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.
Delegation of Lanzhou University visited our Department
A delegation of two faculty members and eight students from the College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University visited our Department on 20-27 January 2018. The delegation met with our colleagues to discuss collaboration in teaching and research and visited the Wetland Park, Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve and Geoparks in Hong Kong. Prof. Gao Xiang delivered a seminar in the Department on the multi-scale assessment of ecosystem stability in the nature reserves in arid deserts.
