Dr. Wu Shuang, Assistant Professor at the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme, was awarded 2023 National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project Fund for her research about lives, labor processes and spatiotemporal mechanisms of women involved in social reproduction through their participation in platform economyIn recent years, more and more people in China participate in platform e...

On October 9, 2023, the Department of Social Sciences (DSS) had the honor of hosting Dr. Yu Le, Associate Professor of Land Systems Science at Tsinghua University who delivered a lecture on land system change and sustainable development.Land system constitutes a link between human activity and environment. Dr. Yu’s research uses geographic information technology to map global land-use change, ...

On May 17, 2023 the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) held FHSS Exhibition of Student Achievements 2023: Best FYPs and Award-Winning Projects. Seven senior GAD students who excelled in their respective FYP projects presented their posters and received awards: Ms. Yu Kyung JEON, Ms. Deng Ziwen, Ms. Lu Wanlin, Ms. Chen Jingyu, Mr. Zhang Qifan, Mr. Chen Chaofan, and Mr. Chen Jiawei....

Calvin is a fresh graduate of Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme at the Department of Social Sciences. He recently got admission to study Master of Arts in East Asian Studies at the Yale University.When Calvin came to the UIC, it was English as a medium of instruction and cultural diversity in the background that attracted him. And quite naturally he went to choose Globalisation and ...

On May 18, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme of the Department of Social Sciences (DSS) was extremely honored to receive the visit of Mr. Domenico Nardelli, Treasurer of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Mr. Nardelli offered the numerous students and faculty members in attendance a detailed and highly informative lecture on the nature and mission of the AIIB, and...

On April 13, 2023, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme had the honour of hosting the lecture of Dr. Mike Musgrave from the Conservation Leadership Faculty in the School of Wildlife Conservation at the African Leadership University in Kigali, Rwanda. Dr. Mike Musgrave graduated from the Rhodes University and University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and holds a Ph.D. in Susta...

On March 27, 2023, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme had the honour of hosting Mr. Lawrence Egulu, currently Commissioner for Employment Services at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda. Mr. Lawrence  delivered a lecture titled: “Social Inclusions: Global and African Perspectives.” Mr. Egulu is a Development Policy Economist by train...

From April 16 to 17, 2023, students enrolled in the courses "Global Routes of Trade and Investment" participated in a two-day field trip to Shenzhen and Guangzhou.Organized by GAD professor, FHSS associate dean Prof. Simon Zhao Xiaobin, assisted by GAD assistant instructor Ms. Helen He Xi and student volunteer Mr. Calvin Zhang Qifan, the field trip led students to visit high-tech innovative ent...