logo
School of Geography
   
   
  
 

Image of Jonathan Beaverstock

Jonathan Beaverstock

Professor of Economic Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences

Contact

Research Summary

Jonathan is Academic Champion of the University's Integrating Global Society Research and Knowledge Transfer Priority Group, and Professor of Economic Geography.

He has over 100 publications in leading internationally acclaimed management, geography, urban studies, migration studies and social sciences journals and edited books, and is the writer of several edited and authored books. He is currently co-writing a research monograph on, The Globalization of the Executive Search Industry (Routledge: Studies in International Business and World Economy Series).

For over a decade his research has investigated the globalization strategies of knowledge-intensive professionals and global professional service firms, particularly focusing on:

  • The internationalization of globalizing accounting, advertising, executive search, investment banking and legal firms
  • Highly-skilled international labour migration, transnational working practices and the global mobility of talent (expatriation and business travel) in professional service firms
  • The strategy of global executive search firms in Europe
  • Private banking and the wealth management industry
  • Globalization and world cities

  • Global talent and the competitiveness of the City of London and Singapore's financial district

His research has been presented at international conferences in Canada, the USA, mainland Europe, the Middle East, India, China, Singapore and Australia. Research has been funded by the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and charities (e.g. British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, Nuffield Foundation), and sources from mainland Europe (e.g. The Anglo-German Foundation) and the USA (e.g. Alfred Sloan Foundation). Jonathan holds Visiting and Honorary Professorships at the University of Gent, Belgium, and the University of Otago, New Zealand, respectively, and has been the recipient of prestigious Visiting Fellowships at the National University of Singapore, University of Otago and University of Western Sydney, Sydney.

In January 2012, Jonathan was appointed an Associate Editor of Global Networks: a Journal of Transnational Affairs (Wiley-Blackwell).

Selected Publications

Future Research

Future research will focus on:

  • The internationalization and strategy of global professional service firms in India and China
  • Global mobility and knowledge sharing in professional service firms
  • Executive search and talent management in the BRICS economies
  • Private wealth management in London, Hong Kong and Singapore
  • The sustainability of London's financial service cluster
  • Expatriation and business travel
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., , HALL, S. and WAINWRIGHT, T., 2012. Servicing the super-rich: New financial elites and the rise of the private wealth management ecology Regional Studies. (In Press.)
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2012. Highly skilled international labour migration and world cities: Expatriates, executives and entrepreneurs. In: DERUDDER, B., HOYLER, M., TAYLOR, P.J. and WITLOX, F., eds., International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities 1st. Edward Elgar. 240-250
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2012. The privileged world city: private banking, wealth management and the bespoke servicing of the global super-rich. In: DERRUDER, B., HOYLER, M., TAYLOR, P.J. and WITLOX, F., eds., International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities 1st. Edward Elgar. 378-389
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V. and HALL, S., 2012. Competing for talent: Global mobility, immigration and the City of London's labour market Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. (In Press.)
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. R. and HALL, S. J. E., 2012. Executive Search. In: RITZER, G., ed., The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization 1st Edition. Volume 2. Blackwell. 615-621
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2011. Serving British expatriate talent in Singapore: Exploring ordinary transnationalism and the role of the 'expatriate' club Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 37(5), 709-728
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R. G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2011. World city network: A new metageography?. In: LEGATES, R. T. and STOUT, F., eds., The City Reader 5th. Routledge: London. 563-571
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2011. German cities in the world city network Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 69(3), 213-217
  • DERUDDER, B., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., STORME, T. and WITLOX, F., 2011. You are the way you fly: on the association between business travel and business class tourism Journal of Transport Geography. 19(4), 997-1000
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., NATIVEL, C. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2011. The Globalization of Advertising: Agencies, Cities and Spaces of Creativity 1st. Routledge.
  • MUZIO, D., HODGSON, D., FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V. and HALL, S., 2011. Towards corporate profesionalization:: The case of project management, management consultancy and executive search Current Sociology. 59(4), 443-464
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. R. and HOYLER, M., 2011. Globalization and the City. In: LEYSHON, A., LEE, R., MCDOWELL, L. and SUNLEY, P., eds., The SAGE Handbook of Economic Geography London: Sage. 198-201
  • COOK, G.A.S, PANDIT, N. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2011. Cultural and economic complementarities of spatial agglomeration in the British television broadcasting industry: Some explorations Environment and Planning A. 43, 2918-2933
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2010. Peter Dicken. In: HUBBARD, P.J., KITCHEN, R. and VALENTINE, G., eds., Key Thinkers on Space and Place 2nd. London: Sage. 108-112
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2010. Immigration and the UK labour market in financial services: A Commentary. In: RUHS, M. and ANDERSON, B., eds., Who Needs Migrant Workers?: Shortages, Immigration and Public Policy 1st. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 290-294
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., DERUDDER, B., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and WITLOX, F., eds., 2010. International Business Travel in the Global Economy Ashgate: Farnham.
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R. and HALL, S.J.E., 2010. Professionalization, legitimization and the creation of executive search markets in Europe Journal of Economic Geography. 10(6), 825-843
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., DERUDDER, B., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and WITLOX, F., 2010. International Business Travel and the Global Economy: Setting the Context.. In: BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., DERUDDER, B., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and WITLOX, F., eds., International Business Travel in the Global Economy Ashgate: Farnham. 1-10
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V. and FAULCONBRIDGE, J., 2010. 'Official' and 'Unofficial' Measurements of International Business Travel to and from the United Kingdom: Trends, Patterns and Limitations. In: BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., DERUDDER, B., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and WITLOX, F., eds., International Business Travel in the Global Economy Ashgate: Farnham. 57-84
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HALL, S. and HEWITSON, A., 2009. The 'war for talent': The gatekeeper role of executive search firms in elite labour markets Geoforum. 40(5), 800-808
  • HALL, S, BEAVERSTOCK, J. V, FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R. 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), 399-419
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., DERUDDER, B., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. F. and WITLOX, F., 2009. International business travel: Some explorations Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography. 91(3), 193-202
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J. R. and BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., 2009. Globalization: Interconnected Worlds. In: CLIFFORD, N. J., HOLLOWAY, S. L., RICE, S. P. and VALENTINE, G., eds., Key Concepts in Geography 2nd ed. London: Sage. 331-343
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2009. Peter Dicken. In: KITCHEN, R. and THRIFT, N., eds., The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography Vol 3.. Oxford: Elsevier. 162-163
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., DERUDDER, B. and WITLOX, F., 2009. Corporate ecologies of business travel in professional service firms: Working towards a research agenda European Urban and Regional Studies. 16(4), 295-308
  • DERUDDER, B., WITLOX, F., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2008. Airline data for global city network research: reviewing and refining existing approaches GeoJournal. 71(1), 5-18.
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2008. Geographies of international business travel in the professional service economy. In: HISLOP, D., ed., Mobility and Technology in the Workplace Routledge. 87-102
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., HALL, S.J.E. 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
  • PANDIT, N.R., COOK, G.A.S., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V. and GHAURI, P.N., 2008. An empirical study of service sector clustering and multinational enterprise Journal of Services Research. 7(Special Issue), 23-39
  • DERUDDER, B., WITLOX, F., FAULCONBRIDGE, J. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2008. Airline networks and urban systems GeoJournal. 71(1), 1-3.
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J. R., BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., MUZIO, D. and TAYLOR, P. J., 2008. Global law firms: Globalization and Organizational Spaces of Cross-Border Legal Work Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business. 28(3), 455-488
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2008. Global Shift (1986): Peter Dicken. In: HUBBARD, P. and KITCHEN, R. AND VALENTINE, J., eds., Key Texts in Human Geography 1st ed. London: Sage. 117-124.
  • COOK, G. A. S., PANDIT, N. R., BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., TAYLOR, P. J. 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
  • ROSSI, E.C., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2007. Transactional links through cities: 'Decision' cities and 'service' cities in outsourcing Brazilian firms Geoforum. 38(3), 628-642
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2007. Transnational work: global professional labour markets in professional service acounting firms. In: BRYSON, J. and DANIELS, P.W., eds., The Handbook of Service Industries Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 409-431
  • FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., ENGELEN, E., HOYLER, M. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2007. Analysing the changing landscape of European financial centres: the role of financial products and the case of Amsterdam Growth and Change. 38(2), 279-303
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2007. World city networks from below: International mobility and inter-city relations in the global investment banking industry. In: TAYLOR, P.J., DERUDDER, B., SAEY, P. and WILTOX, F., eds., Cities in Globalization: Practices, Policies, Theories London, Routledge. 52-71
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2007. World city-network: a new metageography?. In: MOSELY, W.G., LANEGRAN, D.A. and PANDIT, K., eds., The Introductory Reader in Human Geography Oxford: Blackwell. 279-289
  • WOJCIK, D., SIDAWAY, J. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2007. European financial geographies Growth and Change. 38(2), 167-173
  • DANIELS, P.W., LEYSHON, A, BRADSHAW, M and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., eds., 2006. Geographies of the New Economy: Critical Reflections 1st ed. Routledge.
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HALL, S.J.E. and FAULCONBRIDGE, J.R., 2006. The internationalization of Europe's contemporary transnational executive search industry. In: HARRINGTON, J.W. and DANIELS, P.W., eds., Knowledge based Services: Internationalization and Regional Development Aldershot: Ashgate. 125-152
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HOYLER, M., PAIN, K. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2006. In London's long shadow: Frankfurt in the European space of flows. In: AMEN, A., ARCHER, K. and BOSMAN, N.M., eds., Relocating Global Cities: From the Center to the Margin Lanham MD: Rowan and Littlefield. 23-47
  • LEYSHON, A., BRADSHAW, M., DANIELS, P. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2006. Geographies of the New Economy: an introduction. In: DANIELS, P.W., LEYSHON, A., BRADSHAW, M. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., eds., Geographies of the New Economy: Critical Reflections London: Routledge. 1-14
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2006. Connecting world cities: organizational labour mobility in transnational banking. In: KOETOEK, A.F., HAMMEN VAN DER J.M., VELEMA, T.A. and VERBERT, M., eds., Cities and Globalization Utrecht: Nederlandse Geografische Studies. 34-53
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2005. World-city network: A new metageography?. In: FYFE, N.R. and KENNY, J.T., eds., The Urban Geography Reader London: Routledge. 63-73
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2005. Transnational elites in the city: British highly-skilled inter-company transferees in New York's financial district Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 31(2), 245-268
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2005. Editorial: Global Cities Journal of Contemporary European Studies. 13(2), 141-142
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2005. World-city network: A new metageography?. In: BRENNER, N. and KEIL, R., eds., The Global Cities Reader London: Routledge. 96-104
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J. V., 2004. `Managing across borders': knowledge management and expatriation in professional service legal firms Journal of Economic Geography. 4(2), 157-179
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2004. Peter Dicken. In: HUBBARD, P.J., KITCHEN, R. and VALENTINE, G, eds., Key Contemporary Thinkers on Space and Place London: Sage. 108-112
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2004. Transnationale managerelites in het wereldstedennetwerk AGORA: Tijdschrift voor Sociaal-Ruimtelijke Vraagstukken. 20(5), 12-15
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HUBBARD, P.J. and SHORT, J., 2004. Getting away with it?: Exposing the geographies of the global super-rich Geoforum. 35(4), 401-407
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2003. The global capacity of a world city: a relational study of London. In: KOFMAN, E. and YOUNGS, G., eds., Globalization: Theory and Practice 2nd ed. London: Continuum. 223-236
  • TAYLOR, P.J., BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., COOK, G., PANDIT, N. and PAIN, K., 2003. Financial Service Clustering and its Significance for London London: The Corporation of London.
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HOYLER, M., PAIN, K. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2003. London and Frankfurt: Competition of synergy?. In: SHEARLOCK, P., ed., International Investor: International Investor London: Sovereign. 225-229
  • TAYLOR, P., WALKER, D.R.F. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2002. Firms and their Global Service Networks. In: SASSEN, S., ed., Global Networks Linked Cities London: Routledge. 93-115
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., DOEL, M., HUBBARD, P.J. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2002. Attending to the world: Competition, cooperation and connectivity in the world city network Global Networks. 2(2), 111-132
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2002. Transnational elite communities in global cities: connectivities, flows and networks. In: MAYR, A, MEURER, M and VOGT, J., eds., Stadt und Region: Dynamik von Lebenswelten Liepzig: Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Geographie. 87-97
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HOYLER, M., PAIN, K. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2001. The Euro is not a trigger in changing relations between London and Frankfurt. In: LARSEN, L.B. and HOUSE, F., eds., Evaluation and EU Regional Policy London: Regional Studies Association. 63-64
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., HOYLER, M., PAIN, K. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2001. Comparing London and Frankfurt as World Cities: A Relational Study of Contemporary Urban Change London: The Anglo-German Foundation. (1900834286)
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V. and BOARDWELL, J.T., 2000. Negotiating globalization, transnational corporations and global city financial centres in transient migration studies Applied Geography. 20(3), 227-304
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G., TAYLOR, P.J., WALKER, D.R.F. and LORIMER, H., 2000. Relational studies of world cities: Measurement methodologies Applied Geography. 20(1), 43-63
  • TAYLOR, P.J., DOEL, M., HOYLER, M., WALKER, D.R. and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 2000. World cities in the Pacific Rim: A new test for regional coherence Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 21(3), 233-245
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2000. Geographies of globalization: United States law firms in world cities Urban Geography. 21(2), 95-120
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 2000. World city network: A new metageography? Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 90(1), 123-134
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 1999. The long arm of the law: London's law firms in a globalizing world economy Environment and Planning A. 31(10), 1857-1876
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., SMITH, R.G. and TAYLOR, P.J., 1999. A roster of world cities Cities. 16(6), 445-458
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1998. Economic regeneration in the Midland coalfield area of the National Forest The East Midland Geographer. 21(1), 92-97
  • CREWE, L and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1998. Fashioning the city: cultures of consumption in contemporary urban spaces Geoforum. 29(3), 287-308
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1998. Local economic development and the English National Forest: The case of Moira, North-West Leicestershire Local Economy. 12(4), 364-372
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1997. The Service Sector in the East Midlands: Some General Trends The Service Sector Commentary. 4(1), 2-7
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., BELL, M., CHILD, L.E., EVANS, D.M. and SHEAIL, J., 1997. The National Forest and global environmental sustainability European Environment. 7(2), 54-62
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1996. Re-visiting high waged labour market demand in the global cities: British professional and managerial workers in New York City International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 20(3), 422-445
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1996. Migration, knowledge and social interaction: expatriate labour within investment banks Area. 28(4), 459-470
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1996. Sub-contracting the accountant!: Professional labour markets, migration and organizational networks in the global accounting industry Environment and Planning A. 20(3), 303-326
  • BELL, M, BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., CHILD, L.E. and EVANS, D.M., 1995. The UK National Forest: A contribution to global environmental sustainability In: The European Conference, Nottingham, September. 27-32
  • BROWN, E.D and BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1994. Coping with larger classes: Flexible learning in Geography. In: WADE, M., HODGKINSON, K., SMITH, A. and ARFIELD, J., eds., Flexible Learning in Higher Education London: Kogan Page. 81-88
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1994. Charnwood's local economy in the 1990s. In: BOUCHER, K., ed., Loughborough and its Region Loughborough: Loughborough University of Technology. 123-128
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1994. Re-thinking skilled international labour migration: World cities and banking organisations Geoforum. 25(3), 323-338
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., LEYSHON, A., RUTHERFORD, T., THRIFT, N. and WILLIAMS, P., 1993. Agents of Change: The restructuring of the estate agency sector in the East Midlands in the 1980s The East Midland Geographer. 16(1), 11-29
  • LEYSHON, A., BEAVERSTOCK, J., RUTHERFORD, T., THRIFT, N. and WILLIAMS, P., 1992. The regional dimension of the restructuring of the estate agency industry in England and Wales The Regional Review. 2(1), 5-7
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., LEYSHON, A,, RUTHERFORD, T., THRIFT, N. and WILLIAMS, P., 1992. Moving houses: The geographical reorganization of the estate agency sector in England and Wales in the 1980s Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers NS. 17(2), 166-182
  • BEAVERSTOCK, J.V., 1990. New international labour markets: the case of professional and managerial labour migration within large chartered accountancy firms Area. 22(2), 151-158

School of Geography

Sir Clive Granger Building
University of Nottingham, University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0)115 95 15428
fax: +44 (0)115 95 15249
email: geogenquiries@nottingham.ac.uk