Hong Kong Baptist University

Position Title/Short Description

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School of Business

Department of Economics

Senior Lecturer / Lecturer (PR0275/19-20)

Applicants should have a relevant higher degree. The successful appointee should demonstrate the ability to teach economics courses with ample business and policy applications. Priority will be given to those who can teach courses related to big data analytics, economics of digital markets, economics of smart cities, statistical methods for data science and environmental economics. Industry experience in data analytics will be highly valued. Candidates demonstrating the ability to teach interdisciplinary courses will also be considered favaorably.

Initial appointment will be made on a fixed-term contract of two years starting from September 2020. Re-appointment thereafter is subject to mutual agreement and availability of funding.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk). All applicants should send in their teaching evaluation results of the last three years. Applicants should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number quoted on the letters, to the Personnel Office (Email: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Applicants not invited for interview 4 months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples and scholarly/creative works will not be returned after the completion of the recruitment exercise unless upon request. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.
The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the posts advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.

Closing date: 15 March 2020 (or until the positions are filled)