GRM Ranked 19th in the World
In the 2025 QS World University Subject Rankings, GRM is ranked 19th globally in the field of Geography, climbing 12 places from last year. For details, please visit QS website.
CUHK-BNU Geography Symposium: A New Partnership
On 28-29 Apr 2025, GRM welcomed delegates from Beijing Normal University’s Faculty of Geographical Science (BNU-FGS), led by vice-dean Prof Fenghua Pan, for the first geography symposium jointly organised by the two units. Members from GRM and BNU-FGS had wide-ranging discussions on their research in health, transport, financial and education geographies. The symposium marks the beginning of long-term collaboration between the two units in research, teaching and student exchange.
Call for Abstracts: 13th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism
GRM’s International Conference on Sustainable Tourism is set to return for its 13th edition on 8-10 May 2025. This year, five esteemed international keynote speakers will join participants to delve into the crucial intersection of tourism and sustainable transformation. Abstract submissions are open until 11 Apr 2025. For more details, please visit the Conference Website.
GRM Distinguished Lecture: “Nobel of Geography” Winner on Regional Innovation
GRM is honoured to welcome Professor Ron Boschma, an internationally renowned economic geographer, to give a lecture on 1 Apr 2025 on the topic “Regional Innovation and Smart Specialization Policy in the European Union”. Professor Boschma is the 2024 winner of the Vautrin Lud Prize, also widely known as the “Nobel of Geography”, and has made a significant impact on the EU’s regional innovation policy. Please click here for details of this lecture, and sign up here to guarantee your seat.
GRM undergraduate won GIS application award
In the 2023 ESRI Young Scholars Award, our undergraduate Chan Yin Wang Adrian won first runner-up in Hong Kong in the Individual Application category for his project on “GIS Application in Feng Shui”. Read more about his project at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/e67f149fbed143c9a00ae4d25a47ad62.
Retirement Recital in honour of Professor Fung Tung
After 35 years of distinguished service at the Department of Geography and Resource Management (GRM), Professor Fung Tung will retire at the end of academic year 2022/23. In honour of Professor Fung, GRM will join hands with the Department of Music and the Centre for Chinese Music Studies to organise a concert entitled “Earth as Sensed through Music and Images: Professor Fung Tung Pipa and Guqin Retirement Recital” on 29 June 2023. To reserve your place, please sign up starting from 10 am, 5 June 2023 by scanning the QR code on the poster or by visiting https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13667342.
GRM ranked 24th in the world by QS Subject Rankings 2023
In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023, GRM is ranked 24th in the world and 5th in Asia in geography. For details, please visit https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2023/geography.
GRM to host 11th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism
GRM is hosting the 11th International Conference on Sustainable Tourism on 12 May 2023. This conference has been held by GRM annually since 2012, supported by its Master of Social Science in Sustainable Tourism (MSSST) programme. The 2023 conference adopts the theme of “Sustainable, Transformative and Regenerative Tourism”, which echoes the focus of the World Tourism Organization’s World Tourism Day 2022: “Rethinking Tourism: From Crisis to Transformation”. For call for papers and registration details, please visit the conference’s website http://mssst.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/st2023/.
Prof. Mei-po Kwan leads in China’s social scientists ranking
In the 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists, Prof Mei-po Kwan ranked third among Social Sciences and Humanities scholars in China. The ranking is based on a scientist’s Discipline H-index, which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. For more details, please visit https://research.com/scientists-rankings/social-sciences-and-humanities/cn.
GRM Scholars Among World’s Top 2% Scientists
Nine GRM scholars were named on the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists published by Stanford University in October 2022. Six of them were included on both the “Career-Long Impact List” and the “Single-Year Impact List”.
The nine scholars (in alphabetical order of surnames) are Prof. Chen Yongqin David, Prof. Fung Tung, Prof. He Ying Sylvia, Prof. Huang Bo, Prof. Kwan Mei-Po, Prof. Lai Yuk Fo Derrick, Prof. Lau Ngar-Cheung Gabriel, Prof. Leung Yee, Prof. Shen Jianfa.
Ranking of the GRM faculty members named: [PDF]
Full list: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/4
Information Session on MPhil/PhD Admissions
Please check the poster for details:
https://www.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/cab/news/news2022/RPG-INFO-SEC2022.pdf
Professor Mei-Po Kwan awarded AAG James R. Anderson Medal of Honor
[08/06/2022] Professor Mei-Po Kwan has been awarded the 2022 James R. Anderson Medal of Honor for her multidisciplinary and paradigm-shifting contributions to applied geography. This award is the highest honour bestowed by the Applied Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers (AAG). For details of the award, please see https://community.aag.org/appliedgeography/andersonmedal/andersonmedal-application.
GRM PhD Students Recognized in National and International Paper Competitions
[23/05/2022] Two GRM PhD students have received recognition of their excellent work. Mr. Zou Guannan won the runner-up in the 2022 Student Paper Award of the China Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers. His winning paper unpacks the manifold proactive roles played by Chinese local governments in promoting the development of innovative industries. Mr Shi Dehao also received a second prize in the 17th National Young Planners Urban Planning Essay Competition organized by the Urban Planning Society of China. His winning entry examines China’s urbanization through family rationality and the capitalization of education.
