Join us for the last episode of the HKUST Global Webinar Series under the theme “Navigating a World of Disruption”, in partnership with National University of Singapore, to learn about the multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 on food security, climate change, air quality, global trade, trends in international migration, remittances and scholarship. Through the academic exchanges, we wish to better understand what are the changes and challenges that we have to face in the post-pandemic era.
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Registration closes on July 15 at 12:00 (GMT+8).
[LIVE] "Adaption to Historical and Contemporary Disruptions"
Date: July 15, 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 - 16:30 (GMT+8)
Moderator and Opening Remarks:
Prof. Kellee TSAI, Dean of Humanities and Social Science, HKUST
Panelists:
Prof. Jenny SMITH, Associate Professor, Division of Humanities, HKUST
“Food Security in an Age of Disruption"
Prof. David TAYLOR, Professor of Tropical Environmental Change, Department of Geography, NUS
"Air Quality and the Impacts of Infectious Diseases - Some Lessons from the 1918 Influenza Pandemic"
Prof. Kevin TAM, Associate Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST
“Ramping up Climate Action: Challenges from a Behavioral Perspective”
Prof. Sooyeon KIM, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, NUS
“The COVID-19 Pandemic and Disruptions in Global Trade”
Prof. Stuart GIETEL-BASTEN, Professor, Division of Social Science, HKUST
“Impact of COVID-19 on International Migration and Remittances"
Prof. Itty ABRAHAM, Professor, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, NUS
“Reflections on the Pandemic’s Impact on Scholarship”
Organizer: Jointly Organised by HKUST and NUS