by WhWills2562 | Sep 3, 2019 | Debt, Financialization, London
Given our focus on investment into residential real estate, an essential dimension is understanding how housing fits more broadly within the financialized economy of the UK (and the Netherlands and France). An important but under engaged within urban studies part of...
by WhWills2562 | Jun 20, 2019 | Financialization, London, Regeneration
UCL has a long-standing relationship with Just Space, an umbrella organisation for community groups across London. Whilst the WHIG project is not explicitly working with them at this stage, their work is highly relevant to understanding the planning context of London...
by WhWills2562 | May 31, 2019 | Financialization, London
Existing debates on ‘financialization’ in urban studies, and beyond, are intense. Given the nature of the WHIG project, we will inevitably be addressing the issue of financialization, financializing and financing head on. On Thursday 23 May, The Open University hosted...
by WhWills2562 | May 20, 2019 | Financialization, Housing, Investors, London
Law at the Margins of the City: a day on law and financialization, Birkbeck, London. Recent debates in urban studies on finance (and financialization) have highlighted new investors in urban development. Former UN special rapporteur on housing revisits London Luckily...