Lunch meeting with Prof. Deborah Davis, SOSC's first Scholar-in-<br />Residence, May 2013 GIS students together with team members from other programmes clinched five awards at 'Hong Kong Model United Nations Conference 2014' GIS students together with team members from other programmes clinched five awards at the Asian International Model United Nations Conference organised by Peking University for the third consecutive year French Stream students of European Studies recently received scholarships from the French Consulate-General in Hong Kong and Macau and the Club de la Légion d'Honneur for sponsoring their study in France European Studies student wins third prize at interuniversity German speech competition 2013 European Studies students volunteering for the Karen Kids in Thailand Inauguration Ceremony for the 19th GISS Executive Committee, 3 March 2014 GIS graduates in the HKBU 54th commencement The Government and International Studies Society (GISS) organized a visit to the Hong Kong Government Flying Service (GFS), 25 January 2013 Vietnam Study Tour, organized by the Government and International Studies Society (GISS), January 2012 Malaysia Study Tour, organized by the GIS Student Society, January 2013 Thailand Study Tour, organized by the GIS Student Society (GISS), January 2014 Year 4 students of the German Stream (European Studies) visited factories in Shenzhen to learn about the situation of manufacturers for the German/European consumer markets European Studies programme promotion at the 11th European Higher Education Fair, at the Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay GIS MPhil student Phoebe Tang won a five-year full scholarship for PhD study at the University of Southern California (USC), US GIS Year 2 student Lu Ran garnered interest from a publisher and have her second novel <em>"The Farewell in Azure"</em> released recently With the cooperation from GIS, the HKPSA 2nd Annual Conference was held on 26-27 August in HKBU. The conference has focused on international relations in Asia and the political matters of East Asia and China
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GIS trains students to the different aspects of political science, with a strong emphasis on international relations and comparative politics, and in European Studies, using a multi-disciplinary approach.

Teaching

In addition to the department itself, GIS also contributes to teaching in the China Studies programme and in the Master of Public Administration.

Research

Research by staff of the GIS Department covers Hong Kong and Chinese politics, European politics and European integration, social movements and protest, political transitions and democratization, international relations, and economic and cultural relations between China and Europe.

Dr. Kenneth Chan Ka-lok, associate professor at the Department of Government and International Studies of Hong Kong Baptist University, was elected member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council on 9 September 2012, as a representative of Hong Kong island. Chairman of the Civic Party since 2011 and now 44, Dr. Chan received more than 70,000 votes, the highest number of votes in a single geographical constituency in the 2012 legislative election.