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Recruitment of Research / Project Posts

The following posts are temporary positions. Please click the position to view the post specification.

Qualified appointees who are able to propose an MPhil or PhD research topic in consultation with the project leader will be encouraged to register for a research degree in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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Department / Unit Position Project Title Closing / Initial Screening Date Ref. No.
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant Changing the trajectory of children and youth in residential care 24 April 2025 250417006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “The association between parental adverse childhood experiences and adolescents’ developmental outcomes: Intergenerational transmission and the protective role of family resilience”, “Parent-adolescent discrepancy in perceived parenting: Developmental changes and longitudinal associations with developmental outcomes among Chinese early adolescents” 28 April 2025 250417005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant / Part-time Research Assistant “How migration impacts well-being: A comprehensive review”, “Longitudinal relationship between neighbourhood environment, healthy lifestyle and subjective well-being” 24 April 2025 250417004
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow AI learning companion: enhancing student learning through AI-powered tutoring 24 April 2025 250417003
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate “How migration impacts well-being: A comprehensive review”, “Longitudinal relationship between neighbourhood environment, healthy lifestyle and subjective well-being” 24 April 2025 250417002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant / Project Assistant Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs 24 April 2025 250417001
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Self-guided online interventions for college students with depressive and anxiety symptoms: A randomized controlled trial 7 April 2025 250331006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Effectiveness of an online parental intervention for adolescents’ cyber-bystander behaviours 14 April 2025 250328015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant “Well-being of early career academics in Hong Kong: A longitudinal mixed methods study”, “Cyberbullying among children with victimization experiences: The role of emotional risk factors and social-ecological protective factors” and/or “Psychological well-being of adolescents after the COVID-19 pandemic in China: How can schools and families help?” 4 April 2025 250328014
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Evaluating the impact of the Vera Desai-Pickers’ Link on social exclusion and self-concept of older informal pickers 1 April 2025 250321007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate (Full-time/Half-time/Part-time) “Peking University - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University China social work research centre” and “Responding to key state policies in Xi's era: A synthesis of social work and social development, and the way forward” 24 March 2025 250317012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) "Two novel advances in testing a moderated mediation model” and/or “Effect conservation in process analysis: The reason, solution, and promotion" 17 March 2025 250310002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant “Promotion of children and adolescent development” and “Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs”. 13 March 2025 250306021
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow “Two novel advances in testing a moderated mediation model” and/or “Effect conservation in process analysis: The reason, solution, and promotion” 13 March 2025 250306019
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant “Investigating pilots’ decision-making and cognitive performance in response to acute stress” and/or “Investigating the role of testosterone in human social cognition” 13 March 2025 250306018
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Listening to children and youth in Hong Kong residential child care services: Unpacking the impact of intrapersonal and interpersonal processes of child and youth voices in decision-making on psychological health 13 March 2025 250306017
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate The effects of an online mindfulness-based intervention for parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A randomized controlled trial 1 April 2025 250306016
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Caring for the mental health needs of the young generation: A holistic approach to enhancing the impact of research on mental well-being 13 March 2025 250306015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs 5 March 2025 250225009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant / Part-time Project Assistant Developing appropriate school response to online sexual exploitation of children and adolescents: A qualitative vignette study in Hong Kong 3 March 2025 250224007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant Online safety research laboratory 3 March 2025 250224006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant / Research Assistant Developing community mental health care in rural China: Local policy network, implementation, and advocacy 3 March 2025 250224005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant Land governance and the livelihood and well-being of residents in the context of global urbanization 3 March 2025 250224004
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow “Video analysis, science, and technology (VAST) research group”, “Work, interaction, and technology” and/or “Reconceptualizing the relations of technology, innovation and society” 3 March 2025 250224003
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Project Associate Capacity building for Doctor of Social Work (DSW) educators in the Chinese mainland: A practice research on building China DSW education 3 March 2025 250224002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant How brokerage absorbs popular grievances in rural China: typology, effectiveness, and consequences 3 March 2025 250224001
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs” and “Evaluation of learning and teaching aspects on national education 4 February 2025 250128008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Enhance social skills of adolescents with autism spectrum disorder through a gamified interactive artificial society of generative agents (ESAIAS) 1 March 2025 250128007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) N.A. 4 February 2025 250128006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Administrative Assistant Igniting social innovation competition 2025 4 February 2025 250128005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “The making of a surplus population? An exploratory study of livelihoods among resettled peasants under economic uncertainties in industrial hubs in western China” and/or “Energy infrastructure in transition: Ambitions, failures and social change” 4 February 2025 250128004
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant Support for student-athletes 4 February 2025 250128003
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant Enhancing active learning through course-specific videos, interactive games and data visualisations 4 February 2025 250128002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) “Project WeCan - phase 2”, “The antecedents and outcomes of positive youth development in Chinese adolescents: A multi-informant longitudinal study” and/or “Holistic development in young people: Theory, research and practice” 7 January 2025 241231006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Impact of later life events on criminal trajectories among older offenders in Hong Kong: A qualitative mixed-methods approach 7 January 2025 241231005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant The job characteristics and well-being of personal care workers in Hong Kong’s residential care homes of the elderly: A mixed-methods study 30 December 2024 241224001
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Projections and analyses on households, living arrangements and care needs for mental and physical disabled older adults: A cross-cultural study 27 December 2024 241220007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow The adaptive function of cultural values in social contexts 27 December 2024 241220006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) Enhancing resilience of left behind children, youth and elderly in disaster prone area 6 December 2024 241129007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant N.A. 25 November 2024 241118001
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-time/Part-time) / Research Associate / Project Associate (Full-time/Part-time) / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) “The antecedents and outcomes of positive youth development in Chinese adolescents: A multi-informant longitudinal study”, "Service learning development and evaluation" and/or “Capacity building scheme for secondary school teachers: Promoting meaningful social engagement for young people through service-learning” 19 November 2024 241112009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Half-time/Part-time) “Family resilience of Hong Kong low-income families with adolescent children: The role of positive youth development attributes”, “A prospective study of newly-arrived immigrant adolescents from Mainland China to Hong Kong: The way to thrive”, “A longitudinal investigation of quality of life and resilience of rural-to-urban migrant children in the Greater Bay Area cities in Mainland China: A holistic positive youth developmental approach” and/or “A family-focused intervention for promoting mental health among Chinese rural-to-urban migrant children” 11 November 2024 241104010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Part-time Project Associate / Part-time Project Assistant Understanding learning difficulties 7 November 2024 241031011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow "Family resilience of Hong Kong low-income families with adolescent children: The role of positive youth development attributes”, “A prospective study of newly-arrived immigrant adolescents from Mainland China to Hong Kong: The way to thrive”, “A longitudinal investigation of quality of life and resilience of rural-to-urban migrant children in the Greater Bay Area cities in Mainland China: A holistic positive youth developmental approach” and/or “A family-focused intervention for promoting mental health among Chinese rural-to-urban migrant children" 7 November 2024 241031009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate "Technopolitical contention over state-led social datafication: A digital ethnography of data-driven governance in Hong Kong’s counter-public” and/or “Networking consumer activism as transgressive contention: A digital analysis of Hong Kong’s political consumerism in the age of mobile social media" 7 November 2024 241031008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral fellowship scheme 24 October 2024 241017012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Associate / Project Assistant Financial support for book writing 24 October 2024 241017011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Half-time/Part-time) Family resilience of Hong Kong low-income families with adolescent children: The role of positive youth development attributes and/or A prospective study of newly-arrived immigrant adolescents from Mainland China to Hong Kong: The way to thrive 11 October 2024 241004025
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Family resilience of Hong Kong low-income families with adolescent children: The role of positive youth development attributes and/or A prospective study of newly-arrived immigrant adolescents from Mainland China to Hong Kong: The way to thrive 11 October 2024 241004023