Open Research Fellow Position for a PhD Student_HERIC 2D

The Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte) of the Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is accepting applications for one Research Fellowship for a PhD Student, within the framework of the project with the reference 2022.06008.PTDC, entitled ” HERIC 2D – Health Risk Communication: Design and digital communication of official public health sources to guide citizens in pandemic situations”, financed Foundation for Science and Technology, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Communication Sciences

Admission Requirements:

Candidates must hold a master degree in one of the areas of Communication Sciences and be enrolled in a PhD in Communication Sciences (Article 6 of FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships -Reg. nr. 950/2019).

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries shall be registered by a Portuguese institution, according to the Decree-Law nr. 66/2018, of August, 16th, and the Ordinance nr. 33/2019, of January, 25th. It is mandatory to present the certificate to sign the contract. More information is available on: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

Preferential Factors:

a. Experience in analysis of documentation and statistical information;

b. Experience in the analysis and processing of qualitative documentation;

c. Research experience in the scientific areas of convergence between communication and health;

d. Knowledge of spoken and written Portuguese and English.

Work plan:

The work plan is set on supporting research and dissemination activities within the scope of the project ” HERIC 2D – Health Risk Communication: Design and digital communication of official public health sources to guide citizens in pandemic situations”, including research, collection and processing of information in various information systems, in particular information systems and online platforms related to public health communication in Portugal, information analysis and preparation of scientific papers within the project.

Duration:

The research fellowship will have the duration of 18 months and may be eventually renewed within the project duration and in accordance with the provisions of point 4 of Article 6 of the of FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships into force.

Legislation and regulations:

Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as currently worded by

Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships, available on: https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and

https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 . The Fellowship Contract and Fellowship Report templates are available through the link https://cies.iscte-iul.pt/np4/anuncios/

Workplace and Scientific Supervision:

The work will be developed at CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Avenida das Forças

Armadas, 1649-026 Lisboa, under the scientific supervision of Rita Espanha (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa).

Monthly maintenance allowance:

According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal

(http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is

1.144,64€ + Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV). The payment will be made monthly by Bank Transfer.

Selection methods:

The selection process will be developed based on the curriculum evaluation. In the event that several candidates demonstrate that they have the profile suited for carrying out the workplan, the jury reserves the right to call the three best rated candidates on the curriculum evaluation for an interview that will have a weight of 40% in the final grade. If the jury deems it unnecessary to conduct an interview, the curriculum evaluation will have a final weighting of 100%. The evaluation and ranking criteria are as follows: a) academic path (30%); b) research experience (40%) and c) experience demonstrated in the items indicated in the preferred factors (30%).

The curriculum evaluation of candidates will proceed in compliance with the criteria indicated, on an entire scale between 0 and 100.

The jury reserves the right to:

a) invite the best-scoring candidate for the position in question, following the order established in the final ranking list, whenever the selected candidate does not meet the requirements for formalizing the contract or in case of unavailability; b) not award the fellowship if none of the candidates matches the desired profile.

Composition of the selection Jury:

President: Rita Espanha (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa); Other members: Nuno Duarte Martins (Instituto de Investigação em Design, Media e Cultura/Universidade de Aveiro, IPCA e Universidade do Porto) and Jorge Vieira (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa).

Notification of the results:

The final evaluation results will be publicized through a list of admitted and excluded and a final ranking list, with all candidates being notified by email. There will be 10 working days for complaints/appeals following the announcement of the results.

Application period and documents:

The call is open from October 18 until October 31, 2022.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of a motivation letter and the following documents: i) detailed Curriculum Vitae; ii) copy of the Master degree certificate with the grades of the curricular units listed; iii) proof of enrollment at a PhD academic degree course or, alternatively, a declaration on honor that the candidate will be able to present this document on the date of signing the contract; iv) other relevant documents, including letter(s) of recommendation.

Applications must be submitted to the email: concursos.cies@iscte-iul.pt with the following subject:

“BI _ED_CIES_ HERIC 2D _2022″

Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.

Note: the contractualization of the scholarship is conditional on the formalization of the financing.