Personal profile
Overview
Chloe Fox-Robertson is a PhD researcher in Geography at the University of Manchester, where she is fully funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Her research focuses on the economic geography of FinTech and the gender inequalities within the sector. She was included in the Innovate Finance Women in FinTech Powerlist 2024 in recognition of her work.
Chloe is the lead author of a recent peer-reviewed publication on FinTech gender inequalities and has been invited to present her work at academic conferences and industry events in the UK and internationally. She is also a Fellow of Advance HE and was recently a visiting academic at the National University of Singapore.
Qualifications
2023: MSc Research Methods with Human Geography, University of Manchester, Distinction.
2022: BA Geography, University of Oxford, First Class.
Teaching
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I have contributed to the teaching and/or marking for the following modules:
- GEOG10101 Geographies of Globalisation
- GEOG10422 Dynamic Earth
- GEOG12012 Tutorials and Profile of a Research Geographer
- GEOG21432 Moral Geographies
- EVDV700001 Research Literacy and Design
- EVDV70022 Quantitative Research Approaches
- SEED PGR Research Training
- SEED TA Training
Further information
Additional Roles
- Web Coordinator, Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (GFGRG)
- TA Representative (Geography)
- North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP) Student Representative
- Humanities PGR Senior Ambassador
Selected Activities
Academic Presentations and Workshops
- Finance and Society Conference, Copenhagen, September 2025
- Designing a Bank workshop, Copenhagen, September 2025
- Geopolitics and Geoeconomics of Finance, Singapore, February 2025
- The Third FinGeo School on Financial Geography, Singapore, February 2025
- Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, August 2024
Industry Engagement
- FinTech North Manchester Conference, Manchester, November 2025 (invited speaker)
- European Women in Payments (EWPN) Annual Conference, Amsterdam, October 2025 (invited speaker)
- FinTech North Manchester Conference, Manchester, November 2025 (invited speaker)
- Practical Support for Female Founders in FinTech, London, March 2024 (invited speaker)
- FinTech North Liverpool Conference, Liverpool, March 2024 (invited speaker)
Keywords
- Financial Technology (FinTech)
- Inequalities
- Feminist Geographies
- Gender Inequalities
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 1 Article
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The triple glass ceiling: FinTech gender inequalities
Fox-Robertson, C. & Wójcik, D., 5 Mar 2024, In: Finance and Society. p. 1-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
Press/Media
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Fintech has a gender problem - here's why you should care
Fox-Robertson, C. & Wójcik, D.
9/04/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research