4 RESEARCHERS HOLDING A PhD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
29-05-2008 / Becas y premios
UNIVERSITY OF LISBON INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES STATE LABORATORY
RECRUITMENT OF 4 RESEARCHERS HOLDING A PhD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, a State Laboratory since 2002 of the FCT/MCTES [Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education], invites applications for 4 places as researcher in the Social Sciences:
* Candidates must hold a PhD in Anthropology, Political Science, Law, Economics, Geography, History, Social Psychology or Sociology and have an strong academic trajectory and research experience in one of the following domains:
ST 1 – The building of contemporary society
ST2 – Citizenship and democratic institutions
ST3 – Sustainability: Environment, Risk and Spaces
ST4 – Families, Life Style and Schooling
ST5 – Identity, Migrations and Religion
* Applicants may be either Portuguese or foreign nationals
* Candidates are expected to participate in the Institute’s research activities, including the development of new research projects, the publication of their research results as well as in the Institute’s Postgraduate program
Conditions offered:
* A 5-year contract, at the level of research fellow with an annual gross salary of 44 thousand euros
* Excellent working conditions, resources to carry out research projects, good logistic conditions, including excellent Library, facilities and a stimulating environment.
The deadline for the Applications is July 10. The following documents must be included:
* Detailed Curriculum Vitae
* A copy of two representative publications;
* A research proposal (of 1500 words maximum), which must fall into one of research domains mentioned above;
* A covering letter describing the candidate’s current research interests;
* Letters of recommendation from two social scientists, neither of whom has been the candidate’s thesis supervisor and, at least one of them from a foreign institution. The letters should be directly sent by them to Assessoria Científica (c/o Eugénia Rodrigues) at the address below.
Applications should include all the above-mentioned elements, as well as the ones mentioned in the public notice published in Http://www.ics.ul.pt and be sent by e-mail to assessoria.cientifica@ics.ul.pt or by registered mail to:
Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa
A/C Assessoria Científica
Av. Prof. Aníbal de Bettencourt, n.º 9
1600-189 Lisboa
Portugal
Contact for information: assessoria.cientifica@ics.ul.pt
