GRM Sustains World‑Leading Position in Geography
In the 2026 QS World University Subject Rankings, GRM is ranked 21st globally and 4th in Asia in Geography. For more details, please visit the QS website.
GRM Student won Gold General Education Award for Best Visual Representation
Congratulations on the outstanding achievement of our student, Yiu Fung Nixon Chung (鍾耀峰), graduated in 2025 in Geography and Resource Management (GRM) at Shaw College, together with his teammate, won the Gold Award of Professor T-C Chen General Education Award for Best Visual Representation 2023-24 and 2024-25 for their group project, “One Tonne Less Beach Clean-up Campaign” Music Documentary and Interviews (GESC2360 Environmental Justice in Action, 2024-25).
The award presentation ceremony will be held on 10 October 2026 at LT7, Lee Shau Kee Building, CUHK, with Professor Irwin King, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Education), as the Guest of Honour.
Congratulations to Nixon and his teammate on this wonderful achievement!
We look forward to seeing our GRM students continue to learn, explore, and make new breakthroughs in their future studies and practice!
GRM Faculty Members Receive Prestigious IGU Honours
GRM is proud to celebrate the international recognition of two faculty members by the International Geographical Union (IGU). Professor Mei-po Kwan has been awarded the IGU Laureat d’Honneur, the highest honour of IGU, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the global geographical community. Professor Zihan Kan has received the IGU Early Career Award for her pioneering research in human mobility, environmental exposure and spatial equity. For further details, please refer to the CUHK press releases on Professor Kwan’s award and Professor Kan’s award.
GRM is Now on LinkedIn, WeChat, and RedNote
We are excited to announce that GRM has officially expanded its online presence. You can now follow us on LinkedIn, WeChat (ID: GRMCUHK), and RedNote (ID: CUHK_GRM) to stay connected with our latest news, research updates, and event announcements.
Colleagues of our Department published important scientific findings in Nature Climate Change
Profs. Chen Yongqin and Lau Ngar-Cheung, together with Prof. Li Jianfeng of Hong Kong Baptist University and Prof. Thian Yew Gan of University of Alberta, recently published their research findings on the elevated increases in human-perceived temperature under climate warming in Nature Climate Change (January 2018). The study has attracted much media coverage locally and internationally. More details can be found at: http://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/press_detail.php?id=2696&t=cuhk-and-hkbu-discover-the-elevated-increases-in-human-perceived-temperature-under-climate-change&s=
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.
Our department ranked 38th in the world in 2018
QS World University Rankings has recently released the latest ranking by subject. In the subject of Geography, our department is ranked 38th in the world and 5th in Asia with a total score of 79.1. For more details, please visit: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/geography.
GRM students recognized in the Dean’s List 2016-17 of Faculty of Social Science
The following students were presented the Dean’s List certificates in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements by the Faculty of Social Science on 17 March 2018. Congratulations to our students!
[Taught Master’s Programmes] MSc in Geoinformation Science: YAO Shiqi; MSSc in Sustainable Tourism: NG Tuen Man, QI Huan, SUN Jianru
[Undergraduate Programme] CHAN Chun Kit, CHAN Lok Hang, CHU Chun Ho, CHUAN Li Ying Jacqueline, CHUNG Sum Yue, GUO Xinyi, HUI Ka Chun, JIA Junyan, KWONG Ho Yin, LAI Hiu Tung, LAM Hei Yiu, LAM Ho Yin, LAM Tsz Kiu, LAU Chun Ki, LAU Chun Yin, LEE Cheuk Wing Cody, LEE Hau Ying, LEE Yeung To, LEUNG Shong Tung, LI Shau Yin, LIU Xinyu, NG Wing Chun, NG Yeuk Ying, SUN Ka Kit, TANG Siu Wa, TSANG Ling Yan, WONG Long In, WONG Wai Chun, WONG Wai Ming, YEUNG Tsz Chun, YIP Ka Yu.
Professor Huang Bo received Hong Kong ICT Awards 2018 – Smart People Award
Prof. Huang Bo and his group members have developed an efficient smartphone APP named “TouchAir” for the general public to access real time air pollutant concentrations at any location in Hong Kong and Mainland China with high accuracy, high resolution and full coverage. This APP has won the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2018 – Smart People Award. Ms. Carrie Lam, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, attended the award presentation ceremony held in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center on April 4. TouchAir, with its server programs running on the Ali cloud platform, has been released since September 2015 with both its iOS and Android versions available on App Store (for iPhone and iPad users) and Google Play/Baidu Mobile Phone Assistant (for Android smartphone users).
Professor Kwan Mei Po has been awarded the lifelong honorary title of AAG Fellow
Professor Kwan Mei Po has been awarded the lifelong honorary title of AAG Fellow. The AAG Fellows is a program, started in 2018, to recognize geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography.
Professor Chen Yongqin David and Yim Hung Lam Steve awarded the National Key R&D Program of China funding
Professor Chen Yongqin David, in collaboration with Professor Yim Hung Lam Steve, has been awarded a funding of RMB 2,830,000 for the project “大灣區極端天氣氣候防災減災和適應的技術與對策” under the National Key R&D Program of China (國家重點研發計畫) by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國科學技術部), from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023.
Professor Kwan Mei Po and Prof. Huang Bo obtained the RGC Collaborative Research Fund 2020-21
Professor Kwan Mei Po and Professor Huang Bo have been awarded research funding under the Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) 2020/21 – Collaborative Research Project Grant (CRPG) Proposals for the project “Deploying Geospatial Big Data and Real-time Mobile Sensing to Assess the Health Impacts of Individual Exposure to Green/blue Spaces, Light at Night, Air Pollution, and Noise (GLAN)” and “Assessment and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions to avoid COVID-19 resurgences: Accounting for human mobility, contacts and behavioral change using both big and small data” respectively.
Professor Gabriel Ngar-Cheung Lau named American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow
Professor Gabriel Ngar-Cheung Lau has been honored as one of the 2020 Class of Fellows of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his contributions as one of the prestigious global leaders and experts who have propelled the understanding of geosciences. Details: https://www.iees.cuhk.edu.hk/professor-gabriel-ngar-cheung-lau-named-american-geophysical-union-agu-fellow/
Professor Kwan Mei Po awarded 2021 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Wilbanks Prize
Professor Kwan Mei Po has been selected to receive the 2021 American Association of Geographers (AAG) Wilbanks Prize for Transformational Research in Geography. This award recognizes geographers whose research has made transformational contributions to geography, geographic information science or to science and society more broadly.
Professor Huang Bo awarded MoE Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award
[15/4/2021] Professor Huang Bo has been been awarded the Ministry of Education (MoE) Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award 2020 (Second Class Award in Natural Sciences) for the research titled “Theory and methodology for spatiotemporal multi-scale data fusion”.