Researcher at Trinity College Dublin and University of Latvia. International Political Economy, Financialisation, Central and Eastern Europe.

Joined March 2013
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I am glad to share my latest paper on illicit financial flows, Russian money laundering and dependent financialization in the Baltic states, published in @CompChange. It's OA so, feel free to check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/102452942311…!

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Great to see this piece co-authored with ⁦@jenniecstephens⁩ published in The Conversation ⁦@ConversationUS⁩ - #CentralBanks #theFed #ClimateJustuce theconversation.com/why-the-…

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New blog by Martin Sokol and Jennie C. Stephens is out. Based on their recent paper "Central banks, the climate crisis and the need for a ‘creative disruption", read it here geofinresearch.eu/outputs/bl…

New joint publication out by @martinsokol and @jenniecstephens: Financial innovation for climate justice: central banks and transformative ‘creative disruption’ OPEN ACCESS Please read and share tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… #MonetaryPolicy #CentralBanks #ClimateJustice
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FYI, the FinGeo monthly drink event for early career researchers with Stefan Ouma has been postponed to November 28th!
Save the date! The FinGeo monthly drink event for early career researchers! @fingeonet Join us on 14th November, 12:00 – 13:00 GMT! Our guest this time will be Stefan Ouma. More info here: fingeo.net/monthly-drink-eve…
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Save the date! The FinGeo monthly drink event for early career researchers! @fingeonet Join us on 14th November, 12:00 – 13:00 GMT! Our guest this time will be Stefan Ouma. More info here: fingeo.net/monthly-drink-eve…

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Geofin is delighted to share the first of two videos explaining how finance flows in the economy. Check it out: geofinresearch.eu/outputs/vi… #financialisation #ERC #financialization
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I am glad to share my latest paper on illicit financial flows, Russian money laundering and dependent financialization in the Baltic states, published in @CompChange. It's OA so, feel free to check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/102452942311…!

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The paper finds that DF was key to enabling ML and IFFs from Russia and the post-Soviet space, albeit in different ways in each country. The research also points to the emergence of new risks concentrated mainly in the Fintech sector and amplified by the War in Ukraine.
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Overall, the paper aims to contribute to addressing the current research gap on the links between financialization and money laundering, especially in (semi-)peripheral contexts.
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16 May 2023
We are en route to #Italy @GSSISocialSci for the 2023 Summer College on the economic geography of spatial disparities. Safe travels to our participants and see you soon in #L’Aquila 👋🏼
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📢The interdisciplinary journal Finance & Space is launching soon! A collaboration between @fingeonet and @regstud, the journal focuses on the changing finance-space nexus and impacts on economy, society, and the environment. Follow us for more details in the coming weeks!
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Looking forward to this #AAG2023 session on #monetarypolicy - and presenting with @jenniecstephens and @pataccini
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We had our first Editors meeting for ‘Finance and Space’! A new journal by @regstud and @fingeonet. Delighted to embark on this adventure with @geographydarek, @DavidBassens and Janelle Knox-Hayes. Call for papers, submission system, journal cover design… more news to come!
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Sunday morning in Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻🇪🇺 - freezing but beautiful sunrise - perfect time for a run . Looking forward to interviews with #banks tomorrow - jointly with ⁦@pataccini⁩ ⁦@GEOFINresearch⁩ ⁦@TCD_Geography
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A very timely and insightful contribution to the discussion on central banks and new state capitalism by @martinsokol
OnlineFirst - "Financialisation, central banks and ‘new’ state capitalism: The case of the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England" by @martinsokol: #statecapitalism #financialisation #monetarypolicy #centralbanks journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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