Hong Kong Baptist University, David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
Research Assistant Professors and Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
Institution Type: College / University
Location: Hong Kong
Position: Research Professional
David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI)
Research Assistant Professors and Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
LEWI was founded in 1995 as a university-wide research centre at Hong Kong Baptist University to promote research in social sciences and the humanitites, and as a consortium of universities aiming at cultivating academic exchange and collaboration. Recently the Institute has been restructured to undertake research on three major themes:
• Mobility Studies with Comparative Urbanization. Topics of inquiry include, inter alia, comparative experiences on migrancy, transforming spatial stuctures, global citires and mega-urban regions, and housing markets and property bubbles;
• Envrionment, Health and Sustainability. The current focus is on environmental discourse and advertising, environmental claims in marketing communication, and Health Communication; and
• Cross-Cultural Studies. Among the topics to be studied are: Sino-European, Sino-Vatican and Sino-American relations, preferably from a cultural perspective; history of Christianity in China since 1979.
Applicants should possess a PhD degree at the time of appointment in any of the following or cognate disciplines: Environmental Studies and Management, Environmental Psychology, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Urban Studies. Appointment will be made on contract basis of up to three years initially. Re-appointment may be considered subject to performance review and mutual agreement. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to write in reponse to the requirements and provide and updated curriculum vitae and /or fill in the application forms which are obtainable (a) by downloading from http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/applicationforms; or (b) by fax at 3411-7799 (local line only); or (c) in person from the Personnel Office, Hong Kong Baptist University, Level 7, Shaw Tower, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Completed application form should be sent to the same address. All applicants should sent in up the three sample publications, and request two referees to send confidential reference letters to the Personnel Office directly. Please quote PR number on all correspondence. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms & conditions then applicable at the time of offer.
Review of applications will begin from 1 July 2011 and till continue until the positions are filled.
Contact:
Address
David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Room 702 David C. Lam Building
34 Renfrew Road
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Hong Kong, SAR China
Tel / Fax
(852) 3411 5352 / (852) 3411 5128
Email
lewi@hkbu.edu.hk
Website: http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~lewi/website2011/index.html
Research Assistant Professors and Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
Institution Type: College / University
Location: Hong Kong
Position: Research Professional
David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI)
Research Assistant Professors and Post-Doctoral Research Fellows
LEWI was founded in 1995 as a university-wide research centre at Hong Kong Baptist University to promote research in social sciences and the humanitites, and as a consortium of universities aiming at cultivating academic exchange and collaboration. Recently the Institute has been restructured to undertake research on three major themes:
• Mobility Studies with Comparative Urbanization. Topics of inquiry include, inter alia, comparative experiences on migrancy, transforming spatial stuctures, global citires and mega-urban regions, and housing markets and property bubbles;
• Envrionment, Health and Sustainability. The current focus is on environmental discourse and advertising, environmental claims in marketing communication, and Health Communication; and
• Cross-Cultural Studies. Among the topics to be studied are: Sino-European, Sino-Vatican and Sino-American relations, preferably from a cultural perspective; history of Christianity in China since 1979.
Applicants should possess a PhD degree at the time of appointment in any of the following or cognate disciplines: Environmental Studies and Management, Environmental Psychology, Geography, History, Political Science, Sociology, and Urban Studies. Appointment will be made on contract basis of up to three years initially. Re-appointment may be considered subject to performance review and mutual agreement. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Application Procedure:
Applicants are invited to write in reponse to the requirements and provide and updated curriculum vitae and /or fill in the application forms which are obtainable (a) by downloading from http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/applicationforms; or (b) by fax at 3411-7799 (local line only); or (c) in person from the Personnel Office, Hong Kong Baptist University, Level 7, Shaw Tower, 34 Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon. Completed application form should be sent to the same address. All applicants should sent in up the three sample publications, and request two referees to send confidential reference letters to the Personnel Office directly. Please quote PR number on all correspondence. Details of the University's Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms & conditions then applicable at the time of offer.
Review of applications will begin from 1 July 2011 and till continue until the positions are filled.
Contact:
Address
David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Room 702 David C. Lam Building
34 Renfrew Road
Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Hong Kong, SAR China
Tel / Fax
(852) 3411 5352 / (852) 3411 5128
lewi@hkbu.edu.hk
Website: http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~lewi/website2011/index.html
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