Development Studies assistant professor Dr Julien Migozzi has recently published three new papers, all of which can be accessed online.
The first of these papers was published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, with Dr Migozzi's colleague Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley) listed as co-author. In this article, Julien Migozzi (POLIS) and Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley) examine investment and social media platforms shape 21st-century financial subjects. They introduce the concept of "platform freedom", exercised through, conditioned by, and fleshed out within platform architectures that circulate capital, construct assets, and shape financial practises, tying individual futures to the unpredictable nature of financial markets and to the spaces of online discussions.
The full paper, 'Platform freedom: Financial subjectivity at the nexus of investment and social media', is available at this address: https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X261429864
The second of these papers was published in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, with Dr Migozzi's colleague Dariusz Wójcik listed as co-author. In this article, Julien Migozzi (POLIS) and Dariusz Wójcik (National University of Singapore) reveal how venture capital and FinTech startups transform the geography of finance in Africa. Drawing on 20 years of investment data, they highlight how FinTech has created new financial networks that connect African financial centres with both domestic and global capital markets.
'Situating African FinTech in Global Financial Networks' is available at this address: https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.70068
The third paper was published in International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, with Dr Migozzi listed as the sole author. In this article, Julien Migozzi (POLIS) explores how this article examines how digital capitalism affect contemporary class dynamics. The paper analyses how automated classifications and credit scoring shape asset inequalities and middle-class formation in post-apartheid South Africa.
'SCORING HIGH, PAYING UP, GATING IN: Middle-class Formation and Asset Inequalities under Digital Capitalism in South Africa' is available at this address: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.70004