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Upcoming Online French Presidential Election Event, HKPSA (22nd April, 2022)

The forthcoming event is sponsored by HKPSA: Hong Kong Political Science Association (Director: Prof. Pierre Landry) and hosted by the GIS Department at HKBU (Held on the Friday, 22nd April).

 

The forthcoming online event via Zoom features a Special Roundtable Discussion on the 2022 French Presidential Elections with Prof. Pierre Landry (CUHK), Prof. Alistair Cole (HKBU), Dr. Emilie Tran (HKBU) and Dr. James F. Downes (CUHK) as speakers.

 

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Co-Intelligence Internship Programme 2022

We are pleased to announce the GPA Internship Programme (2022 summer): Co-Intelligence is now open for applications. Click here to download the application form.

 

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CUHK Programme Taster Fair (26 Mar 2022)

CUHK programme

 

Date: 26 March 2022 (Sat)

 

Session 1
Topic: The Importance of Studying Global Politics
Time: 10:00 am – 10:45am
Language: English
Speaker: Dr. James F. Downes
Register here

 

Session 2
Topic: The Problem of International Cooperation
Time: 11:00 am – 11:45am
Language: English
Speaker: Prof. Seanon Wong
Register here

 

Session 3
Topic: Critical Thoughts on Public Policy in Hong Kong
Time: 12:00 noon – 12:45pm
Language: Cantonese
Speaker: Prof. Carlos Lo
Register here

Dr. James F. DOWNES was awarded the prestigious CUHK Faculty of Social Science Exemplary Teaching Award (2021)

 

Dr. James F. DOWNES was awarded the prestigious CUHK Faculty of Social Science Exemplary Teaching Award (2021) in recognition of his outstanding teaching in the Department of Government and Public Administration. As the 2021 Award Winner, Dr. DOWNES has also been nominated by the Faculty of Social Science for the CUHK Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award (2021).

 

Dr. DOWNES has taught a wide range of courses that span the areas of Comparative European Politics, International Relations, Comparative Asian Politics alongside Research Methods on the MSSc in Greater China Progamme (GPGC), the MSSc in Public Policy Programme (MPUP) and on the Global Studies Undergraduate level Programme.