Geography Distinguished Seminar Series The local consequences of the cloud: Data centers, housing markets, and grid resilience Date: 14 AUG 2026 (Friday) Time: 10:00-12:00 (HKT) Venue: CPD-3.29, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Mode: Hybrid Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=108434 Abstract: Data centers are often described as part of the AI and cloud econ

Departmental Research Seminars Series Impacts of Urban Form on Environmental Pollution and Social Justice through Citizen Science Date: 14 JUL 2026 (Tuesday) Time: 10:00-11:00 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=107835 Abstract: Urban form (i.e., the spatial organization and configuration of different urban elements, such as land use

Departmental Research Seminars Series Growing Up Online: Gender, Digitalization, and Youth Risk and Victimization Date: 06 JUL 2026 (Monday) Time: 10:00-11:30 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=108403 Abstract: Young people's lives are increasingly shaped by digital technologies. Social media, online gaming, messaging applications,

6-15 JUL 2025 Quantitative remote sensing has been widely applied and is rapidly advancing in fields such as climate change, ecological and environmental monitoring, resource surveying, and precision agriculture. To promote the dissemination of theoretical methods in quantitative remote sensing, track the latest research and application frontiers, foster interdisciplinary integration, and cultivate professional talents, the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering

29 JUN 2026 On 29 June, the Department of Geography welcomed students from Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho College for a campus visit to HKU. The programme introduced key research facilities, highlighted experiential learning opportunities, and encouraged students to explore future academic interests and university life at HKU.

Geography Distinguished Seminar Series Land Use-Ecosystem Coupled Simulation for Regional Sustainability Date: 26 JUN 2026 (Friday) Time: 10:00-12:00 (HKT) Venue: CPD-3.01, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Mode: Hybrid Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=107733 Abstract: Land use change is a key pathway through which human activities reshape ecosystem proce

HKU Press: http://www.hku.hk/press/news_detail_29204.html Faculty of Social Science: https://web.socsc.hku.hk/school_news/hku-research-reveals-unintended-climate-trade-off-clean-air-policies-intensify-urban-heat-island-in-humid-cities/ Researchers at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) have uncovered a critical, underrecognized trade-off in global environmental policies: while essential for improving public health, large-scale air pollution reductions are unintentionally intens

Geography Distinguished Seminar Series Management of Sustainable Consumption Date: 15 JUN 2026 (Monday) Time: 10:30-12:30 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Mode: Hybrid Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=107031 Abstract: This talk focuses on a systematic examination of how household consumption contrib

Recently, Professor Kuishuang Feng from the Department of Geography at The University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with multiple domestic and international research teams, has made significant progress in the field of climate change mitigation policies and social justice. The related findings have been published online in Nature Climate Change under the title " Distributional effects of expanding climate targets beyond CO₂" . Integrating non-CO₂ greenhouse gases into coordi

LATE NOV 2026 Event Website: https://geog-event.hku.hk/95-anniversary Celebrating 95 Years of HKU Geography (1931–2026) SAVE THE DATE · JOIN US It is our great pleasure to announce that we are approaching a truly special milestone — the 95th Anniversary of the Department of Geography at The University of Hong Kong. Since 1931, our Department has shaped generations of geographers who have gone on to make meaningful contributions in academia, government, industry, and communiti

Geography Distinguished Seminar Series Research Frontier of Trajectory Similarity Learning Date: 12 JUN 2026 (Friday) Time: 10:45-12:00 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Mode: Hybrid Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106988 Abstract: Trajectory similarity computation is a fundamental functionality tha

Geography Distinguished Seminar Series Reflections on Geospatial Intelligence: Leveraging AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery Date: 12 JUN 2026 (Friday) Time: 09:30-10:45 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Mode: Hybrid Via Zoom: Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=107171 Abstract: This presentation examines Geos

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The Department of Geography is proud to announce the publication of the Handbook of Satellite Land Products, co-edited by Prof. Shunlin Liang and Prof. Han Ma and published by Elsevier. This major reference work has several notable features: Unprecedented global collaboration The handbook brings together more than 300 contributing experts from over 15 countries. Extensive scope and scale Spanning 134 chapters, the book provides detailed coverage of approximately 170 high-leve

Livestock System Transition, Productivity Improvement, and Land Sustainability in China

Livestock System Transition, Productivity Improvement, and Land Sustainability in China

Livestock System Transition, Productivity Improvement, and Land Sustainability in China

Livestock System Transition, Productivity Improvement, and Land Sustainability in China

Livestock System Transition, Productivity Improvement, and Land Sustainability in China

Departmental Research Seminars Series Publishing Sustainability Research Date: 08 JUN 2026 (Monday) Time: 09:00-10:00 (HKT) Venue: Chamber, Faculty of Social Sciences, 11/F, The Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106843 Abstract: The talk will provide a brief overview about the sustainability research domain (what the overall research focus is, the approach to understand problems and provide