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

Climate Change, Revealing the distributional effects of expanding climate targets beyond CO₂ 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 effect

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

10JUN2026

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

The size of tropical vegetation gross primary production Link to the paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10562-z Abstract: Satellite-based optical observations have converged to show average estimates of global contemporary gross primary production (GPP), the photosynthetic assimilation of atmospheric CO2 by terrestrial vegetation, at 120–140 petagrams of carbon per year (PgC yr−1). This consensus was challenged by a recent modelling study conducted by Lai et al

HKU GEOGRAPHY: Monthly Research Talks Tourist Resilience in China's Greater Bay Area Date: 29 MAY 2026 (Friday) Time: 15:00-15:15 (HKT) Via Zoom: https://hku.zoom.us/j/98300713382?pwd=dGdqelhpWUwyOENmTUJyalVKemtHQT09 (No registration required) Abstract: Based on a funded GRF project, this presentation explains what is involved in developing and validating a theory of tourist resilience in China's Greater Bay Area. Resilience is the ability to remain functional while enduring

28 MAY - 07 JUN 2026

Departmental Research Seminars Series Global-scale responses of the Blue Planet to climate and environmental changes: Implications for Earth’s greenhouse gas budgets and the climate system Date: 21 MAY 2026 (Thursday) Time: 15:00-16:30 (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=106659 Zoom Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95394848064?pwd=B4NGSPm

HKU Faculty of Social Sciences’ Strategic Research Theme AI and Societal Wellbeing: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health, Behaviour, and Urban Systems Date: 18 MAY 2026 (Monday) Time: 10:00-12:30 (Morning Session) | 14:00-16:00 (Afternoon Session) (HKT) Venue: Cartographica Laboratory and Library, 10/F, The Jockey Club Tower / online via Zoom Registration link: https://hkuems1.hku.hk/hkuems/ec_hdetail.aspx?guest=Y&ueid=106621 For further information, please visit the eve