[Air-L] Two positions opened at The University of Hong Kong's new Chinese Social Media Project

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Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow (Ref.: 201700981) and Senior Research Assistant (Ref.: 201701001) in the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, to commence on October 1, 2017 for one year. The two positions will be key researchers associated with a project entitled “WeChatscope: ‘hacking’ China’s online censored messages”, and will work under the supervision of Dr. King-wa Fu at Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. Enquiries about the post should be sent to Dr. King-wa Fu (e-mail: kwfu at hku.hk).

Position A: Applicants (local or international) should possess a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Communication or related fields, and demonstrated expertise in application development for large-scale data collection, data analytics and visualization. They should have a good command of written and spoken English and ability to work independently.  Those with a multidisciplinary research background; knowledge and experience in data science, computational social science, statistical analysis, mixed-method and/or demonstrated ability in academic writing; and enjoy working with a large interdisciplinary team of researchers to address key problems in political science/communication/social science in Hong Kong or China that are theoretically and/or methodologically significant are preferred.  The appointee will be responsible for the system design, technical development of the social media data platform and academic research, grant proposal development and publication.  For Position A, a good command of Chinese is NOT required. 

Position B: Applicants (local or international) should have a Master’s degree in social science, communication or media studies; at least one year’s work experience; good command of written and spoken English and Chinese; ability to work independently; good knowledge about Chinese social media; and native level understanding about Chinese local culture and language. Those with multidisciplinary research background; knowledge and experience in data science, computational social science, statistical analysis, mixed-method and/or demonstrated ability in academic writing; and enjoy working with a large interdisciplinary team of researchers to address key problems in political science/communication/social science in Hong Kong or China that are theoretically and/or methodologically significant are preferred. The appointee will responsible for project execution, community relation development and engagement, data interpretation, and project communication. 

A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.

Applicants should send a completed application form together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmscjobs at hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be downloaded at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Further particulars can be obtained at http://jobs.hku.hk.  Review of applications will start from July 31, 2017 and continue until September 30, 2017.

Details: 
http://jobs.hku.hk/jd.php?id=201700981 (Post-doctoral Fellow)
http://jobs.hku.hk/jd.php?id=201701001 (Senior Research Assistant)

King-wa FU
Associate Professor
Journalism and Media Studies Centre
The University of Hong Kong
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/