Dr Jacob Broom1
1Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Biography:
Jacob Broom is a fellow of the Indo-Pacific Research Centre and lecturer in politics and policy at the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at Murdoch University. Jacob’s research examines the political economy of social and development policies, with a focus on financialisation. Jacob’s previous research has examined social impact bonds, and it is published in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, New Political Economy, and Global Social Policy.
Abstract:
This panel brings together four early-career researchers who have recently conducted research projects on financialisation – the encroachment of financial actors, interests, and logics into new spheres of politics, economy, and society. Each of us has explored financialisation in and across different geographies, scales, and policy areas: from the global governance of water to Malaysian state-owned enterprises, to digital transformation in the United States and Australian health sectors, to social and gender impact investment. The purpose of the panel is for each researcher to summarise their empirical research, then reflect on how they used or did not use the concept of financialisation and its surrounding literature, whether that be theoretically, methodologically, or practically in approaching their research problems and coming to conclusions. By reflecting together on how we study financialisation across nature, states, and societies, we hope to contribute to creating more reflexive and interdisciplinary research practices in this area.