings and helping to coordinate those meetings. Supporting the Chair and Treasurer and playing an important strategic role in the direction of the research group.
  • The Prizes Officer manages our UG and PG prizes, accepting submissions and coordinating judging of the UG dissertations/PhDs (which are shared across the committee). 
  • The Early Career Rep works with the committee leading our strategy on supporting PG and ECR economic geographers.  Work in this area has been increasing through meetings (recently virtual), peer support and the development of a mentoring scheme. There are two ECR reps on the committee, there will be one vacancy this year. 
  • The PGR Rep works with the committee leading our strategy on supporting postgraduate economic geographers, as well as working with the ECR reps and leads on organising the EGRG contribution to the RGS mid-term annual conference. (Note: the EGRG sponsors PGR rep travel, several bursaries and a drinks reception). There are two PGR reps on the committee, there will be one vacancy this year.

Please distribute through your own networks and send expressions of interest/questions to the EGRG Chair at jennifer.johns@bristol.ac.uk. Votes will be made during the AGM. Jennifer Johns’s term as Chair will end in 2021 so if you are interested in the role, please contact Jennifer at the above email address for an informal chat. A formal call will go out in the new year.  



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