Brett Christophers is an economic geographer who is professor at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

. He has written extensively on the history of the modern

financial sector Financial services are economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions. Financial services encompass a broad range of service sector activities, especially as concerns financial management and consumer finance. The financ ...

, the financial management of real economic assets, and the effect on the environment from financial management of

land Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes up 29.2% of Earth's surface and includes all continents and islands. Earth's land sur ...

and

natural resources Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. ...

. Christophers received a BA in social geography from the

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

in 1993, an MA from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

in 1995, and a PhD from the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

in 2008.

Books

*''Positioning the Missionary: John Booth Good and the Confluence of Cultures in Nineteenth-Century British Columbia'' (University of British Columbia, 1998) *''Envisioning Media Power: On Capital and Geographies of Television'' (Lexington Books, 2009) *''Banking Across Boundaries: Placing Finance in Capitalism'' (2013) *''The New Enclosure: The Appropriation of Public Land in Neoliberal Britain'' (Verso, 2018) *''Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It?'' (Verso, 2020) *''Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World'' (2023) *''The Price Is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet'' (Verso, 2024)

References

{{reflist Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford University of British Columbia alumni University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of Uppsala University Economic geographers Year of birth missing (living people)