GLOBALINKS Sep 2020

CUHK professor shares tips to restart research during the pandemic

Prof. Sylvia He shares her perspectives and strategies on how to restart research during the pandemic.

Prof. Sylvia He (top, middle) shares her perspectives and strategies on how to restart research during the pandemic.

Prof. Sylvia He from the Department of Geography and Resource Management at CUHK spoke in a webinar recently hosted by the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) on restarting research during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together with four other speakers from Tecnológico de Monterrey and the Universities of Alberta, Ghana, and York, Prof. He shared her perspectives and strategies on how to respond to the challenges presented to her research. She suggested researchers to take advantage of the opportunities brought by COVID-19, and incorporate new research questions and policy implications about the pandemic into the research work. To revisit the webinar, please click here.

WUN has been hosting a series of webinars to help member universities benefit from each other’s experience in addressing some of the unprecedented challenges arising from COVID-19. Previous webinars have covered student mental health and the engagement of students in online learning environments.