Annual Report 2006–07

學術發展 Academic Development 39 The Environmental and Sustainability Research Unit of the Department of Architecture was commissioned by the HKSAR Planning Department to develop Asia’s first urban climatic map on a HK$9 million research contract. A multi-disciplinary team of researchers, planners, architects, engineers, meteorologists, scientists, environmentalists and medical experts was formed to fulfil the task. The map, which is expected to be completed in 2009, will form the basis of urban planning strategies for Hong Kong. The Department of Government and Public Administration hosted a public lecture delivered by Prof. Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow of Hoover Institution at Stanford University on ‘Can the Whole World be Democratic? Thoughts on Remaining Obstacles to Democratization from a Global Perspective’ on 18 September 2006. Prof. Diamond • • is an authority on comparative politics, specializing in democratization in different parts of the world. The School of Journalism and Communication launched the Chinese Journal of Communication & Society in December 2006. It is a refereed journal jointly published by the Center for Communication Research of the University and the Centre of Media and Communication Research of the Hong Kong Baptist University. The Department of Psychology joined hands with the psychology departments of Peking University and Taiwan University to organize the 2007 Student Visitors Exchange Programme from 14 to 19 March 2007 in Taiwan. The aim of the programme was to provide psychology students from the three institutions with an informal educational opportunity for advancing their academic knowledge of the subject and to enhance communication among the three departments. Several major academic conferences were organized or co- organized by departments of the Faculty: The Department of Economics helped to organize the Tenth International Convention of the East Asian Economic Association on ‘Economic Integration in East Asia’ in Beijing (18–19 November 2006) The Department of Sociology and the School of Law jointly organized an international conference titled ‘Crime, Law and Justice in Chinese Societies: Global Challenges and Local Responses’ (16–18 March 2007) The Department of Social Work jointly organized a regional conference covering the youth issues on the mainland, in Hong Kong and Macau with the China Youth and Children Research Association and the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology of Youth (RC34) (12–13 May 2007) The Department of Geography and Resource Management organized the ‘4th International Conference on Population Geographies’ (10–13 July 2007) • • • ❍ ❍ ❍ ❍ 社會學系與法律學院合辦「中國社會的犯罪、法律與司 法——全球化挑戰及本土回應」國際學術研討會，探討中 國刑事司法制度在全球化挑戰下的改革之路（二零零七 年三月十六至十八日） 社會工作學系、中國青少年研究會及國際社會學會三十 四青年社會學研究委員會，合辦了內地、香港及澳門的 青年研究圓桌會議（二零零七年五月十二至十三日） 地理與資源管理學系主辦「第四屆人口地理國際會議」 （二零零七年七月十至十三日） ❍ ❍ ❍ 建築學系發展的亞洲首個都市氣候環境圖 Asia's first urban climatic map developed by the Department of Architecture 社會工作學系舉辦的內地、香港及 澳門的青年研究圓桌會議 The regional conference covering youth issues on the mainland, in Hong Kong and Macau