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3. Programmes

3. Programmes

3.1. Visiting Scholar Programme

The Visiting Scholar Programme was launched in 1996 with a view to promoting
collaborative research and other scholarly activities with an East-West axis. From

July 2016 to June 2017, LEWI hosted four visiting scholars to conduct
collaborative research with LEWI researcher or HKBU faculty.

Prof. Werner Breitung (April 2016 - June 2017)

Visiting Scholar, LEWI

Prof. Breitung graduated in Geography and

Mathematics from Free University of Berlin and
was trained and worked as high school teacher
before getting his Ph.D. from University of Basel

(Switzerland) in 2001. In the same year, he
started his academic career at the University of

Macau and the University of Hong Kong. From
2004-2013, he served as first Associate, then Full

Professor, at the School of Geography & Planning of Sun Yatsen University and
from 2013-2016 at the Department of Urban Planning & Design of Xi’an

Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou. His research interests lie at the
intersection of urban, political and cultural geography, especially including the
relationship of cities and borders.

He has published two books and over 50 papers in academic journals, led major

research projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the NSFC
and others, supervised Master and Ph.D. students, participated in tourism

planning in various regions of China and engaged widely in Sino-European
academic exchange. He is active in the Urban Commission of the IGU and has

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