About the University

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a non-profit private liberal-arts-oriented university with five Schools (Business, Communication, Decision Sciences, Humanities and Social Science, and Translation and Foreign Languages) and over 6,000 full-time students. Adopting the unique “Liberal + Professional” education model, HSUHK aims to nurture young talents with critical thinking, innovative minds, caring attitudes, moral values and social responsibility.

Aspiring to be a leading private university in the region, HSUHK features a primary focus on undergraduate education, top-quality faculty members, award-winning green campus facilities, innovative degree programmes, unique residential college system combining living and learning, interactive small class teaching, very close student-teacher relationship, RGC-funded impactful research, and excellent student development/support services. HSUHK is listed the 7th (overall) in the ASEAN+ region, the 1st in the Greater China region, and the 1st in Employability as per the 2023 AppliedHE ASEAN+ private university assessment by the Singapore-based AppliedHE. It is also listed among the top 200 worldwide on “Quality Education” and “Decent Work and Economic Growth” in the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings 2021.

The University now invites application for the following Research Project: “In Search of Property-Owning Democracy: The Idea of Predistribution in Adams Smith’s and J.S. Mill’s works”, funded by the Research Grants Council:

Research Assistant (Part-time) – Department of Social Science
(Ref: PTRA (SSC – UGC/FDS14/H10/24) 2025-02-14)

Responsibilities

The appointee will be responsible for conducting literature review, editing work for academic publication, and handling other project-related tasks

 

Applicants Should
  • possess a bachelor’s degree, preferably a master’s degree in political science, philosophy, or other social science disciplines;
  • have at least 2 years of experience in conducting research in social and political theory, and research experience in political economy and/or history of political thought would be a plus;
  • be familiar with the academic literature of contemporary social and political theory, especially those related to distributive justice;
  • have a strong command of both written and spoken English and Chinese; and
  • be passionate about conducting academic research.
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Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Interested applicant should visit this link https://recruit.hsu.edu.hk/ and apply on or before 2 March 2025.  The University reserves the right not to fill the position in this exercise.

Applicants who are not invited to an interview within three months may consider their applications unsuccessful.  All information received will be treated in strict confidence, and the data collected will be used for recruitment purposes only.  The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon request.

The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong is an equal opportunity employer.

 



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