Establishing regional leadership

• Shape regional and global research agendas for education, humanities, social sciences
  and creative arts and culture.
• Encourage staff members to pursue academic exchanges with international and
  regional partners.
• Establish leadership in research, development projects and professional training with
  our strong UNESCO links.
• Undertake regional research initiatives for specific areas where the University has a
  critical mass, such as Education Leadership and Change, Measurement and Testing,
  Language Education and Acquisition in Multilingual Societies, Comparative
  Education, and Governance and Citizenship Studies, as well as other areas with
  competitive edge in Social Sciences, Humanities and Creative Arts and Culture.
• Host international conferences and symposia, and engage in international research
  studies and collaborations and build up sustained networks.
• Play an active role in regional and international networks for promoting international
  cooperation. Engage further in regional and international cooperation by co-hosting
  academic and research programmes through the platforms like the Asian Roundtable
  of Presidents of Universities of Education, the Asia-Pacific Educational Research
  Association, the World Education Research Association, Worldwide Universities
  Network, East Asian Social Policy Network and Asian Political and International
  Studies Association, and East Asian Symposium on Teacher Education Research.