David Bassens is Professor of Economic Geography and Director of Cosmopolis: Centre for Urban Research at Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium). He is Deputy-in-Chief of Finance and Space and one of the founding members of the Global Network on Financial Geography. His earlier work on financial geography has dealt with the geographies of Islamic Finance and European financial integration. His current financial geography work focuses on the geographies of FinTech and the intersections between finance and Global Digital Technology Networks. David has been contributing to debates on world and global cities in the past, retheorizing their role under conditions of financialization and digitization. He also remains committed to analysing and supporting alternative urban and regional development pathways anchored in foundational and circular economy approaches.