Associate Professor / Assistant Professor - Urban Environment

Closing Date: 31 March 2013 (note that it says below that applications will be accepted until the post is filled...)


The Department/Unit Department of Geography and Resource Management at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong invites applications for a full-time Associate Professorship /Assistant Professorship in urban environment. Applicants should have a PhD
degree in geography, environmental science and engineering, or other related
disciplines, and specialize in one or more of the following fields:

•urban environmental problems
•urban sustainability and resilience
•environmental planning and assessment
•environmental pollution and monitoring

Preference will be given to those with substantial expertise and experience in
urban environment in Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and the Asia-Pacific
region.

The appointee will teach both introductory and advanced undergraduate
courses, as well as general education courses. He/she will be expected to
demonstrate potential for teaching excellence, and to contribute actively and
productively to research programmes.

Appointment will normally be made on contract basis for up to three years
initially commencing September 2013, which, subject to performance, funding
and mutual agreement, may lead to longer-term appointment or substantiation
later.

Applications will be accepted until the post is filled.

Further information about the Department is available at http://
www.grm.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/.

Application forms are obtainable
(a) at http://www.per.cuhk.edu.hk; or
(b) in person/by mail with a stamped, self-addressed envelope from the
Personnel Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong; or
(c) by fax polling at (852)3943 1461.

Please send the completed application form and/or full curriculum vitae,
together with copies of qualification documents, a publication list and/or
abstracts of selected published papers, and names, addresses and fax
numbers/e-mail addresses of three referees to whom the applicants’ consent
has been given for their providing references (unless otherwise specified), to
the Personnel Office by post or by fax to (852) 3943 1462.

Please quote the reference number and mark 'Application - Confidential' on
cover. The Personal Information Collection Statement will be provided upon
request.