Research Postgraduate Programmes

MPHIL AND PHD PROGRAMMES 2024 Intake

Lingnan University aspires to be an internationally recognised liberal arts university with Hong Kong characteristics. Applications are now invited for Master of Philosophy (MPhil) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes commencing in 2024. Both MPhil and PhD programmes lead to in-depth study in specific research areas. The period of study of MPhil programmes is normally two years for full-time and three years for part-time students. The period of study for PhD programmes is normally three years for full-time and five years for part-time students with a relevant master’s degree; and four years full-time or six years part-time for students without a relevant master’s degree.

The areas of research will include the following:

Aesthetics; Applied ethics; Artificial intelligence; Confucianism; Daoism; Epistemology; Ethics; Future of humanity; Metaphysics; Personal identity; Philosophical logic; Philosophy of language; Philosophy of literature; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of psychology; Philosophy of science; Political philosophy; and Well-being.

AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST OF ALL PHILOSOPHY STAFF

Prof. SAUCHELLI Andrea

Associate Professor and Head of Department

Modality, Aesthetics and philosophy of art, Personal identity and ethics.

Prof. ROWBOTTOM Darrell

Professor

Philosophy of science, Foundations of probability, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of education.

Prof. CHIU Wai-wai

Associate Professor

Daoist ethics, Pre-Qin Daoism, Pre-Qin Mohism, Pre-Qin epistemology.

Prof. DE CLERCQ Rafael

Associate Professor

Aesthetics properties, Architecture, Music perception, Criteria of identity, Presentism, Perceptual indiscriminability.

Prof. MARSHALL Dan

Associate Professor

Metaphysics, Philosophical logic, Philosophy of science.

Prof. BRADLEY Adam Lee

Assistant Professor

Philosophy of mind, Cognitive science, and the Philosophy of Psychiatry.

Prof. CHAN Wing-ching, Elton

Assistant Professor

Political Philosophy, Confucianism, Comparative Philosophy.

Prof. GIBBONS Adam

Assistant Professor

Social and Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Political Economy, Political Science, Philosophical Methodology, and Philosophy of Language.

Prof. FANCIULLO James

Assistant Professor

Metaethics and normative ethics.

Prof. HAWKE Peter Michael

Assistant Professor

Epistemology, Logic, and related topics on Mind, Language and Rationality.

Dr. CURTIS-TRUDEL André Emile

Research Assistant Professor

Philosophy of Science, Computer Science, AI, and Mathematics.

Dr. HILL Jesse

Research Assistant Professor

Luck, Ethics, and Epistemology.

Dr. O’BRIEN Gary David

Research Assistant Professor

Longtermism, Population ethics, Animal and Environmental ethics, and the Ethics of New Technology.

Prof. PALLIES Daniel Steven

Research Assistant Professor

Intersections of Value, Metaphysics, and Consciousness.

Dr. SALOMON Aaron Michael

Research Assistant Professor

Moral and Political Philosophy.

Prof. SONG Fei

Research Assistant Professor

Ethics (Risk), Experimental Philosophy (Moral Decisions and Judgements in Moral Dilemmas).

Dr. YEE Adrian Kyle

Research Assistant Professor

Artificial Intelligence, Political Theory, Economic Methodology.

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Please visit this website “https://www.ln.edu.hk/rpg/admission/application-for-admission” for details.

ADMISSION CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS
Please access this website “https://www.ln.edu.hk/rpg/admission/requirement/admission-criteria-and-requirements” for details.

For enquires, please contact Felix Hui (Tel: (852) 2616 7445, email: felixhui2@ln.edu.hk).