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Academic perspectives on globalisation

Watch Professor Kathy Pain explain the impact that globalisation and the creation of mega-city regions has had on the property industry.

Watch Professor Kathy Pain, Professor of Real Estate Development at Henley Business School, discuss the academic perspective on the implications of globalisation for real estate investment and development.

If you go on to study real estate at university, these are the kind of issues you would study and research yourself. Research skills are increasingly important for effective professional practice in the world of global real estate and there are research teams analysing what globalisation means and how the real estate sector should respond and adapt.

You can explore the research on ‘global city networks’ in more detail on the Globalisation and World Cities Research Network website, whilst a summary of a section of the work is provided next.

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