37.1934, Jobs: General Linguistics: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Research Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong

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Subject: 37.1934, Jobs: General Linguistics: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Research Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong

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Date: 31-May-2026
From: Cheng Sam [Centurytouch.ad at hotmail.com]
Subject: General Linguistics: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Research Assistant Professor, The Education University of Hong Kong


Job Location: Tai Po, Hong Kong
Web Address: https://www.eduhk.hk/gradsch/index.php.html
Job Title: Associate Professor / Assistant Professor / Research
Assistant Professor
Job Rank: Asst/Assoc Professor
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Specialty Areas: General Linguistics

Description:
Founded in 1994 and awarded the University title in 2016, The
Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is a publicly funded
university, dedicated to the advancement of teacher education and
related disciplines through a diverse offering of academic,
professional and research programmes.  The University aspires to
become a leading university in the Asia Pacific region and beyond,
with a focus on educational and multidisciplinary research,
development and innovation. We are committed to nurturing outstanding
and caring educators and professionals as well as enhancing the impact
of scholarship.
The University has an academic/teaching staff strength of about 460
and total student headcount of about 11,000.  It has a Graduate School
and three Faculties, namely, Faculty of Education and Human
Development, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Liberal Arts and
Social Sciences, comprising 14 academic departments, as well as two
Academies, Academy for Educational Development and Innovation and
Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, a number of
University-level research centres and Faculty-level research and
professional development centres.  For more information about the
University, please visit http://www.eduhk.hk.
To continue pursuing excellence in the advancement of knowledge,
scholarship and innovation through high quality research, we are
seeking enthusiastic and highly dedicated academics to join the
University in support of its strategic development in diverse areas.
Associate Professor / Assistant Professor /Research Assistant
Professor (Ref: 2600396)
Graduate School
We are seeking to recruit computational linguistics experts to
contribute to our academic and research endeavours. 
The appointees will contribute to enhancing the University's research
capacity and impact on the relevant strategic research theme(s). 
Responsibilities mainly include: (i) conducting high-quality research,
and generating scholarly publications or other significant research
outputs; (ii) initiating and supporting research projects and securing
external research grants to enhance domain impact; (iii) providing
instruction at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels as part of
the teaching faculty if appropriate; (iv) engaging in research-related
activities with colleagues and Research Postgraduate students.
Applicants should have a PhD degree in computational linguistics,
computer science (with a focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP)),
linguistics, or a closely related field. Strong research experience
and training in large language models (LLMs), computational
linguistics, natural language processing (NLP), machine learning for
language, visualisation of linguistic data, text mining, social media
data analysis, or related areas are highly valued. Applicants should
be active researchers with proven capacity and potential. Some
teaching experience and a commitment to excellence in teaching is an
asset. 
Applicants for (Research) Assistant Professor should possess evidence
of scholarship, research, and publications in the relevant field(s).
Applicants for Associate Professor should possess evidence of strong
research output and publication in relevant field(s) and a strong
research track record and impact.   The appointee may be required to
travel outside of Hong Kong and undertake work including teaching
duties as assigned by the University, where necessary.
For information about the Graduate School, please visit this website:
https://www.eduhk.hk/gradsch/index.php.html.
For further enquiries about the posts, please contact Ms Teresa Poon
at sypoon at eduhk.hk
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract. Start-up
research grant will be provided. Fringe benefits include the
University’s Voluntary Contributions to MPF Scheme or a contract-end
lump sum payment (totaling up to 15% of the basic salary), leave,
medical and dental benefits, and, where applicable, housing benefits.
The University only accepts and considers applications submitted
online.  Applicants should complete the online application form and
upload a full CV on or before 26 June 2026.  Applications which are
incomplete or without the required documents may not be considered. 
Personal data provided by applicants will be used for recruitment and
other employment-related purposes.  For details of the Personal
Information Collection Statement, please refer to
http://www.eduhk.hk/jobsopp/index.php?glang=en..
All applications will be treated in strict confidence.  Only those who
are shortlisted will be contacted.  The University reserves the right
not to fill the position(s) advertised.  Since the incumbent’s work
would involve contacts with persons aged under 18 and/or mentally
incapacitated persons, prospective employee(s) will be required to
undergo Sexual Conviction Record Check operated by the Hong Kong
Police Force.

Application Deadline: 26-Jun-2026
Web Address for Applications:
https://eduhk.taleo.net/careersection/admin+and+support/jobdetail.ftl?job=2600396
Contact Information:
        Ms Teresa Poon
        Email: Sypoon at eduhk.hk



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