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Professor Paul Langley serves as Professor of Economic Geography within the Department of Geography at Durham University, where he joined in 2011 after previously holding a Professorship in International Relations at the University of York. His departmental leadership roles include Deputy Director for Research Postgraduates, former Deputy Director of Education, and Programme Director for BA(Hons) Geography. He also convenes the Economy & Culture research cluster and serves as Managing Editor of the interdisciplinary journal Economy and Society.
Langley's research centers on the geographies of money and finance, with dual emphases on digital finance/FinTech and carbon finance. His work examines platformization processes in FinTech (particularly in Africa), neo-colonial credit dynamics, and the emergence of carbon markets. He investigates how financial logics transform urban infrastructure, retirement systems, and climate governance, with theoretical contributions to understanding financialization, assetization, and economic subjectivity formation. His research integrates perspectives from economic geography, economic sociology, and international political economy.
His publication portfolio reveals consistent focus on financial transformations, with recent work analyzing central banks' climate governance roles, gamification in FinTech, and carbon asset qualification. The research demonstrates methodological diversity spanning ethnographic studies of digital interfaces, comparative regulatory analysis, and theoretical development of financial concepts.
- UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funding for payday loan platform research
- European Commission Horizon 2020 project REINVENT on carbon finance
- British Academy research support
Langley has supervised doctoral research on diverse topics including occupational pensions, subprime mortgages, central banking, and carbon markets. His 2021 University-wide Teaching Award recognized excellence in research supervision. Current doctoral projects examine central bank digital currencies, Chinese stock market listings, and Chinese carbon markets. His collaborative work includes significant partnerships with Andrew Leyshon (Nottingham) on FinTech platformization and with Harriet Bulkeley/Gavin Bridge on carbon finance.
