Research
and Teaching Interests
My research combines work from economic geography, the social studies of finance and new economic sociology to study contemporary financial services. I have particular interests in:
- cultural economy approaches to the geographies of money and finance
- the geographies and sociologies of financial knowledges
- business education and the geographies of learning
- the relationship between financial theories and financial services practice
I have developed these research interests through a number of funded research projects that focus primarily on different epistemic communities within the wholesale financial services sector.
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Funding
2008-2010. ESRC First Grant. ‘Spaces of business education and the (re)production of financial theory in practice’. £189,350.
2009 Financial Services Research Forum ‘The wholesale-retail finance interface’ with Prof Jon Beaverstock (Co-I), £8,690.
2009 Financial Services Research Forum ‘Scoping the private wealth management of the high net work market in the UK’s financial services industry’. Co-investigator with Prof Jon Beaverstock (P-I), £9,950.
2006-2007. ESRC, ‘The globalization of the executive search industry in Europe’. Co-investigator with Prof Jon Beaverstock (P-I) and Dr James Faulconbridge (Co-I, Lancaster University). £44,968.
2005-2007. The Nuffield Foundation, ‘Geographies of quantitative finance: American business schools and investment banking in London’s financial district’. £7,456.
Selected Recent Publications:
Hall S., (2009) 'Ecologies of business education and the geographies of knowledge' Progress in Human Geography, 33, 5, 599-618
Hall S., (2008) ‘Geographies of business education: MBA programmes, reflexive business schools and the cultural circuit of capital’ Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 33, 27-41
Faulconbridge J. R., Hall S. and Beaverstock J. V. (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 [online]
Hall S. (2007) ‘Relational marketplaces and the rise of boutiques in London’s corporate finance industry’ Environment and Planning A, 39, 8, 1838-1845
Hall S. (2007) ‘Knowledge makes the money go round: conflicts of interest and corporate finance in London’s financial district’ Geoforum, 38, 4, 710-719
Hall S (2006) ‘What counts? Exploring the production of quantitative financial narratives in London’s corporate finance industry’ Journal of Economic Geography, 6, 5, 661-678
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