Research Projects

China and the Kuroshio: Mapping the Chinese Participation in the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK), 1965 – 1977

(Funded under Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities & Social Sciences)

Principal Investigators

Christine Luk, Post-doctoral Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Remarks: Dr. Christine Luk left the University’s service from March 1, 2019.)

Total Fund Awarded

HKD 37,320

Project Duration

April 9, 2018 – February 1, 2019

Project Description

This project attempts to explore the Chinese experience in the Cooperative Study of the Kuroshio and Adjacent Regions (CSK). It highlights not just the politics of scientific internationalism in oceanographic cooperation, but also the networks of knowledge exchange in understanding the Kuroshio among East Asian nation-states.