In  recognition of well-deserved outstanding dedication to teaching excellence, Professor Wesley L. Attewell from the Department of Geography and Professor Zhengyan Li from the Department of Politics and Public Administration have been honored with the Early Career Teaching Award 2024 at our University...

The Faculty of Social Sciences is delighted to announce that five of our esteemed faculty members from the Department of Geography - Professors Peng Gong, Bo Huang, Shunlin Liang, Yuyu Zhou and Zhu Liu - have been recognized in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers 2024 list. Their prestigious acknowledgement highlights their remarkable contributions and significant impact in their respective research fields on a global scale. Congratulations to these exceptional researchers for shaping the future of science, technology, and academia!

Congratulations to our PhD candidate, Ms Ting Lian (Department of Geography) have been awarded the Dissertation Year Fellowship! The Dissertation Year Fellowship is a prestigious programme to enable selected outstanding final-year PhD students to pursue an additional year of training at the University to bring their doctoral research to a higher level before graduation. Only outstanding full-time PhD students whose thesis is rated in the top 10% by the Thesis Examining Committee can compete for the Fellowship. Ms Ting Lian Sharing “The Dissertation Year Fellowship is a prestigious program that offers invaluable support to junior academics, preparing them for careers…

The Faculty is proud to share that there has been a substantial increase in the number of our faculty members included in the top 1% list by Clarivate Analytics, rising from 11 in 2023 to 18 in 2024.  This list recognises researchers in the top 1% worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields, with data drawn from the Essential Science Indicators.

Our congratulations go out to Professor Travis Kong and Professor Zhenci Xu for receiving the Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Awards 2023-24!