Department of
Government and International Studies
Department of
Government and International Studies
CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN GIS
Research Areas of the Department cover Comparative Government and Politics, International Relations, European and China Studies, and Language Studies.
The main disciplines used in conducting research are:
- Comparative Politics and Area Studies
- International Relations
- Public Policy Analysis
- Political Sociology
- Political Economy
- Political Theory and Political Thought
- Social Sciences Methodology
- Literature
- Language Didactics
Specific Research Focus cover:
- European Politics and Societies
- European Integration and Governance of the EU
- Sino-European Relations
- International Relations in Asia
- Chinese Foreign Policy
- Chinese Politics and Governance
- Regional Government and National Integration in China
- Hong Kong Politics and Governance
- Social Movements and Protest
- Transition Politics
- Comparative Language Policies
- European Literature
- German Didactics
Comparative Governance and Policy Research Centre
The Comparative Governance and Policy Research Centre (CGPC) was established in June 2009. By the endeavour of department colleagues, the Department of Government & International Studies (GIS) has developed its research strength in the area of comparative policy research. Besides getting well-known by developing academic programmes, the Department proposed to establish the Comparative Governance and Policy Research Centre which can let the community further understand the research focus of the Department. In addition, with the establishment of the Centre, it is hoped that the Centre membership can be offered that will enhance the Department's ability to compete for government and non-government policy research. Prof. Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Head of GIS Department, will serve as the Centre Director.
Goals
The Centre is established to provide a branding platform for research and consultancy to the members of GIS Department, its affiliated and associated colleagues in academia and the community. It also enables and enhances cooperation and management of resources for research and consultancy inside HKBU and in the outside community.
Objectives - To promote better governance by:
- Providing an institutional, organisational and managerial platform for policy related international comparative research and for the dissemination of research results;
- Promoting comparative policy research of global significance, with a special focus on policy of EU-Asian significance;
- Promoting international comparative research methods;
- Educating internationally oriented best-practice (quality assurance) and benchmarking (metrics of evaluation) policy research; and
- Seeing international, governmental, academic, community, and business partners to support, promote, and employ programmatic research into public perceptions of and participation in public policy formulation, evaluation and reform.
The GIS Department runs a major research programme:
The GIS Department also regularly hosts Visiting Scholars for one semester or one year.
It welcomes applications to pursue M.Phil. or Ph.D degrees within the Department, on either a full-time or part-time basis. The proposed subjects of research must naturally fall within the research areas indicated above.
A Booklet setting out the regulations, guidelines and procedures for M.Phil. and PhD degrees is available from the Academic Registry.