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

GIS 2023 1st Hit of events ~ 2023年GIS活動第1 擊

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.

https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/en/whats-new/discover-hkbu/2022/jun-2022/0622-transnational-and-transdisciplinary-lessons-from-the-pandemic.html

GIS Mentoring Pilot Scheme End-of-Semester Meeting. 11 June 2022.

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)