On March 30th, 2022, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme held its second guest lecture of the GAD International Organisations Lecture Series 2022. Invited by Professor Kwok Cho Tang (also Professor of GAD’s “International Organisations” course), Prof. Davide Mosca, a former director of migration health at the International Organization for Migration (IOM) – the United Nations...

On March 18th, 2021, the Globalisation and Development (GAD) Programme held the first guest lecture of the GAD International Organisations Lecture Series 2022. Upon the invitation of Professor Kwok Cho Tang – also in charge of GAD’s “International Organisations” ME course - Prof. Meri Koivusalo, Professor of Global Health and Development of Tampere University, current member of the WHO Expe...

On December 8, 2021, UIC’s Scholarship Presentation Ceremony for the 2020-2021 academic year was held at the University Performance Theatre.  Overall, 27 GAD and GIR students were awarded at the event.Among them, Ms. Victoria Jiang Xuguorong won the Prof. Xu Jialu Whole Person Education Award. Ms. Charlotte Zhong Yuyi won the Dean’s Award. Ms. Jasmine Wang Yuejiao received the Beeplus Scholar...

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...