School of Accounting and Finance
Postdoctoral Fellow (two posts)
(Ref. 260416011)
[Appointment period: each for twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “The rise of social media and the changing landscape of financial journalism”.
Qualifications
Applicants should have:
(a) a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application; and
(b) strong background in accounting, finance or computer science/natural language processing/machine learning.
Preference will be given to those who are proficient in Python, adept at processing large-scale data and have worked with large accounting or finance datasets, or have a proven record in utilizing APIs and deploying models from GitHub.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Jingran Zhao via email at jingran.zhao@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
The closing date for application is 30 April 2026.
Posting date: 16 April 2026