GLADE Symposiums
The GLADE Symposium 2022 (Zoom)
Under the title of Mapping Future Interdisciplinarities – A Play and Planning Session, the symposium was held on May 11 2022, hosted by Prof. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, Director of the Common Core at HKU.
Topics discussed included:
- Re-conceptualizing trans- and interdisciplinarity: The world as a field-of-forces/”social”-“natural”: Inter- and Trans-: Pivots, Transits, and the Meeting Points of Social & Natural Forces (By Prof. Gray Kochhar-Lindgren, HKU)
- Interdisciplinary BASC Degrees: the Rationale: Conceptual-Pragmatic-Affective (By Prof. Tim Jordan, University College London, and Prof. Ian Holliday, HKU)
- Undergraduate Student Interdisciplinary Research and Students as Change Agents: “From Research to Policy” (By Dr Betsy Porritt, The University of Birmingham)
- Future Readiness: Enhancing Interdisciplinary Capacities for Students & Colleagues (By Dr Jack Tsao, The University of Hong Kong)
The symposium was joined by GLADE partners from the University College London, University of Birmingham, Halmstad University, University of Edinburgh, Lingnan University, and Utrecht University.
The GLADE Symposium 2020 (Zoom)
Held on July 21- 22 2020 with Sabine Rolle (University of Edinburgh), Michael Burke (Utrecht University), Diana Spencer (University of Birmingham), and Tanja Golja (University of Technology Sydney) on the topic of:
- Sharing Undergraduate Transdisciplinary Curriculum & Projects
- Digital Transmutations: Interactive & Interdisciplinary Online Teaching
The GLADE Symposium 2019
With the theme of Interdisciplinary & Holistic Learning in Research-Intensive Universities (with partners from Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mainland China, the UK, and the US) held on June 13-14 2019.
Topics discussed included:
- Global Civic University
- Women + Innovation
- The City as a Learning Site
- Undergraduate Research: Virtually and Face-to-Face
- Trans- and Inter-disciplinary Curricula, Courses, and Degrees
- Virtual Class Exchanges
- Learning in the Anthropocene
- Global Experiential Learning
- Embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Participants | Position | Institution |
Prof David Helfand | Professor & Chair, Department of Astronomy; CC Programme External Examiner | Columbia University |
Prof Roger Shu-Kwan Cheng | Associate Provost for Teaching & Learning | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Prof Chng Huang Hoon | Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education) | National University of Singapore |
Prof Lin Yan | Professor, KoGuan Law School | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
Prof Mei Yee Leung | Director, University General Education | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Prof Parshia Lee-Stecum | Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) and Director, Arts Teaching Innovation | The University of Melbourne |
Dr Graham Woodgate | Principal Teaching Fellow, BASc Arts and Sciences | University College London |
Prof Richard Hughey | Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Dr Sabine Rolle | Dean of Undergraduate Studies | University of Edinburgh |
Dr Julia P Myatt | Acting Dean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences 2018/2019; Director of Natural Sciences | University of Birmingham |
Dr Anselm Heinrich | Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies and College of Arts International Dean | University of Glasgow |
Dr Tanja Golja | Head of Transdisciplinary Education Innovation | University of Technology Sydney |
Prof Michael Burke | Dean, Honours College | Utrecht University |
Prof Aya Yoshida | Professor of Sociology of Education | Waseda University |
Prof Diana Spencer | Dean of Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences | University of Birmingham |
Stakeholders | Position | Institution |
Ms Faustina Yip | CC Alumni Ambassador | The University of Hong Kong |
Ms Natalie Chan | Founder and CEO | Own Academy |
Mr Tristan Liu | Founder and CEO | Antzknow |
Mr Adrian Lam, Man Ho | CC Alumni Ambassador | The University of Hong Kong |
Ms Rosy You | MEd student | The University of Hong Kong |
Ms Sharon Yuen | President of the HKU HeForSheForUs Student Society | The University of Hong Kong |
HKU Organizing Committee | Position | Institution |
Prof Ian M. Holliday | Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) | The University of Hong Kong |
Prof Gray Kochhar-Lindgren | Director of Common Core | The University of Hong Kong |
Dr Julian Tanner | Sci & Tech Literacy (Convenor), School of Biomedical Sciences | The University of Hong Kong |
Mr Matthew R. Pryor | Humanities (Convenor), Faculty of Architecture | The University of Hong Kong |
Dr Xiao Hu | Digital Education | The University of Hong Kong |
Dr Nicol Pan | Associate Director of Common Core | The University of Hong Kong |