Interactions between climate change and urbanization will shape the future of biodiversity Congratulations to Professor Yuyu Zhou on co-authoring a publication in Nature Climate Change. The title of the article is “Interactions between climate change and urbanization will shape the future of biodiversity” and it is now available at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-024-01996-2 Reference: Urban, M. C., Alberti, M., De Meester, L., Zhou, Y., et al. Interactions between c

02 MAY 2024

MAY2024 We are excited to announce that our PhD student, Mr. CHANG Man Hei Jeffrey (Supervisor: Professor Nicky Lam), has been awarded the Champion (First Place) in the AAG Climate Speciality Group (CSG) Student Paper Competition with his outstanding paper entitled "Integrating geography-STEM education and numerical modeling into urban microclimate analytics." Notably, Jeffrey is the first non-US postgraduate student to receive this prestigious award since the competition's i

China Development Studies Elite Seminar Series Smart urban governance: Governing cities in the “smart” era Date: 26 APR 2024 (Friday)...

We are proud to announce that Professor Shunlin Liang and Professor Yuyu Zhou have been elected as 2023 Fellows of the American...

地理卓越學術講座系列 Geography Distinguished Seminars Series Ecological Conservation Redline: A New Model and Strategy for Nature Conservation...

地理卓越學術講座系列 Departmental Research Seminars Series Navigating scientific publishing with Elsevier remote sensing journals Date: 22 APR 2024...

16-20 APR 2024 https://www.aag.org/events/aag2024/ We are exhibiting in The American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2024...

Climate Change and Recent Trend of Arctic Climate Date: 13 APR 2024 (SAT) Time: 14:30-16:00 (HKT) Venue: Multi-Function Room of the...

Professor Jixi GAO Chief Scientist, Satellite Environmental Application Centre, Ministry of Ecology and Environment Member of the...

CHEN Zhang, our 3rd year Geography and Urban Governance Student, has been honored with the Championship of 2024 ESRI Young Scholars Award...

Distinguished Seminar Series in Geography and Sustainable Development Integrating Natural Capital into Policy & Finance for...

11APR2024 Professor Nicky Y F LAM gave a talk on climate change and urban heat island at the Macau Science Museum and was interviewed by...

10APR2024 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently been awarded a remarkable donation of HKD 48.51 million from The Hong Kong...

APR2024 We are thrilled to announce that our PhD student, Ms. Ling Jing (Supervisor: Professor Hongsheng Zhang), has won 2nd Place in the AAG Remote Sensing Specialty Group's Student Honors Paper Competition. Her outstanding paper, titled "Synergizing Radar and Optical Data for Accurate Urban Impervious Surface Mapping in Cloud-Prone Areas," showcases the high standard of research conducted at our department and The University of Hong Kong. We extend our warmest congratulatio

Professor Frank VAN DER WOUDEN has been awarded the prestigious Early Career Teaching Award 2023 of The University of Hong Kong. https://www4.hku.hk/award/ceremony/award-recipients

Professor Junxi QIAN has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) 2022-23 of The University of Hong Kong. https://www.rss.hku.hk/honours-awards/internal-awards/oyra-winners

地理卓越學術講座系列 Departmental Research Seminars Series From Swamp to Sea: the fate of tropical peatland carbon in the coastal ocean Date: 08...

地理卓越學術講座系列 Geography Distinguished Seminars Series Taking Territory Seriously in a Fluid, Topologically Varied World Date: 26 MAR 2024...