The Center for Humanities is a department-level teaching and research unit affiliated to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, China. The Center vigorously promotes cutting-edge and international research as well as studies that are linked and integrated with modern science and technology. The goal of the Center is to produce international-level humanities achievements in specific fields and serve the development needs of the local area and the whole country.
The Center for Humanities currently has research institutions as follows. The Humanities Computing Research Center & Machine Writing Research Lab; the Language Ability and Language Cognition Teaching and Research Lab & Speech Lab; the Center for Science and Human Imagination; the Center for Science and Civilization & Humanities Virtual Lab; Modern Media and Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research with Space and Media Lab, and so on. Each of the aforementioned institutions plans to recruit one postdoctoral candidate in 2020, with a total of five positions in the center.
I. Institutions, Professors, Tracks, and Background
1. Research Center for Computational Humanities & Research Center for AI Writing
◇ Professor Chen Yuehong and Associate Professor Yang Guo
◇ 1. Computational Humanities; 2. AI Writing; 3. Process Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
◇ All areas are welcome.
2. Language Ability and Language Cognition Teaching and Research Lab & Speech Lab
◇ Professor Li Lan
◇ 1. Chinese Dialectology; 2. Experimental Phonetics; 3. Language Recognition
◇ All areas are welcome.
3. Center for Science and Human Imagination:
◇ Professor Wu Yan
◇ 1. Brain Science of Human Imagination; 2. Science Fiction as Literature and Art
◇ All areas are welcome.
4. Center for Science and Civilization & Humanities Virtual Lab
◇ Professor Tian Song
◇ 1. Social History of Science and Environmental History; 2. STSE (Science, Technology, Society and Environment-Ecology) Case Study
◇ All areas are welcome. Applicants with history of science, environmental history, sociology, anthropology, and STS background may have priority.
5. Modern Media and Interdisciplinary Teaching and Research with Space and Media Lab
◇ Professor Tang Keyang
◇ 1. Innovative Space Design; 2. Educational Space Design; 3. New Media and Digital Architecture
◇ All areas are welcome.
For the specific research focus and job description during the postdoctoral time, please visit the homepages of specific research institutions or consult the corresponding professors directly.
II. Requirements
1. In principle, the candidate must have obtained a doctoral degree within (include) 3 years.
2. Overseas study or work experience is preferred.
III. Application Materials
1. Resume (Education and Work Experience Since Undergraduate)
2. Personal Statement and Research Plan (A4 not exceeding 3 pages)
3. Doctoral Thesis, Published Papers (no more than 3)
4. Two Letters of Recommendation
5. Doctoral Degree Certificate
IV. Procedures
1. Please send the application materials to rwkxzx@sustech.edu.cn, with the title in the form of “Applying for Postdoctoral Position + Professor,” and forward the email to the corresponding professor. The Center shall keep the contents of the application materials confidential.
2. Deadline: September 16, 2020.
3. The Center will form a make a selection based on application materials, then an online interview will be organized. The first round of collective recruitment will end by September 23, 2020.
4. Southern University of Science and Technology is open for postdoctoral applicants all the year round. The announcement for 2021 postdoctoral recruitment will be issued later.
V. Tasks and Assessment
1. Postdoc researchers need to complete the research and teaching task required by the institution.
2. Postdoc researchers need to follow the Postdoctoral Assessment Methods of Southern University of Science and Technology
VI. Annual Salary (For reference)
The postdoctoral position of SUSTech is a two-year full-time job. Part-time will not be accepted.
A: Basic Remuneration
1) The annual salary of a postdoc researcher will not be less than 335,000 RMB yuan（about 415,00 plus insurances and subsidies）, including 150,000 yuan (before tax) from Guangdong Province and 60,000 yuan (after tax) from Shenzhen City. Those who are especially outstanding can apply for the President Excellent Postdoc, and the annual salary can reach 507,000 yuan (including subsidies from Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City).
2) Benefits are paid according to the teaching and administrative staff standards. And social insurance and housing provident fund will be paid in accordance with the relevant regulations of Shenzhen City. Postdoctoral researchers who do not use the dormitory on campus or do not rely on the school to use the public rental housing in Shenzhen City can apply for housing subsidies, which are about 30,000 yuan per year.
B: Research Awards and Applicable Projects:
3) According to the specific research performance of a postdoc, the Center and research groups may endow award.
4) The research group will encourage and assist postdoctoral researchers to apply for the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation, and other research projects at all levels in Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City.
Projects and Funds
① Guangdong In-station Postdoctoral subsidies 300,000 yuan/biennial.
② Shenzhen In-station Postdoctoral subsidies 120,000 yuan/biennial (after tax).
③ Innovative Talents Postdoctoral Support plan 630,000 yuan/biennial (incompatible with Guangdong In-station Postdoctoral subsidies)
④ Postdoctoral International Communication plan 600,000 yuan/biennial (incompatible with Guangdong In-station Postdoctoral subsidies)
⑤ China Postdoctoral Science Fund special subsidies (before entering station and in-station) 180,000 yuan (research fund).
⑥ China Postdoctoral Science Fund plan 120,000 yuan or 80,000 yuan (research fund).
⑦ Guangdong Overseas Young Postdoctoral Recruitment plan 600,000 yuan/biennial (incompatible with Guangdong In-station Postdoctoral and Shenzhen In-station Postdoctoral subsidies)
5) In the aforementioned projects, the 7th "Guangdong Overseas Young Postdoctoral Recruitment” project has special qualification requirements: those who have obtained doctorates from the top 200 universities in the world (according to the World University Rankings of Times, USNEWS, QS, and Shanghai Jiaotong University in the previous year, excluding domestic universities). After the application is successful, the provincial finance will give 600,000 yuan of living allowance in two years (which is incompatible with the 150,000 yuan of living allowance in Guangdong, and whether it is compatible with the 60,000 yuan of living allowance in Shenzhen City shall be subject to the regulations of Shenzhen City). In addition, the provincial finance will give 400,000 yuan of housing subsidies to postdoctoral researcher who have received funding from this project and will sign a work agreement or labor contract with employers in Guangdong Province after leaving the station and will promise to work in Guangdong for more than 3 consecutive years.
C. Follow-up Benefits and the Other
6) If a postdoctoral researcher chooses to stay in Shenzhen to engage in scientific research and signs a labor (employment) contract with an enterprise or institution in Shenzhen for more than 3 years, he or she may apply for a research fund for postdoctoral who “come to Shenzhen and stay in Shenzhen.” The Shenzhen Municipal Government will give each person 300,000 yuan as their scientific research start-up funding.
7) Postdoctoral researchers who have registered for permanent residence in Shenzhen can apply for Shenzhen’s one-time rental and living allowance of 30,000 yuan for doctors (tax exemption and applicable online).
8) According to their own conditions, postdoctoral researchers who are in-station or out of the station can apply for Shenzhen Peacock Plan Class C Talents or Shenzhen Reserve Talents Plan and enjoy a five-year reward allowance of 1.6 million (in total, tax exemption).
