[Air-L] Jobs - Post-doctoral Fellow in the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU

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For those job seekers,

The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University of Hong Kong is inviting applications for the position of Post-doctoral Fellow (Ref.: 533221), to commence in the first or second quarter of 2026 for 18 months, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance and funding availability.

Applicants should hold a PhD degree or equivalent in the areas related to Communication, Journalism, Media Studies or other related fields of study in Social Sciences, with a track record of publications in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications. Knowledge in Chinese media system and global social media environment and governance will be highly desirable. Experience in computational social science, causal inference, text mining, machine learning, analysis of unstructured and multimodal data, or advanced quantitative methods and use of AI in communication studies will have an advantage.

The appointee will assist in a General Research Fund (GRF) research project, with duties such as (1) generating research output independently; (2) working with a team of interdisciplinary scholars on collaborative projects and (3) preparing research proposals for competitive grant applications. Enquiries about the duties of the post should be sent to Professor King-wa Fu at kwfu at hku.hk<mailto:kwfu at hku.hk>.

Applications close: Feb 28, 2026 (HK Time)

Details: https://jobs.hku.hk/cw/en/job/533221/postdoctoral-fellow-in-the-journalism-and-media-studies-centre

King-wa Fu
Professor, Journalism and Media Studies Centre
The University of Hong Kong