Part-time Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Updated: 2 days ago
Deadline: 29 Apr 2026

School of Design


Part-time Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate (two posts)

(Ref. 260318001)

[Appointment period: each for one and a half months]

Duties

The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project – “Reviving the digital past in the age of dematerialization: A design perspective on technology-mediated family memory experience”.  They will be required to:

(a)    create design prototypes and provide technical support;

(b)    conduct design studies with data collection and analysis;

(c)    document the design and research process;

(d)    conduct research writing; and

(e)    perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or her delegates.

Qualifications

Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a doctoral degree in Interaction Design Human-Computer Interaction, Interactive Computing, Product/Industrial Design or a related discipline and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master’s degree in the above-mentioned disciplines with two or more years of professional practice in design engineering.

Applicants should also have:

(a)    good skills in interactive product design, user interface/user experience design and visual design;

(b)    working knowledge in physical computing and/or coding/scripting;

(c)    an excellent command of written English and reading skills, preferably with fluency in Cantonese and/or Putonghua; and

(d)    the ability to work both independently and in a team as well as helping to manage the project timeline.

Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Huaxin Wei at telephone no. 2766 6841 or via email at huaxin.wei@polyu.edu.hk for further information. 

Conditions of Service

The remuneration rates are $385 per hour for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow and HK$181 per hour for the post of Research Associate.


The closing date for application is 29 April 2026.


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Posting date: 18 March 2026

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