A new network graph published in the journal Finance and Space, by Yue Wang, Thomas Sigler and Julia Loginova, takes inspiration from GaWC’s ‘world city network’ approach and continues our tradition of innovative visualisations of cities in contemporary globalisation:
Wang, Y., Sigler, T. and Loginova, J. (2025) ‘The global city network of firms’, Finance and Space, 2 (1), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2023.2271562 (Open access)
Abstract: This visualisation provides a graphical representation of the global city network based on observed headquarters-subsidiary relationships within multilocational firms. While global cities such as London stand out as hyperconnected, this visualisation shows 3404 cities connected within the global economy, with 812 connected to more than ten other cities. Communities within this network graph reveal that some national economies are globally integrated, while others remain in relatively peripheral or autarkic positions. We argue that such visualisation techniques may be useful in identifying the impacts of global policy shifts toward either globalisation, regionalism or isolationism in such turbulent times.