The turbulence of the current times has dramatically transformed the world’s economic and political geographies. The scale and scope of such changes require urgent attention. Important topics in this arena relate to: globalization and its impact on peoples and places; economic inequalities across geographic scales and borders; terrorism and power; the development of the knowledge-based economy; and the relationship between economy and environment. Now, more than ever, the changing fortunes of peoples and places demands our attention.
Sub-areas
- Global Production Chain
- Political Violence
- International Terrorism
- Trade networks
- Borders
- Power & Vulnerability
- Global Governance
- Urban Transportation & Crime
- Global Political Ecology
Courses
- GEA3500: Geography of Europe
- GEA3600: Geography of Africa
- GEA3405: Geography of Latin America
- GEA4465: Amazonia
- GEO2500: Global and Regional Economies
- GEO3502: Economic Geography
- GEO3602: Urban and Business Geography
- GEO4554: Regional Development
- GEO4169/6168: Spatial Econometrics & Modeling
- GEO4938/6938: Geographies of Resistance
- GEO4938/6938: Space and Terror
- GEO4938/6938: Transportation Geography
- GEO6938: Space, Place, and Power