Atlas of Finance: Mapping the Global Story of Money (Geography Colloquium)

Presentation by Dariusz Wójcik and Julien Migozzi

Atlas of Finance is the first book-size collection of maps and visuals dedicated to the topic of finance, that brings together data from around world within historical context. The Atlas uses graphics and maps to show how geography is fundamental for understanding finance, and vice versa. The Association of American Publishers has selected it as the best book in economics and the best reference book. In this colloquium, authors of the atlas, Dariusz Wójcik and Julien Migozzi will showcase selected maps and visuals from the atlas and describe the creative process in creating them.

Lunch will be available for those in attendance.  The presentation will also be streamed on Zoom, please click here to register to attend virtually.

Speaker bios

Dariusz Wójcik is a Professor of Financial Geography at National University of Singapore and an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford University. While specializing in financial geography, he has published widely in human geography and urban studies, finance and economics, and political economy. His recent books include The New Oxford Handbook of Economic Geography (OUP), International Financial Centres After the Global Financial Crisis and Brexit (OUP), and Sticky Power: Global Financial Networks in the World Economy (OUP). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Finance & Space journal, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Julien Migozzi is an Urban Studies Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Sociology and the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative at UC Berkeley. At the intersection of urban studies and economic sociology, his research examines the urban process under digital capitalism, questioning how housing and financial markets reshape cities, markets, and inequalities, with a particular emphasis on the stratifying effects of digital technologies. He has a PhD from the University of Grenoble Alpes, an MA in Geography and Planning from the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, and worked as a lecturer in the/ at the École Normale Supérieure (Paris).