Postdoctoral Fellow (two posts), Department of Sociology and Social Policy

The Department of Sociology and Social Policy brings together scholars with international research experience and publication records in major outlets in Sociology and Social Policy. The Department is a recipient of the University’s Research Excellence Award and Teaching Excellence Awards. We offer teaching in Sociology and Social Policy, the Health and Social Services Management Major and co-host the Social and Public Policy Studies Major with the Department of Economics.

The Department hosts an MSoc. Sc Programme in Comparative Social Policy (International) (IMCSP), and an MSoc. Sc Programme in Sociology and Data Analytics (MSoDA), and has been successful in attracting MPhil and PhD students from around the world, as well as Hong Kong PhD Fellows, and winning other external competitive grants.

For more information, applicants are advised to visit the departmental website , UG programme website , IMCSP programme website , MSoDA Programme website , and RGC Funding Schemes website . We welcome applications for two Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) positions on a research programme, investigating which public health and social control measures (PHSMs) maximally reduced COVID-19 transmissions while causing fewer disruptions to the community and evaluating the optimal social policy designs in minimising the economic harms of the COVID-19 pandemic through cross-national research as well as a local survey and focus groups in Hong Kong.

For more information, applicants are invited to contact Professor Stefan Kühner ( stefankuehner@ln.edu.hk ).