Name Card
Professor Lin, George Chu Sheng 林初昇
Title:
Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor, Chair of Geography
Professor
Director, International Centre for China Development Studies
Department:
Faculty:
Teaching List, Current
| Term | Code | Class | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 S2 | GEOG1017 | 2A | Human geography in a globalizing world |
| 2022 S1 | GEOG2126 | 1A | Globalizing China: the land and the people |
| 2021 S2 | GEOG1017 | 2A | Human geography in a globalizing world |
| 2021 S1 | GEOG2126 | 1A | Globalizing China: the land and the people |
| 2020 S2 | GEOG3104 | 2A | Globalizing China: development issues |
| 2020 S2 | GEOG1017 | 2A | Human geography in a globalizing world |
| 2020 S1 | GEOG2126 | 1A | Globalizing China: the land and the people |
| 2019 S2 | GEOG3104 | 2A | Globalizing China: development issues |
| 2019 S1 | GEOG7117 | 1A | Public policies and regional development |
| 2019 S1 | GEOG1017 | 1A | Human geography in a globalizing world |
| 2018 S2 | GEOG3104 | 2A | Globalizing China: development issues |
| 2018 S2 | GEOG1017 | 2A | Human geography in a globalizing world |
| 2018 S2 | GEOG7117 | 2A | Public policies and regional development |
Supervision of Research Postgraduate Students
| Status | Thesis Title | Field of Study | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| Human Geography; Smart City | 2023 Phd Cheung Ying Jia | ||
| Urban, Cultural, Political and Historical Geography | 2022 Phd Zheng Xuechao | ||
| The Material Response to Social Transformation: Experimental Architecture Production in Contemporary China | Human Geography | 2019 Phd Lu Yanheng | |
| Global China goes green: Environmental politics of the Belt and Road Initiative | Human Geography | 2019 Phd Liu Xiaofeng | |
| The Growth and Spatial Variation of China’s Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): Localization and State-Manipulated Resource Mobilization under Soft Budget Constraints | Urban Redevelopment | 2019 Phd Wu Mengdi | |
| Placing China's State-owned Enterprises: Firm, Region and the Geography of Production | Human Geography | 2002 Phd Hu Zhiyong | |
| Changing Economic Geography and Regional Development in the Hong Kong - Shengzhen Region | Changing Economic Geography and Regional Development in the Hong Kong - Shengzhen Region | 2001 MPhil Tse Hau Ming Pauline | |
| Understanding the Development of China's Urban Construction Land: The State, Market, and Peasantry in Action | Urbanization and Land Development in Post-reform China | 2011 Phd Liu Tao | |
| Rethinking the Economic Geography of Innovation: A Socio-cultural Case Study of the Maker Movement in Shenzhen, China | Cultural Economic Geography of China | 2018 Phd Lyu Zuyi | |
| Understanding China's Culture-led Urban Redevelopments: Urbanization of State Power, Commodification of Cultural Resources, and Uneven Transformation of Urban Space | Human Geography | 2018 Phd Jiang Ronghao | |
| Institutional Changes and Land Development in Chinese Cities: A Case Study of Beijing, 1996-2008 | Regional Development of China | 2009 MPhil Zhang Yueming | |
| Understanding the Uneven Growth of Service Industries in China: State, Market and the Changing Geography of Consulting Services | Urban and Transport | 2002 Phd Yang Fan | |
| The Role of OCAO in Promoting Chinese Diaspora Tourism: A Case of Jiangmen FOCAB | Chinese Diaspora Tourism | 2008 MPhil Li Tingting | |
| Decoding Mega-events in Urbanizing China: State Power, Capital Mobilization and the Reproduction of Space | Urban Geography | 2014 Phd Wu Yifei | |
| Understanding China's ICT Industry: State-firm Strategic Coordination and the Geography of Technological Innovation | Urban and Regional Development in China, and Economic Geography | 2006 Phd Wang Chen | |
| Urban Land Development and Local Public Finance in Post-reform China: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, 1990-2006 | Change of Central-Local Relation in China since 1992 and Impact on Regional Development | 2007 MPhil Yi Fangxin | |
| Rethinking Volunteer Tourism: A Community Approach | Tourism | 2015 Phd Lee Hiu Yan | |
| Case Study of Island Tourism: A Place Theories Approach | Tourism Geography | 2017 MPhil Wang Zhikang | |
| Agency, Contextuality, and Path Dependence: An Evolutionary Perspective of Island Tourism in Hong Kong and Zhuhai | Tourism | 2015 Phd Wang Wenhui | |
| “Urban Socio-Spatial Structure and Intracity Mobility in Chinese Cities: A Case Study of Shenzhen” | "Geographic Information System" | 2017 Phd Shi Run |
HKU Committee Appointments
| Start Date | End Date | Committee | Category | Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-09-01 | 2007-06-30 | Faculty of Arts, Board of the | The teachers who are members of the Faculty and who are full-time employees of the University | |
| 2019-01-04 | 2020-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 1995-09-01 | 1998-08-31 | Faculty of Arts, Board of the | Lecturers in Faculty | |
| 2006-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Head, Department of Geography (Chairman) | |
| 2017-01-27 | 2018-11-30 | Academic Reviews, Advisory Group on | Nine professors appointed by the Senate for two years at a time, with membership staggered at one-yearly intervals | |
| 2005-07-01 | 2007-06-30 | Research and Conference Grants, Committee on | An alternate member from each Faculty, to be present at a meeting when the Dean, Associate Dean or his/her nominee is not available | |
| 2001-07-01 | 2003-06-30 | Research and Conference Grants, Committee on | One other member (not being the Dean or Associate Dean) of each Faculty Board appointed by the Board | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2016-09-01 | 2017-08-31 | Library Committee | The Dean or Associate Dean of each Faculty, or his/her nominee | |
| 2011-01-01 | 2012-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 1998-11-18 | 2000-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2006-01-01 | 2008-12-31 | Lau Wong Fat Urbanization Research Fund Committee of Management | Head, Department of Geography (Chairman) | |
| 1997-07-01 | 1999-12-13 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | Such other teachers as may be appointed to the Board by the Senate | Senate |
| 2020-08-25 | 2022-06-30 | Enquiry into Possible Good Cause, Committee of | A panel of 12 members of the Senate who are teachers, appointed by the Senate for 2 years at a time | Senate |
| 2001-07-01 | 2003-06-30 | Academic Awards, Board of | An Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education/Teaching and Learning), appointed on rotational basis for two years at a time, from Faculty Cluster B (Arts, Business & Economics, Education and Social Sciences) | |
| 2007-07-01 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Board of the | The teachers who are members of the Faculty and who are full-time employees of the University | ||
| 2012-06-01 | 2014-05-31 | Human Research Ethics Committee | 1 member each from the Faculties of Arch, Arts, Bus&Econ, Dentistry, Edu, Engg, Law, Medicine, Sci and SocSc, who preferably are experienced in conducting research involving human subjects, appointed by the relevant Board of the Faculty | |
| 2002-10-16 | 2003-10-31 | Senate | 2 teachers from each Faculty being members of the Board of that Faculty and not being Professors or the Heads of Teaching Departments, who shall be elected by the non-professorial members of the Board | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2001-01-01 | 2001-06-30 | Research and Conference Grants, Committee on | One other member (not being the Dean or Associate Dean) of each Faculty Board appointed by the Board | Arts Faculty Board |
| 2013-09-10 | 2016-08-31 | Library Committee | The Dean or Associate Dean of each Faculty, or his/her nominee | |
| 2019-11-08 | 2022-11-07 | Senate | 12 elected Professors (Group C) | |
| 2005-01-01 | 2005-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2015-01-01 | 2016-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2013-01-01 | 2014-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2007-07-05 | 2008-07-04 | Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management Committee of Management | Four teachers of the University (not more than one of whom shall hold a full-time appointment in the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management), appointed by the Senate for two years at a time. | Senate |
| 2002-07-01 | 2002-12-31 | Lau Wong Fat Urbanization Research Fund Committee of Management | Head, Department of Geography (Chairman) | |
| 2002-07-01 | 2002-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Head, Department of Geography (Chairman) | |
| 1999-07-01 | 2001-06-30 | Academic Awards, Board of | An Associate Dean (Undergraduate Education/Teaching and Learning), appointed on rotational basis for two years at a time, from Faculty Cluster B (Arts, Business & Economics, Education and Social Sciences) | |
| 2002-07-01 | 2002-12-31 | Senate | Other Heads of Teaching Department | |
| 2014-06-01 | 2016-05-31 | Human Research Ethics Committee | 1 member each from the Faculties of Arch, Arts, Bus&Econ, Dentistry, Edu, Engg, Law, Medicine, Sci and SocSc, who preferably are experienced in conducting research involving human subjects, appointed by the relevant Board of the Faculty | |
| 2022-11-08 | Senate | 12 elected Professors (Group C) | ||
| 2017-01-01 | 2018-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | |
| 2001-01-01 | 2002-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2005-07-05 | 2007-07-04 | Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management Committee of Management | Four teachers of the University (not more than one of whom shall hold a full-time appointment in the Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management), appointed by the Senate for two years at a time. | Senate |
| 2020-09-01 | 2022-08-31 | Academic Reviews, Advisory Group on | Nine professors appointed by the Senate for two years at a time, with membership staggered at one-yearly intervals | Senate |
| 2018-12-01 | 2020-08-31 | Academic Reviews, Advisory Group on | Nine professors appointed by the Senate for two years at a time, with membership staggered at one-yearly intervals | Senate |
| 2020-02-20 | 2021-07-20 | Discontinuation, Committee on | Vice-Chairman (Member of the Senate appointed by the Senate for 2 years) | Senate |
| 2016-06-01 | 2018-05-31 | Human Research Ethics Committee | 1 member each from the Faculties of Arch, Arts, Bus&Econ, Dentistry, Edu, Engg, Law, Medicine, Sci and SocSc, who preferably are experienced in conducting research involving human subjects, appointed by the relevant Board of the Faculty | |
| 2021-07-01 | 2022-06-30 | Disciplinary Committee | Senate Panel | Senate |
| 2003-01-01 | 2004-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2009-05-12 | 2010-12-31 | Hui Oi-Chow Trust Fund Committee of Management | Two teachers from the Department of Geography, appointed by the Senate for two years at a time | Senate |
| 2003-07-01 | 2005-06-30 | Research and Conference Grants, Committee on | An alternate member from each Faculty, to be present at a meeting when the Dean, Associate Dean or his/her nominee is not available |