Research Postgraduate Programmes (RPg)
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MPhil and PhD Programmes 2026 Intake
Lingnan University aspires to be an internationally recognised liberal arts university with Hong Kong characteristics. 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.
Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of science; Philosophy of artificial intelligence; Aesthetics; Metaphysics; Philosophy of logic; Philosophy of mind; Epistemology; Applied ethics; Confucianism; Daoism; Ethics; Future of humanity; Personal identity; Philosophy of language; Philosophy of literature; Philosophy of psychology; Political philosophy; and Well-being.
Prof. Andrea SAUCHELLI
Professor and Head of Department
Modality, Aesthetics and philosophy of art, Personal identity and ethics.
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Prof. Darrell ROWBOTTOM
Professor and RGC Senior Research Fellow
Philosophy of science, Foundations of probability, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of education.
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Prof. CHIU Wai-wai
Associate Professor
Daoist ethics, Pre-Qin Daoism, Pre-Qin Mohism, Pre-Qin epistemology.
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Prof. Rafael DE CLERCQ
Associate Professor
Aesthetics, Metaphysics.
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Prof. Dan MARSHALL
Associate Professor
Metaphysics, Philosophical logic, Philosophy of science.
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Prof. Adam BRADLEY
Assistant Professor
Philosophy of mind, Cognitive science, and the Philosophy of Psychiatry.
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Prof. CHAN Wing-ching, Elton
Assistant Professor
Political Philosophy, Confucianism, Comparative Philosophy.
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Prof. James FANCIULLO
Assistant Professor
Normative Ethics, Value Theory, and Moral Psychology.
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Prof. Adam GIBBONS
Assistant Professor
Social and Political Philosophy, Epistemology, Political Economy, Political Science, Philosophical Methodology, and Philosophy of Language.
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Prof. Peter HAWKE
Assistant Professor
Epistemology, Logic, and related topics on Mind, Language and Rationality.
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Prof. Daniel PALLIES
Research Assistant Professor
Intersections of Value, Metaphysics, and Consciousness.
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