THEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONGBeijingMeetingofMindsLectureSeries（3）CivicDialogue:GlobalCitizenshipAbstractGlobalcitizenshipencompassesparticipationintacklinginjusticeandinequality,whilehavingthedesireandabilitytoworkatthisthroughcreativemeansfuelledbysocialinnovation.Aglobalcitizenisanindividualwhohasthepassion,knowledge,attitudes,creativity,intellectualskills,moralfacultiesandpracticalcompetencestobeaneffectiveandethicalagentofsocialchangewithinhisorherlocal,national,andinternationalcommunities.Itinvolvesrespectforhumandignity,willingnesstoregardallhumanbeingsasfellowcitizens,recognitionoftheobligationsthatflowfrommembershipinaglobalcommunity,andcommitmenttoactiveparticipationandinnovationinthesociallifeofthatcommunity.Thespeakerswilldiscusswaysandmeanswherebythisisbeingachievedbysocialscientists.BiographyGeoffreyBlowersisProfessorintheDepartmentofPsychologyandAssociateDeanoftheFacultyofSocialSciencesatTheUniversityofHongKong.Heisco-editorwithAlisonTurtleofPsychologyMovingEast:thestatusofWesternPsychologyinAsiaandOceania(Westview,1987),co-authorwithKieronO’ConnorofPersonalConstructPsychologyintheClinicalContext(Ottawa/MontrealU.P,1996)andhaspublishedpapersonthehistoryofpsychologyandpsychoanalysisinChinaandJapan.HewastwicePresidentoftheHongKongPsychologicalSocietyandFoundingPresidentoftheHongKongInstituteofAnalyticalPsychology.AmyChowisanAssistantProfessorintheDepartmentofSocialWorkandSocialAdministration,TheUniversityofHongKong.Sheisaregisteredsocialworkerwiththespecializationinbereavementcounseling.ShewascertifiedinThanalogyawardedbytheAssociationofDeathEducationandCounseling.Herachievementinbereavementresearchiswell-recognizedlocallyandinternationally.ShereceivedtheAssociationforDeathEducationandCounseling2005Cross-CulturalAwardinApril,2005.In2006,sheco-editedwithProf.CeciliaChan,hermentor,Death,DyingandBereavement:AHongKongChineseexperiencepublishedbytheHongKongUniversityPress.香港大學北京共敘一堂系列講座（3）公民對談：世界縮小了嗎？你該做些什麼？摘要全球公民身份包括積極參與處理全球的不公平與不平等問題，保持高度熱