From April 16 to 17, 2023, students enrolled in the courses "Global Routes of Trade and Investment" participated in a two-day field trip to Shenzhen and Guangzhou.Organized by GAD professor, FHSS associate dean Prof. Simon Zhao Xiaobin, assisted by GAD assistant instructor Ms. Helen He Xi and student volunteer Mr. Calvin Zhang Qifan, the field trip led students to visit high-tech innovative ent...

On April 1, 2023, Globalisation and Development (GAD) students participated in a one-day field trip to Guangzhou.Organized by GAD Professor Dr. Shuang Wu and assisted by GAD Assistant Instructor Ms. Mingjiao Xia, the students explored the decarbonization, digitization, and intelligent solutions of Guangzhou as the core city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The students learned...

Shao Chenhan is one of just seven annual full-award applicants to be accepted into the prestigious Doctor of Philosophy in Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She graduated from Government and International Relations programme(currently Globalisation and Development ) in 2020.Shao Chenhan came to UIC, aimed an internationalized study environment and liberal...

On November 30, 2022, the Globalisation and Development(GAD) Programme, in the context of the Department’s “Social Sciences for the Globalised and Digital World Lecture Series”, had the honour of hosting the lecture of Dr. Lokki Wai, WHO representative to Vietnam, Research Scientist at International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, giving lecture on International Development: Issues a...

On November 16, 2022, the Globalization and Development (GAD) program had the honor of inviting Professor Jiang Bin, a geospatial information science professor from Gavle University College (Hogskolan i Gavle) in Sweden, as a special guest to attend the "Digitization and Globalization World Series" lecture hosted by the Department of Social Sciences. He delivered a speech on the topic of "Geosp...

On November 9, the Globalisation and Development(GAD) invited a a group of enthusiastic alumni to share their study experience in the GAD/GIR and their achievements in multiple fields, from business to academia, energy analysis, environmental governance and public policy.I learnt information literacy skill and independent thinking habit in GIR/GAD. Rigorous curriculum in GIR/GAD build a solid ...

On November 2, 2022, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme, in the context of the Department's "Social Sciences for the Globalised and Digital World Lecture Series", had the honour of hosting the lecture of an internationally renowned guest - Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy, former Governor of the Sri Lankan Central Bank (2016-2019).During this special event, which saw the participation o...

On October 26, 2022, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme had the honour to invite Dr. Fangxin Yi, research fellow at the School of Social Development and Public Policy of Beijing Normal University of China, delivering a lecture on “Smart City and Digital Public Administration”.In this lecture, Dr. Yi reviewed the global characteristics, policy, and technology development of smar...