GIS Online Conference "Trust and the Smart City - Final Project Conference", 29 April 2022. 

Team members:

Prof. Alistair Cole (Principal Investigator; Head, Department of GIS, HKBU), Dr. Daphne Mah (Co-Investigator; Associate Professor, Department of Geography, HKBU), Dr. Emilie Tran (Co-Investigator; Assistant Professor, Department of GIS, HKBU), Dr. Kevin Ip (Co-Investigator; Assistant Professor, Department of GIS, HKBU), Dr. Darren Man-wei Cheung (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography, HKBU), Dr. Dionysios Stivas (Research Associate, Department of GIS, HKBU), Mr. Calvin Lai Ming Tsun (Senior Research Assistant, Department of GIS, HKBU) 

Prof. Alistair Cole, Head of the Department of GIS, was interviewed in the Ming Pao Newspaper (9,10 April 2022) commenting on the French Presidential Elections.

Article on Ming Pao Newspaper (9 April 2022)

Article on Ming Pao Newspaper (10 April 2022)

On the 31st of March, Mr. Thomas Gnocchi, Head of the EU Office to Hong Kong and Macau presented and discussed the EU policymaking framework with the students of the postgraduate course POLS7140 Public Policy and Governance.

European Studies (French Stream) Year IV student, Darius Hung Kuen TANG won the 12th edition Interuniversity French Speech Competition of the Pearl River Delta, one of the numerous events to celebrate the Month of the FRANCOPHONIE! Co-organized by the Consulates General of France in Hong Kong and Macao, and in Guangzhou, with the support of the Alliance française de Hong Kong, the Institute of French Language and Culture from the Catholic University of Lyon and the French Intercultural Center of Lyon Inflexyon, it allows the best students of the universities of the Delta to show their mastery of the French language and their ability to make a public presentation.

Online roundtable "The Women who have been making Europe" co-organised by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong & Macau and the European Studies Programme, Department of GIS, HKBU on 8 March 2022. Students from French and German Streams payed a vibrant tribute to 12 historical and contemporary inspiring European women. Under the able chairing of Dr. Émilie Tran (Department of GIS, HKBU), Ms. Johanna Karanko (Consul General of Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong and Macao), Mr. Thomas Gnocchi (Head of the European Union in Hong Kong and Macao) and Ms. Marie-Hélène Prévot (President of the French Foreign Trade Advisors) exchanged views on the role of Women today. They voiced their support to achieving gender equality in business, politics and institutions, as they also draw focus on the role of women in crisis, especially in peace negotiations.

Prof. Alistair Cole, Head of Department of GIS, participates at the RTHK Radio 3 current affairs programme "Backchat" on 28 February 2022 to talk about Russian attack on Ukraine. (Listen to the episode)

GIS Online Workshop "Second Impact Café - Trust and the Smart City", 17 February 2022. Speakers: Prof. Alistair Cole (Head, Department of Government & International Studies, HKBU), Dr. Dionysios Stivas (Research Associate & Lecturer, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU), Mr. Calvin Lai Ming Tsun (Senior Research Assistant, Department of Government & International Studies, HKBU), Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan (Research Professor of Political Science, Department of Government and International Studies, HKBU)

GIS Online Seminar "'Elections with Hong Kong Characteristics' What It Is, and What It is Not", 27 January 2022. Speakers: Mr Paul Zimmerman (Chairman, Hong Kong Democratic Foundation), Dr. Derek Yuen (Hong Kong-based strategist, scholar and columnist) and Dr. Robert Chung (President and Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute). Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Chan, Director, Comparative Governance and Policy Research Centre).

With the help from the German Consulate General Hong Kong and the staff of the TriAngle, the Centre for Innovative Service-Learning (CISL), HKBU, students from the European Studies Programme (German Stream) set up the exhibition "Jewish Life in Germany and Escape Destination Hong Kong". The exhibition was shown on the TriAngle between 17 and 27 January 2022.

On 26 January, students from the German Stream had the opportunity to ask questions and discuss aspects of Jewish life. Experts on this subject were Dr. Martin Chung (Assistant Professor, Department of GIS), Dr. Noit Banai (Associate Professor, AVA, HKBU) and Ms. Elina Eliasson (MA, Universität Potsdam (Germany)). The talk was moderated by Ms. Kathrin Bode (Visiting Scholar, Department of GIS).

In Semester One 2021, GIS initiated a Virtual Teaching and Learning Project which gathered students from HKBU, Education University of Hong Kong and McMaster University (Canada) to critically examine the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and prepare action plans for global citizenship. HKBU Social Science Faculty Students are invited to visit the GIS Department (AAB, 11/F) or go through the exhibition of the posters on our Facebook Page and let us have your feedback (Email: Dr. Kenneth Chan, Director of the GIS (Hons) Programme, kklchan@hkbu.edu.hk). There is a chance to win one of the 30 coupons worth $150 each!

Dr. Martin Chung, Assistant Professor and Associate Coordinator of GIS Programme, receives the General Education Teaching Award (Individual) 2021/22. (Photo: Simulating Northern Ireland's Belfast/Good Friday Agreement negotiation in the GE Course, "Sustainable Peace: Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation of Divided Communities", GTSU2026.)

HKBU News : HKBU scholar receives prestigious award from the French Government

HKU-HKBU Joint Seminar Series on European Politics "The European Union as a Community of Values : Poland and Europe’s Rule of Law Crisis", 2 December 2021.

GIS Online forum "Cabaret and Freedom of Speech in the German Democratic Republic : A Dialogue with Gunter Böhnke", 24 November 2021. Speaker: Gunter Böhnke (German cabaretist; author; translator)

Ms. Johanna Karanko, Consul-General of Finland to Hong Kong and Macau, was invited to visit GIS and shared Finland’s experience in providing a strong policy environment for sustainable development and technological innovation. September-October 2021.

GIS participated in the international conference "Narrating Cold Wars" at HKBU from 11-13 November 2021. The Department of GIS was a co-organiser of the event with the School of Communication and Film and the Academy of Visual Arts. Prof. Alistair Cole chaired the session "Panel 9: Twitter Diplomacy". Dr. Emilie Tran, Assistant Professor of GIS, presented the paper "‘For They Have Sown The Wind, and They Shall Reap the Whirlwind’ - China’s Twiplomacy and its Repercussion in France".

GIS participated in the international conference "Narrating Cold Wars" at HKBU from 11-13 November 2021. The Department of GIS was a co-organiser of the event with the School of Communication and Film and the Academy of Visual Arts. Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan chaired the session "Keynote 3: Galaxy Empire", featuring keynotes by John Keane, University of Sydney and He Baogang, Deakin University.

Prof. Alistair Cole, Head of Department of GIS, participates at the RTHK Radio 3 current affairs programme "Backchat" on 23 November 2021 to talk about the large-scale and often violent protests across Europe over new COVID-19 restrictions. (Listen to the episode, time slot between 9:15 am and 9:30 am)

Dr. C. K. Martin Chung, Assistant Professor of GIS and member of the organising committee and instructor of the GE course "Sustainable Peace: Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation of Divided Communities", engaged in online discussion with John Paul Lederach (author of Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies and Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame) in the seminar "Peacebuilding: A Way Out for Societies in Conflict", jointly organised by CEDAR Fund and the Centre for Sino-Christian Studies, Department of Religion and Philosophy on 6 November 2021, on strategic peacebuilding in the context of Hong Kong.

政治及國際關係學系講座『回望「九．一三」：林彪事件五十週年 』"'13 September' Revisited: 50th Anniversary of the Lin Biao Incident"，2021 年 11 月 4 日，講者：余汝信 YU Ruxin。（普通話講述 In Putonghua）