Dr. Samson Yuen (GIS)
Main field: Social Sciences
Subfield-1: Cultural Studies
Subfield-2: Political Science & Public Administration
Source: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/4
Dr. Samson Yuen (GIS)
Main field: Social Sciences
Subfield-1: Cultural Studies
Subfield-2: Political Science & Public Administration
Source: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/4
Congratulations to 2023 Graduate Stephanie for receiving the Merit Award - HK Top 10 Outstanding Students Election 2023 (Tertiary Education)!
Public Lecture: The Future of Urban Governance by Prof Patrick Le Gales (Dr Kennedy Wong Distinguished Visiting Professor -
Visiting Scholar hosted by the Department of Government and International Studies)
2 March 2023 SWT 501 Council Chamber
The event is organized by
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Government and International Studies
Department of Geography
Department of Sociology
Give thanks to all who joined the Opening Ceremony of Europe and the Franco German Partnership - The Elysee Treaty at 60 on 11 Jan 2023! As a honour, we also had the Vice-President (Teaching & Learning) Dr Albert Chau to give a short speech at the opening (Top left of the photo).
Speaker: Tetsuro Kobayashi, Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong
Discussant: Dr. Siu-yau Lee, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University
Date & Time: February 2, 2023, 13:00 - 14:30
Venue (In-person and online): AAB 1123
Registration link: https://forms.gle/ZDAHdJMKxa7P7EZk8
Prof. Alistair Cole, head of the Government & intrenational Studies department of HKBU, has just come back from a visit aimed at boosting our international partnerships. He first visited the Institute of Political Studies ('Sciences Po') Bordeaux, France, with which we run a combined degree. (Photo 1: with combined degree students at Bordeaux). Prof Cole presented his views on current developments to the Good Morning Asia association at Sciences Po Bordeaux (photo 2). Finally, Prof Cole met with colleagues at the Loughborough University London campus (photo 3: with Prof Helen Drake, Director of the institute for Diplomacy and Governance, Loughborough university). The trip augured well for future collaboration.
Here is a sharing from our Year 2 student, Justin about his university life in Hong Kong while pursuing his combined degree.
https://sosc.hkbu.edu.hk/en/news_and_events/faculty_bulletin/
Visit of the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Hong Kong
Prof. Cole greeted and gave a tour to the German Consul General Ms. Stefanie Seedig with our staff and student representative.
Date: 11 November 2022 (Fri)
The Head of Department, Prof Cole, received a visit from the Deputy Consul general of Belgium, Mrs Eva Morre, to share in relation to student and academic affairs. Pictured with Prof Cole and Mrs Morre is Dr Dionysios Stivas, our lecturer who studied European Law in Bruges, Belgium.
GISES Mentoring Programme AY2022-23 - We are happy to see mentees from both the ES & GIS programmes. Don't miss the chance of being our mentees/mentors in September 2023!
We continued to organise Alumni Career Sharing for our students after the success in AY2021-22. The first sharing this year, we have Miss Irina Li (2015 graduate) who is working as a Programme Coordinator at Hong Kong Red Cross. Both ES & GIS programme students are welcomed to join the future Alumni Career Sharing. The next one is on 17 Nov 2022. More details will be announced later.
Report on the HKBU Newsletter about the HKBU Library's past event "Transnational and Transdisciplinary Lessons of COVID 19 From the Perspective of Risk and Management", 27 May 2022, with the participation of Prof. Alistair Cole and Dr. Emilie Tran.
Media interview on Prof. Alistair Cole and the research team for the online conference "Trust and the Smart City - Final Project Conference", 29 April 2022. (Full article)
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)
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Student Experience
Jean-Sébastien Attié, Executive Director, Alliance française de Hong Kong
EURO4006 Online Career Talk - Alliance Française de Hong Kong
Mr. Markus Hasse-Pratje, Managing Director, REWE Far East
EURO4007 Online Career Talk - REWE Far East (German buying cooperative)
Dr. Olivier Petit, Strategic Initiative Director for Asia Pacific, Egis
EURO4006 Online Career Talk - Egis Group
Maud Savary-Mornet, Impact Investment and ESG- Consultant
EURO4006 Online Career Talk - Impact investment and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance)
Walter van Hattum, Head of the Trade of the European Union Office to Hong Kong and Macao
Online Career Talk for French Stream and German Stream Year 4 students of European Studies Programme courses EURO4006 and EURO4007
Anne-Claire Beraud, Business Development Manager, Phenix by OnTheList
EURO4006 Online Career Talk - Phenix by OnTheList
George Chen, Regional Public Policy Director, Meta (Facebook)
Online Career Talk for French Stream and German Stream Year 4 students of European Studies Programme courses EURO4006 and EURO4007
Anne-France Gérard and Catherine Viguier, French International School of Hong Kong
Workshop “Climate Fresk” (raising the awareness and understanding of climate change’s phenomena)
Chez Daddy, Jardin de l'Envol, Les Restos du Coeur (NGOs in France)
Service-Learning in Lyon, France
Visiting French May Arts Festival Exhibition "Mythologies: Surrealism and Beyond - Masterpieces from Centre Pompidou", the Hong Kong Museum of Art
Anne-Sophie Foster, Head of Human Resources and Recruitment Services and Lilian Lao, Senior recruitment & training consultant (French Chamber in Hong Kong)
12th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Hong Kong
French Chamber Foundation and Centre for Innovative Service-Learning, HKBU
Community and charity engagement program “Oui care for a better Hong Kong".
Philippe Guettat, Chairman & CEO, Pernod Ricard Asia
11th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - Pernod Ricard Asia
Students of Sciences Po Lyon and HKBU European Studies French Stream
Joint workshop of the Public Factory on the organizational management of the Covid-19 pandemic with the Hong-Kong Baptist University (HKBU) European Studies French Stream, and Sciences Po Lyon
Charlotte Judet, Vice-President Communications, Kering Asia Pacific
10th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - Kering
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
Laurence Frémy, Director Asia Pacific, Laboratoires Expanscience, Hong Kong
7th Career Talk (2021 Edition) - Laboratoires Expanscience
Government & International Studies 政治及國際關係學
European Studies 歐洲研究
Prof. Jean Pierre Cabestan - Chinese Politics | VISIONS@CHINASTUDIES
VISIONS@CHINASTUDIES | Studying in Hong Kong
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.