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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 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 2 October 2026 260925013
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Enhancing cultural integration for non-local students in Hong Kong: A multicultural acquisition approach to policy development 2 October 2026 260925012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant The impact of public stigma on the perceived deservingness of older drug users in the legal and underground world 15 October 2026 260925011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant (Full-time/Half-time/Part-time) “Financial support for book writing” and “Capacity building for Doctor of Social Work (DSW) educators in the Chinese Mainland: A practice research on building China DSW education” 2 October 2026 260925010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Impact of later life events on criminal trajectories among older offenders in Hong Kong: A qualitative mixed-methods approach 15 October 2026 260916008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Precarious talent? Employment quality and integration of highly educated migrants in Hong Kong 22 September 2026 260915005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “Unveiling ageism through text-to-image Al-assisted inside/outside self-portrait with older adults” and/or “Arts on prescription: co-designing and pilot testing creative routines to reduce loneliness and sustain lifestyle medicine in older adults” 16 September 2026 260909005
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) Understanding learning difficulties 11 November 2026 260903007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Children of the massive layoff: Intergenerational effects of parental job loss under China’s state-owned enterprise reform 7 September 2026 260831010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs 3 September 2026 260827013
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme 3 September 2026 260827011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant “Generative AI chatbots as a psychosocial intervention for parents of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A pilot study in Guangzhou”, “Enhancing public service access and utilization among parents of disabled children in China: Is parent organization a bridge and enabler?” and/or “Unraveling the well-being of personal care workers in community care: A mixed methods inquiry” 3 September 2026 260827010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant Support for student-athletes 28 August 2026 260821021
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) “Examination of an integrated mindset intervention (U-Growth) to promote university student mental health: A pilot randomised controlled trial in Greater Bay Area” and/or “A 14-day metacognition-based ecological momentary intervention for recreational screen use and daily stress in young adults: A two-arm randomised controlled trial” 28 August 2026 260821020
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 28 August 2026 260821019
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) One size does not fit all: Abandoning the ‘Static α = 0.7 Cutoff’ in favor of a context-sensitive approach to ‘Dynamic α Cutoffs’ ” and/or “A refined approach for second stage moderated mediation analysis 24 August 2026 260817011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Senior Research Fellow / Senior Project Fellow / Research Fellow / Project Fellow Capacity building and Greater Bay Area collaboration for welfare sector’ project evaluation study 24 August 2026 260814019
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Migration, early learning experiences, and school readiness in the AI era 24 August 2026 260813003
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Migration, early learning experiences, and school readiness in the AI era 24 August 2026 260813002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) 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 20 August 2026 260812009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant Uplifting the life trajectories of young parents and their children 20 August 2026 260812008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant Early identification and intervention for children and youth in at-risk families 20 August 2026 260812007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant / Project Assistant Capacity building and Greater Bay Area collaboration for welfare sector’ project evaluation study 20 August 2026 260812006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Half-time Research Assistant Assessing the efficacy of digital heart rate variability biofeedback as an adjunct to digital cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in childhood trauma survivors with sleep disturbances 14 August 2026 260807015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “Harnessing artificial intelligence to enhance academic positive youth development among Hong Kong secondary school students” and/or “AI-powered ecological momentary intervention for academic thriving: A pilot study among Hong Kong secondary school students” 31 August 2026 260807014
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Caring across cultures: Design and stakeholder evaluation of AI powered embodied conversational agents for culturally adaptive mental health support 14 August 2026 260807013
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant You can make a difference to our planet 14 August 2026 260807012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant Online safety research laboratory 6 August 2026 260731008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “Understanding and promoting healthy lifestyles among secondary school students” and/or “Youth development and wellbeing in the AI and digital society: A PolyU-SEU collaborative research initiative” 14 August 2026 260730016
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow “Understanding and promoting healthy lifestyles among secondary school students” and/or “Youth development and wellbeing in the AI and digital society: A PolyU-SEU collaborative research initiative” 14 August 2026 260730015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant / Part-time Project Assistant "JC project bonfire” and “Enhancing the trajectory of out-of-home care children and youth - Track two in foster care" 31 July 2026 260724023
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Development of Chinese young people and families 29 July 2026 260722019
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 29 July 2026 260722017
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Dr Crystal Kwan, Thetos Foundation Endowed Young Scholar in Social Sciences 29 July 2026 260722015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Research Assistant Service leadership through serving children and families with special needs 1 August 2026 260715004
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate “Age-friendly business recognition and capacity building programme”, “Enhancement of age-friendly business recognition and capacity building programme“, “Enhancement of empowering an inclusive, age-friendly silver economy in Hong Kong: From longitudinal evidence to intergenerational, multi-stakeholder action”, “Advancing health and well-being through family-integrated, AI-enhanced social work approaches: A PolyU-HUST collaborative research initiative” and/or “Research centre for gerontology and family studies” 22 July 2026 260715003
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Associate / Project Assistant (Full-time/Half-time/Part-time) “Peking University-The Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Social Work Research Centre” and “Social work response to climate change in China and Belt & Road Regions: a transdisciplinary approach - monsoon houses by Bangladeshi boat craftsmen” 22 July 2026 260715002
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate “Age-friendly business recognition and capacity building programme”, “Enhancement of age-friendly business recognition and capacity building programme“, “Enhancement of empowering an inclusive, age-friendly silver economy in Hong Kong: From longitudinal evidence to intergenerational, multi-stakeholder action”, “Advancing health and well-being through family-integrated, AI-enhanced social work approaches: A PolyU-HUST collaborative research initiative” and/or “Research centre for gerontology and family studies” 15 July 2026 260708009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Part-time Research Associate “Constructing multi-level datasets on urbanising China”, “PolyU Mainland university consortium for social wellness in the AI era”, “Enhancing community mental health services in rural China: A pilot study in Yunnan” and “Family-focused interventions for adolescent emotion-related school non-attendance: A co-produced comparative pilot study in Shanghai and Kunming” 15 July 2026 260708008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant Prosociality as a natural sleeping pill? Examining the reciprocal relationship between acting kindly and sleeping well 10 July 2026 260703014
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) Urban regeneration and citizens’ health and wellbeing in China 6 July 2026 260629001
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Postdoctoral fellowship scheme 2 July 2026 260625009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Elder abuse intervention accelerator - The Hong Kong chapter 2 July 2026 260625007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate The role of the voluntary sector in affordable housing policy 2 July 2026 260625006
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant “Predictive models for overweight and associated health risks in Hong Kong population: A machine learning approach” and/or “Dynamic risk trajectories and disease burden of obesity-related multimorbidity: A population-based longitudinal study in Hong Kong” 30 June 2026 260612008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Enhancing positive youth development and children’s computer literacy in the AI era 22 June 2026 260612007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Project Assistant Promotion of children and adolescent development 20 July 2026 260527018
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Associate / Research Assistant GEM-VR: GenAI-driven expressive arts therapy in virtual reality for enhancing youth’s mental well-being 22 May 2026 260515010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Exploring public healthcare access and utilisation among migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong: Unveiling the implications of precarity on healthcare-seeking behaviours 22 May 2026 260515009
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Project Associate / Research Assistant / Project Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) Development of Chinese young people and families 12 May 2026 260430012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Digital governance in an age of AI and big data 7 May 2026 260430011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant Global China (Yunnan) 10 April 2026 260401016
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Police force interactive educational theatre and research project”, “Well-being of early career academics in Hong Kong: A longitudinal mixed methods study”, “Problematic internet use among rural Chinese children: A longitudinal mixed methods study based on multiple informants” and/or “The impact of school connectedness on Internet addiction: A longitudinal quantitative study among Chinese adolescents 8 April 2026 260401015
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant / Part-time Research Assistant “A mixed methods evaluation study of the CareER career development framework 2.0: Enhancing support model for highly educated PwD during school to work transition” and/or “Enhancing public service access and utilization among parents of disabled children in China: Is parent organisation a bridge and enabler?” 27 March 2026 260320013
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant CultureCraft: scenario-based learning with conversational AI agents to enhance intercultural communication competence 1 April 2026 260320012
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) CultureCraft: scenario-based learning with conversational AI agents to enhance intercultural communication competence 1 April 2026 260320011
Department of Applied Social Sciences Part-time Project Assistant Enhancing the cultural competence and sensitivity of social work students through an embedded course structure 8 April 2026 260320010
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant Harnessing artificial intelligence to enhance academic positive youth development among Hong Kong secondary school students 30 April 2026 260320009
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 27 March 2026 260320008
Department of Applied Social Sciences Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time) Exploring healthy ageing issues and the lived experiences of working in late life: A community-based participatory research with older disadvantaged workers in Hong Kong 11 March 2026 260304007
Department of Applied Social Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant “High tech as a double-edged sword: A longitudinal study on technostress and well-being among Chinese university students” and/or “A longitudinal investigation of adolescent problematic smartphone use and family digital environment in China” 11 March 2026 260304006