2026 Mid-Career Award by the International Society for Aeolian Research (ISAR)
Professor Jimmy Li has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 Mid-Career Award by the International Society for Aeolian Research (ISAR) . Notably, he is the sole awardee globally selected for this honour for the 2025-2026 cycle. The ISAR Mid-Career Award is a prestigious recognition of significant contributions to the field of aeolian research. Professor Li will formally receive the award and deliver a seminar at the upcoming International Conference on Aeolian Research


Highly Cited Researchers 2025 by Clarivate Analytics
19NOV2025 We are delighted to share the wonderful news that four of our esteemed colleagues have been included in the 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list. This distinguished honors, bestowed upon only the top 0.1% of researchers globally, underscores their exceptional scholarly achievements and far-reaching influence. They join totally 54 HKU researchers on the list and are the sole representatives from the Faculty of Social Sciences. [Cross-Field] Professor Kuishua


World’s Top 2% of the Most-cited Scientists 2025 by Stanford University
06NOV2025 10 of our esteemed department faculty members, including Professor Wendy Chen, Professor Peng Gong, Professor Bo Huang, Professor Shunlin Liang, Professor George Lin, Professor Laibao Liu, Professor Becky Loo, Professor Junxi Qian, Professor Zhenci Xu and Professor Yuyu Zhou , are among the latest annual report of the top 2% most-cited scientists in the world published by Stanford University for 2025.


World's top 1% scholars by Clarivate Analytics for 2025
06NOV2025 9 of our esteemed department faculty members, including Professor Wendy Y CHEN , Professor Peng GONG , Professor Bo HUANG, Professor Nicky Y F LAM , Professor Shunlin LIANG , Professor George C S LIN , Professor Becky P Y LOO, Professor Zhenci XU and Professor Yuyu ZHOU , are among the world's top 1% scholars by Clarivate Analytics for 2025 . The full list of HKU Scholars in the Top 1% can be viewed on HKU Scholars Hub .


HKU and KAIST Symposium Advances Climate Action and Resilience Solutions
20 AUG 2025 On August 20, 2025, the Department of Geography and the Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality (ICCN) at The University...


Comprehensive Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition Published Under the Leadership of Prof. Shunlin Liang
We are proud to announce the publication of the second edition of Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Elsevier), a nine-volume Major...

























