On October 17, 2022, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme had the honor to host Dr. YIN Hui - lecturer at the Department of Global Health of Peking University - as a special guest to the “Digitalised and Globalised World” Lecture Series, delivering a lecture on “Development Aid for Health (DAH): Practice and Experience”. The lecture first addressed basic concepts of DAH, whic...

The Division of Humanities and Social Sciences (DHSS) Exhibition of Student Achievements 2022 for Best Final Year Projects (FYPs) and Award-Winning Projects was held on May 18, 2022. Five senior GIR students - Ms. Guo Lingxiang, Ms. Wang Yuejiao, Ms. Wei Ruoyan, Ms. Qin Siyao, and Ms. Zhong Yuyi who excelled in their respective projects - received the FYP Awards and presented posters of their w...

On April 27, 2022, GAD had the honour to invite Mr. Tang Zhifeng, the Executive Deputy Director of Beijing DHH Law Firm, as a guest speaker to the DHSS Lecture Series. Mr. Tang gave a lecture on the rapid development and huge potential of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) to inspire young people to seize the many opportunities for employment and entrepreneurship that the GBA...

On April 16, the UIC Sustainable Development Research Group (SDRG), founded by Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme’s students and now encompassing members from across the entire college, held its 2022 annual forum on the topic of “Sustainable Development: A New Paradigm for Higher Education”. Hosted by the founder of SDRG, GAD student Mr. Frank Chen Chaofan, the virtual forum conv...

On April 1, 2022, GAD had the honor to host Dr. Yin Hui, lecturer at the Department of Global Health of Peking University - as a special guest to the GAD International Organisations Lecture Series, delivering a lecture on global economic governance and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Dr. Yin HuiDr. Yin gave an exceptionally thorough presentation on the role of AIIB in globa...

On March 30th, 2022, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme held its second guest lecture of the GAD International Organisations Lecture Series 2022. Invited by Professor Kwok Cho Tang (also Professor of GAD’s “International Organisations” course), Prof. Davide Mosca, a former director of migration health at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – the United Nations...

On March 18th, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme held the first guest lecture of the GAD International Organisations Lecture Series 2022. Upon the invitation of Professor Kwok Cho Tang – also in charge of GAD’s “International Organisations” ME course - Prof. Meri Koivusalo, Professor of Global Health and Development of Tampere University, current member of the WHO Expe...