Gary Robinson

is a PhD researcher at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) and is enrolled at the University of Ghent, Belgium and the University of Luxembourg
is working on the FINWEBS project (INTER/FWO/16/11312037/FinWebs), which examines the role of agency in interconnecting international financial centres
is studying technological change in financial markets infrastructure
is a member of the Regional Studies Association and the British International Studies Association
worked as an academic technologist at the University of Warwick’s Politics and International Studies (PAIS) department
spent 4 years in South Korea where he was assistant professor and academic technologist at the University of Suwon’s International College
has over 11 years’ experience working in various IT roles at Creative Labs, Ireland
has an MA in Global Political Economy, a BA in Business and German and a CELTA
speaks English and German and some Korean and French
is interested in financialisation, financial markets infrastructure, fintech, blockchain, political economy, financial geography, institutions, the state, industrial policy, East Asia, among others

Gary ROBINSON, Sabine Dörry & Ben Derudder (2019) Reform, that you may preserve: SWIFT, Ripple and technological change in cross-border payments. Paper presented at the Forschungswerkstatt Finanzgeographie – Financial Geography Lab 2019, Gelsenkirchen, October 2019.
Sabine Dörry, Gary ROBINSON & Ben Derudder (2018) There Is No Alternative: SWIFT as Infrastructure Intermediary in Global Financial Markets. Paper presented at the RGS-IBG Academic Conference 2019, London, August 2019.
Sabine Dörry, Gary ROBINSON, Ben Derudder & Tom Storme (2018) Financial Firms, Technology, and Changing Urban Geographies. Paper presented at the 5th Global Conference on Economic Geography, Cologne, July 2018.
Gary ROBINSON (2018) Beyond the usual suspects: A global analysis of global finance. Book review of: Hall S. 2017. Global Finance: Places, Spaces and People. London, Sage. Articulo – Journal of Urban Research, https://journals.openedition.org/articulo/3545.
Gary ROBINSON (2017) Pragmatic Financialisation: the role of the Japanese Post Office. New Political Economy, 22:1, 61-75, DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2016.1195347.