On December 6th, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited Mr. Chandran Nair, head of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT) and member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability and Experts Forum, to deliver a lecture to students on “Leadership in a Post-Western World”. Mr. Chandran NairDuring the lecture, held online due ...

On November 24, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited Dr. Coraline Goron, an assistant professor of environmental policy at Duke Kunshan University, to share with students and staff her insights and research on China’s recent practice of multilateral environmental governance in the fields of climate change and biodiversity.Dr. Goron provided useful context by briefly ...

On November 15, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme invited a group of enthusiastic alumni to share their experience of studying in the GIR/GAD as well as their many accomplishments - in multiple fields, from business to academia, energy analysis and public policy – after graduation.“As the Deputy Secretary General of UIC Alumni Association, over time I have noticed that both gi...

On November 10, 2021, Year 3 Globalisation and Development (GAD) students, accompanied by Dr. Sharon Wu Shuang and Ms. Cinnamon Sun Yuan, visited “XCurrency”, a Zhuhai-based, high-tech and high-end service company founded and operated by GIR-GAD alumnus, Bruce Chen Jiaxin. The core activities of XCurrency include worldwide online currency exchange, exchange rate information service, as well a...

Dr. Edoardo Monaco, Director and Associate Professor of GAD, recently took part in the Standards Working Committee of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF) that formulated national "ESG Assessment Guidelines", alongside institutions  like Securities Association of China, China Development Research Institute, China Institute for Sustainable Development, and mo...

Recently, CCTV-13 news channel reported that Turkey declares the ambassadors of ten western countries as “persona non grata”. In an interview with CCTV, Dr. Selçuk Çolakoğlu - GAD Professor and director of Turkey's Asia Pacific Research Center - said that this move may exacerbate tensions among Turkey and western countries, and Turkey may come to the threshold of the biggest diplomatic crisi...

GAD faculty members Prof. Zhao Xiaobin and Dr. Edoardo Monaco are now available to supervise/co-supervise relevant research projects of prospective MPhil and PhD students in Economics. Interested applicants may visit the Graduate School website at https://gs.uic.edu.cn/graduate1/Research_Postgraduate_Programme/economics.htmand directly contact their supervisors at https://dhss.uic.edu.cn/en/Pro...

UIC vigorously promotes scientific research to improve education quality while encouraging students to embrace new academic aspects and enhance their research capabilities through subject research. As a result, plenty of undergraduate graduates of 2021 have published papers in international journals, academic monographs, and international conferences. Among them is Zhang Zhen from Government ...