First Princeton-Fung Global Forum held in Shanghai

Shanghai skyline

Shanghai skyline (Photo by Dan Day)

Architects, engineers and other scholars gathered in February in Shanghai for the inaugural Princeton-Fung Global Forum to discuss population growth, social trends, climate change and other factors determining “The Future of the City.”

A $10 million gift from Princeton Trustee William Fung, Class of 1970, established the forum and the Fung Global Fellows Program, which is administered by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and brings international early-career faculty members working in the social sciences and the humanities to Princeton for a year of research, writing and collaboration. Fung is chairman of the Hong Kongbased Li & Fung group of export and retailing companies.  The 2014 Princeton-Fung Global Forum will be held in Paris.

-By Dan Day