Poverty and Wealth disparity have become global issues, which present a growing threat to the world. Professor Thomas Piketty, a public intellectual and author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), will offer thought-provoking views and novel ideas on the phenomena of rising inequality and globalisation, as well as their implications for wealth distribution.

香港教育大學（教大）文學及文化學系副系主任及助理教授姜鍾赫博士，於二零一八年九月六日獲大學教育資助委員會（教資會）頒發新晉教學人員組別傑出教學獎，表揚他的優秀教學表現及成就。