Book Launch "Developments in French Politics 6", co-organized by the HKBU Library and the Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU on 3 March 2021. Speakers: Prof. Alistair Cole (Head, the Department of Government and International Studies), Prof. Helen Drake (Chair of French and European Studies, Director of the Institute for Diplomacy and International Governance, Loughborough University, London), Dr. Emilie Tran (Assistant Professor, the Department of Government and International Studies). Moderator: Dr. C. Roland Vogt (Head, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, The University of Hong Kong) (Video)
GIS Online Alumni Event "Celebrating 25 Years of GIS -
Conversation with Prof. Michael DeGolyer", 27 February 2021.
Prof. Cole, Head of Department, has recently published, as second editor and contributor to three chapters, Developments in French Politics 6 (2021: Red Globe press). Dr. Emilie Tran also has a chapter in the book, which is the leading higher end text on French Politics in the UK and the US. Prof. Cole and Dr. Tran will present the book at the HKBU library on 3 March 2021 at 17.00 (Publisher webpage) (Flyer)
GIS undergraduate students, Eleanor Chan (GIS) and Ping-Ho Wong (European Studies, German Stream), presented their papers at the Political Studies Association of Ireland Postgraduate Conference 2021 on 30 January 2021. The two were awarded the GIS Undergraduate Overseas Research Activities Fund in 2020 and granted Visiting Student status by Queen's University Belfast. They presented parts of their ongoing honours projects on political reconciliation in Northern Ireland and contributed to the discussion of the panel "Peacebuilding and Consociationalism" with participation of scholars and students from the University of Limerick, Trinity College Dublin, and Dublin City University. (Conference website) (Conference programme)
Dr. Kenneth Chan, Associate Professor and Director of Comparative Governance & Policy Research Centre was on BBC HARDtalk with Stephan Sackur, 19 January 2021 to talk about the quandary Hong Kong has found itself in since the introduction of the National Security Law and the prospects, if any, for the democracy movement academic freedom. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p094fmff)
GIS Online Roundtable "Sino-US Relations in the Biden Era : Conflict, Competition or Cooperation?" on 21 January 2021. (Panelists information)
GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "How does municipality amalgamation reduce voter turnout in local elections? The case of Norway" on 1 December 2020. Keynote Speaker: Mr. Kyle H.Y. Chan (PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA ; HKBU GIS Programme graduate)
GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "Primary Party Organization and the Grassroots Election in Rural China" on 26 November 2020. Keynote Speakers: Dr. Kang Yi (Assistant Professor, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU), Mr. Ma Ming (Research Postgraduate Student, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU)
GIS Webinar (Online Seminar) "Breakfast with Mr. Thomas Gnocchi, EU Head of Office Hong Kong and Macao" on 25 November 2020. No less than 120 staff, students and members of the public attended in person or on-line his talk on EU Diplomacy and EU in Hong Kong for the first time since he came to Hong Kong in September. Special thanks to Dr Albert Chau, Vice-President (Teaching & Learning), for joining the event, which was co-organized by GIS and the Hong Kong Association for European Studies. ( HKBU News)
Opening ceremony of the book and artefacts exhibition "From Napoleon to De Gaulle - Treasures from the Consul General of France" on 24 November 2020, with a sharing by the Consul General of France in Hong Kong and Macao, Mr Alexandre Giogini. It is the last teaching and learning activity of the two-year pilot project led by Dr. Emilie Tran, titled "1, 2, 3, Prêts! Partez! Internationalisation at Home for a Successful Year Abroad", which stems from the Community of Practice - Internationalisation of Teaching and Learning (CoP-ITL). (Audio clip from RTHK (from time 2:21:35))
GIS Programme graduates in Faculty Graduation Activities for classes of 2019&2020, 21 November 2020.
European Studies Programme graduates in Faculty Graduation Activities for classes of 2019&2020, 21 November 2020.
GIS Online Forum "European Federalism & European Identity: A Dialogue with the Pan-European Party VOLT" on 19 November 2020. Guest Speakers: Ms. Valerie Sternberg (VOLT Germany ; Co-President of the European Board), Mr. Reinier van Lanschot (VOLT Netherlands ; Co-President of the European Board), Mr. Paul Jürgensen (Das Progressive Zentrum ; Project Manager in the Future of Democracy Programme)
Media interview on two double degree programmes offered by the Department of Government and International Studies with sharing by exchange students from France and Hong Kong and HKBU's internationalisation efforts under the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ming Pao) (Sing Tao Daily) (on.cc) (Oriental Daily) (Bastille Post)
Online workshop "Trust in the Smart City", 29 October 2020, with the participation of Prof. Masaru Yarime (Associate Professor, Division of Public Policy, HKUST), Prof. Wilson Wong (Associate Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration; Programme Director, Data Science and Policy Studies, Faculty of Social Science, CUHK) and Prof. Daniel Lai (Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKBU).
Photography exhibition with sharing of students from the course EURO4015 Contemporary European Societies II: questions d'actualité. Through the interplay of words and images taken by French artist and photographer Cyrille Bellier, the global pandemic is recontextualized to Hong Kong, a crammed city that shows its unique resilience and determination in combating COVID-19. (VR Tour) (Poster)
GISS Academic Week title "Indo-Pacific The Great Game Hong Kong" : online discussion forum "Indo-Pacific and the 'New Cold War'?", 21 October 2020 and webinar "Hong Kong and the World", 23 October 2020.
GIS alumni online gathering in the event "United Digitally" organized by Alumni Affairs Office on 17 October 2020.
Dr. Tushar Chaudhuri's EU Jean Monnet Project entitled Green Urban Environments: A Virtual Platform for Collaboration for Secondary School Students (GRUEN), has been shortlisted for the QS-Wharton Reimagine Education Awards under their Sustainability Award category. This year's Awards process saw nearly 1500 applications submitted across thirteen categories, and QS-Wharton have only chosen to shortlist the top 12 percent of these innovations.
The conference "The EU-Asia Schools E-Conference on Sustainability and Urban Innovation" was held from 10-12 September 2020 over the Zoom platform at HKBU. The conference marked the end of Dr. Tushar Chaudhuri's 2 year Jean Monnet Project on Green Urban Environments (GRUEN) co-funded by the European Commission. The project and the conference brought together 300 high school students, teachers and experts from Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Europe to discuss the students' visions of sustainable cities.
Dr. Sliwinski Krzysztof (Associate Professor, Department of GIS, HKBU) has succeeded in securing a third consecutive prestigious funding from the European Union to support the project: Asia Pacific Model European Union organized in cooperation with the National Centre for Research on Europe (University of Canterbury, NZ). (Details)
Our Programmes
BSocSc (Hons) in Government & International Studies
BSocSc (Hons) in European Studies
Combined Degree Programme in European Studies (French) (Sciences Po Lyon)
Combined Degree Programme in European Studies (French) (Sciences Po Bordeaux)
Minor Programme in Political Science
Minor Programme in European Studies
- Ya-Han Chuang, Emilie Tran, and Hélène le Bail, "From Silence to Action: The Chinese in France", Global Dialogue. Magazine of the International Sociological Association. Volume 11, Issue 1, April 2021. https://globaldialogue.
isa-sociology.org/volume-11- issue-1/ - Śliwiński, K. (2021). The Military and Policy Implications of Space Race 2.0, global-e 14:2, 18 February 2021.
- Cabestan, Jean-Pierre. "Seychelles: How a small island state is navigating through the emerging competition between India and China", Seychelles Research Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, February 2021, pp. 56-81.
- Śliwiński, K. (2020). "A Critical Analysis of Europeanism as an Ideology. Its Preconditions and Tenets", Studies in European Affairs Quarterly 4/2020, 7 – 24, DOI: 10.33067/SE.4.2020.1.
Student Experience
Patrick Delpy, Vice-President (Asia Pacific), Alcatel Submarine Network (ASN)
9th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - Nokia Submarine Networks
Thierry Bardoux, CEO Airport Division, JCDecaux Group
8th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - JCDecaux Group
Dr Albert Chau, Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), HKBU and Dr Jason Ho, Senior Service-Learning Consultant, Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, HKBU
The Opening Ceremony of Innovative Service-Learning Projects Exhibition and Presentations. 88 students taking the course POLS 2015 (Government & Politics of Hong Kong) designed and completed advocacy campaigns on environmental issues.
Alvin Yeung Ngok-kiu, Felix Chung Kwok-pan, Legislators and Law Yuk Kai, Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor and
Pierre Bourgeois, General Manager, Vinci Construction Grands Projets (VCGP) ; Member of the French Foreign Trade Advisors in Hong Kong
Alexandre Giorgini, the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau
Nathan He Lanshan, Officer for Education & French Language, the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and Yasmin Chafra, Head of CampusFrance Hong Kong
French Stream Year IV students EURO4006 and exchange students from France
Clément Brumeaux, COO of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hong Kong and Servane Delaye, General Manager of the French Chamber Foundation
Julien-Loïc Garin, CEO of Le French May arts festival
Hubert Charuel, the film director of the French movie Petit Paysan (Received César Award for Best First Feature Film, César Award for Best Actor, and César Award for Best Supporting Actress)
Laëtitia Mergui, French External Trade Advisor & Regional Managing Director, Chloé (Asia Pacific), Richemont (a Swiss luxury group)
Stéphane Lam, artistic director and project manager of Le Pavillon Rouge des Arts (HK) Ltd
Vincent Villepelet, French External Trade Advisor & Chief Financial Officer, LVMH Asia Pacific
Dany Laferrière, the Canadian novelist and French Academician
Éric Mayer, Managing Partner at Thomas, Mayer & Associés ; French Foreign Trade Advisor ; Barrister at law (Paris)
Jacques Boissier, President of French Foreign Trade Advisors section in Hong Kong
Julie Metta, School of Energy and Environment, the City University of Hong Kong
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Government & International Studies 政治及國際關係學


European Studies 歐洲研究
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Studying at GIS
GIS trains students in 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 Global and China Studies programme, Master of Public Administration, Master of Arts in Global Society and Master of Social Sciences (Contemporary China Studies).
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.
