School of Design
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) (several posts)
(Ref. 260327012)
[Appointment period: each for six months initially, with possibility of further appointment]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “Portrait of the Hong Kong: Bridging place identity, culture and emotional engagement via MTR interactive art installations”. They will be required to:
(a) assist in literature review;
(b) develop the system;
(c) assist in user studies (e.g. experiment design, data collection and analysis) to evaluate system prototypes;
(d) support in preparing related documentation; and
(e) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his delegates.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a PhD degree in Design or Engineering and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.
Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of work experience in programming, software engineering or new media art engineering.
Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree or an equivalent qualification with experience in computer science, information technology, engineering, media technology or related disciplines.
Applicants should also have:
(a) technical skills in interactive art installation or system design (Touchdesigner/Unity/Unreal), web data scraping and cleaning; and
(b) good interpersonal and communication skills.
Preference will be given to those with a relevant portfolio related to system development, human-computer interaction or cultural studies, and/or with knowledge of Cantonese.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Hailiang Wang via email at hailiang.wang@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointments, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointments, the remuneration rates are HK$385 per hour for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, HK$181 per hour for the post of Research Associate and HK$125 per hour for the post of Research Assistant.
Consideration of applications will commence on 3 April 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 27 March 2026