Jon Beaverstock is Professor of Economic Geography, appointed from 1st September 2007. Previously, he held a personal chair and was Head of the Department of Geography at Loughborough University, where he was instrumental in the development and co-Directorship of the, Globalization and World Cities Research Network. He is the author of over seventy journal papers and book chapters, has edited four special theme issues of international journals, and has presented over eighty papers at international conferences in North America, Europe and Asia. He sits on the International Editorial Boards of Geoforum and the Journal of Contemporary European Studies. He has received external funding from the Economic and Social Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust, The Nuffield Foundation, The British Academy and The Anglo-German Foundation, and the U.S.A.’s Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He has been awarded prestigious research fellowships from the National University of Singapore, the University of Western Sydney and the University of Otago. From 2007-2010, he has been appointed a Honorary Professor in Geography at the Department of Geography, the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

• Globalization and world cities
• The relational geographies of international financial centres, particularly London, Frankfurt and Singapore
• The globalization of banking, finance and professional services in the world economy
• Skilled international labour migration, expatriation and business travel in a digital age
• The geographies of the super-rich

Current research projects

• The City of London's wholesale - retail financial interface (FSRF), with Dr Sarah Hall
• The U.K.'s private wealth management industry (Financial Services Research Forum), with Dr Sarah Hall
• The globalization of the executive search industry in Europe (ESRC), with Drs Sarah Hall and James Faulconbridge (Lancaster University)
• The internationalization of the contemporary U.S. advertising industry (The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation), with Professor Peter Taylor (Loughborough University) and Dr James Faulconbridge (Lancaster University)
• The significance of ‘expatriate’ clubs in serving the everyday business needs of British transnational communities in Singapore (The British Academy)
• The globalization and regionalisation of executive search firms in Singapore and east Asian-Pacific rim world cities (National University of Singapore’s Overseas Attachment Fellowship)

Teaching responsibilities

Tutorial L81147 (full year)
Spaces of Transition: Globalization and Uneven Development L81261
Techniques in Human Geography L82206

Selected Recent Publications:

Beaverstock, J. V., Derudder, B., Faulconbridge, J. and Witlox, F. (2009) International business travel: Some explorations. Geografiska Annaler B, 91, 3.

Hall, S., Beaverstock, J., Faulconbridge, J. and Hewitson, A. (2009) Exploring cultural economies of internationalization: the role of 'iconic' individuals and brand leaders in the globalization of headhunting. Global Networks, 9, 3.

Faulconbridge, J., Hall, S. and Beaverstock, J. (2008) New insights into the internationalization of producer services: Organizational strategies and spatial economies for global headhunting firms. Environment and Planning A, 40, 1, 210-234.

Rossi, E., Beaverstock, J. V., and Taylor, P. J. (2007) Transaction links through cities: 'Decision' cities and 'Service' cities in outsourcing by leading Brazilian firms. Geoforum 38, 3, 628-642

Wojcik, D., Sidaway, J., and Beaverstock, J. V. (2007) European financial geographies. Growth and Change 38, 2, 167-173

Cook, G., Pandit, G., Beaverstock, J., Taylor, P. and Pain, K. (2007) The role of location in knowledge creation and diffusion: evidence of centripetal and centrifugal forces in the City of London financial services agglomeration. Environment and Planning A, 39, 6, 1325-1345.