[ecrea] job position for a doctorate for research activities in the scientific area of Communication Sciences and Technologies

job position for a doctorate for research activities in the scientific 
area of Communication Sciences and Technologies

The Rector of the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that for a 
period of twenty business days, starting on the

first business day immediately after the publication of the present 
notice (deadline=June 28, 2017), an international public notice is

opened for recruitment in the form of a Uncertain Term Work Contract, 
under the Portuguese Labour Code, a

position for a doctorate for the exercise of activities of scientific 
research in the scientific area of

Communication Sciences and Technologies, to exercise the functions of 
development, coordination and

management of research, comprising the theoretical, applied and 
dissemination dimensions, about the role of

digital media in territorial innovation, the formal and informal 
participatory dynamics, and the communication

strategies of the territorial innovation stakeholders, in the context of 
the integrated IC&DT programme

CeNTER-Community-led Networks and Territorial Innovation 
(CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-000002). The doctorate

to be hired will also collaborate in the supervision of graduation and 
post-graduation students, and in

knowledge dissemination activities.

The present public notice was open on April 18th, 2017, by order of the 
Rector of the University of Aveiro,

following the proposal of the Scientific Council.

The contest is governed by the provisions of Decree-Law 57/2016, August 
29, that approves the rules for post

doctoral work contracts, designed to stimulate employment in science and 
technology in all areas of

knowledge (RJEC) within the legal provisions of the Labor Code, Law on 
7/2009, February 12, in its current

wording and other applicable legislation and regulations.

The monthly payment corresponds to level 53 (€ 3158,18) of the “Tabela 
Remuneratória Única (TRU)”.

approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008 of December 31st,

This notice has been approved by the competition jury at its meeting on 
May 4th, 2017, according to minutes

of the meeting then approved.

1 — Admission requirements:

Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold(s) a doctorate 
degree in Digital Media, or in

Communication Sciences and Technologies, or in Information and 
Communication in Digital Platforms, or in

Multimedia in Education, or in other subject crossing Digital Media, 
Culture and Society, and a scientific and

professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be 
performed, can submit their applications.

2 — Formalisation of the applications:

The applications are addressed to the Rector of the University of Aveiro 
as follows:

2.1 — The application should include, among others, the following elements:

a) Call identification;

b) Applicant’s identification: full name, birth date, nationality, 
mailing address and email;

c) Identification of the institution where the applicant is presently 
working and his/her position there, when

applicable;

d) Identification of degrees held by the applicant;

e) Statement by the applicant declaring that the elements or facts 
contained in the application are correct and

accurate.

2.2 — The application should include the following documents:

a) Copy of detailed and structured curriculum vitae according to items 
in point 5;

b) Other relevant documents for the evaluation of qualification in 
related scientific area;

c) Any other documents that the applicant considers relevant, namely for 
the assessment of the information

referred to in no. 2 of article 5 of the RJEC;

2.3 — The curriculum vitae should contain:

a) Full identification;

b) Contacts: address, telephone number and email;

c) Copy of the certificate with the respective mark or grade or other 
document that is legally recognised for

the same purpose;

d) All pertinent information for assessing the application considering 
the selection and ranking criteria of the

present call, organized according to the sub-items of the assessment set 
forth in Section 5 below;

2.4 — Submission of the application:

2.4.1 — The application may be submitted in Portuguese or in English, by 
email, to the Human Resources

Department of the University of Aveiro ((sgrhf-concursos /at/ ua.pt)) until the 
deadline specified in this Notice.

2.4.2 — The applicants are required to present a “message sent” 
confirmation as proof of the application

submission.

2.4.3 — Instructions for the submission of applications, in digital 
format, are available in the area of

Competition and Job Offers of Human Resources area at 
https://www.ua.pt/sgrhf/PageText.aspx?id=15052.

2.5 — Failure to comply with the deadline for submission of the 
application, as well as the incorrect

formalization of the application, result in the exclusion of the 
application. The exclusion decision is

communicated to candidates by e-mail for the purpose of their hearing.

3 — Call Jury:

3.1 — In accordance with article 13 of the RJEC the call jury has the 
following composition:

President: Professor Doctor Filipe José Casal Teles Nunes, Assistant 
Professor of the University of Aveiro.

Members:

Professor Doctor Fernando Manuel dos Santos Ramos, Full Professor of the 
University of Aveiro;

Professora Doctor Ana Margarida Pisco Almeida, Assistant Professor of 
the University of Aveiro;

Professor Doctor Luís Francisco Mendes Gabriel Pedro, Assistant 
Professor of the University of Aveiro.

4 — Jury operation rules

4.1 — The deliberations are held by roll call voting requiring the 
absolute majority of votes of the members of

the jury present at the meeting, not allowing abstentions. 4.2 — The 
jury, in its 1st meeting in May 4th, 2017, approved both the criteria 
for accepting the candidates on

the grounds of their absolute merit and their ranking, as well as the 
rules for the justified nominal voting.

4.3 — The jury deliberates approval on absolute merit, based on the 
merit of the overall curriculum of

candidates with regards to the scientific area of the Competition and 
also taking into account, cumulatively,

compliance with at least one of the following requisites:

4.3.1 — The applicant is the author or co-author of at least 20 
articles, indexed in SCOPUS, in the scientific

area in which this call is open,

or

4.3.2 — Have obtained a total of at least 40 citations (excluding 
self-citations) to the scientific works produced

in the area in which this call is open,

or

4.3.3 — Have obtained an average of 20 citations per article (excluding 
self-citations) to the scientific works

produced in the area in which this call is open,

or

4.3.4 — Have had experience in, global or task specific, coordination in 
international research projects, or as

project leader in national projects, both in Portugal or abroad.

4.4 — The exclusion decision in absolute merit is communicated to 
candidates by e-mail for the purpose of

their hearing.

4.5 — After the phase of approval in absolute merit, the jury will begin 
the process of appraisal of applications,

taking into account the criteria set out in this notice.

5 — Evaluation and selection:

5.1 —The selection methods are curricular evaluation and a public 
presentation / public demonstration

session

5.2 — The evaluation of the scientific and curricular course focuses on 
the relevance, quality and timeliness:

a) Of scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production in the 
last five years, deemed most relevant

by the candidate;

b) Of applied research activities, or based on practical work, developed 
in the last five years, deemed

most impactful by the candidate;

c) Of knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed in the 
last five years, namely under the

scope of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, deemed most 
relevant by the candidate;

d) Of the activities of management of science, technology and innovation 
programmes, or the experience

in observing and monitoring the scientific and technological, or higher 
education system, in Portugal or

abroad.

5.3— The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel, 
if requested by the candidate,

whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially 
protected grounds like parental leave,

long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability 
to work.

6 — Curricular Evaluation. This component of the evaluation is expressed 
on a numerical scale from 0 to 20

taking into account the following criteria:

6.1: Curricular evaluation criteria are:

6.1.1: Criteria for the evaluation of the scientific, technological, 
cultural or artistic production of the last five

years considered more relevant by the candidate (6 points);

Quality and quantity of scientific production in the area that the 
Competition is open (books, articles in

scientific journals, papers presented in conferences) expressed by the 
number and type of publications, and

the recognition given by the scientific community (the quality of the 
journal/conference/editor where it has

been published and the references made by other authors).

6.1.2: Criteria for evaluating applied or practice-based research 
activities developed over the past five years

and considered to be of greatest impact by the candidate (6 points);

Research projects, being considered national and international proposals 
submission, both approved and not

approved, and the execution of funded research projects.

6.1.3: Criteria for the evaluation of the activities of extension and 
dissemination of knowledge developed in

the last five years, in particular in the context of the promotion of 
culture and scientific practices, considered

of greater relevance by the candidate (3 points);

Patents, registration and ownership of rights, elaboration of technical 
regulation and legislation. Patent

authorship and co-authorship, records of ownership of intellectual 
property rights regarding software,

mathematical methods and rules of mental activity. Participation in 
standardization committees and in the

drafting of legislative projects and technical regulation. The 
evaluation of this criterion should also take into

account the resulting economic valuation of patents and intellectual 
property rights.

Participation in consulting activities, tests and measurements involving 
the private and/or the public sector.

Participation as a teacher in vocational training courses or 
technological expertise directed at companies or

the public sector. The evaluation of this criterion should also take 
into account the economic valorization of

research results achieved, measured by the contracts of technology 
transfer and development that have

resulted and contribution to the creation of spin-off companies.

Participation in initiatives to disseminate scientific and technological 
knowledge under the auspices of the

scientific community (for example organization of congresses and 
conferences) and to various audiences.

Publications to disseminate science and technology. Presentation of 
lectures and seminars for the general

public.

6.1.4: Criteria for the evaluation of the activities of program 
management for science, technology and

innovation, or experience in observing and monitoring the scientific and 
technological system or in higher

education, in Portugal or abroad (5 points);

Participation in projects, hiring financial volume, size of teams, or 
other to be defined in the public notice.

6.2 — The score obtained in the curricular evaluation method is 
expressed in numeric scale of 0 to 20,

considering the valuation up to two decimal places.

6.3 — The jury deliberates by vote justified according to the criteria 
of evaluation, no abstentions are allowed.

6.4 — The classification of each candidate is obtained by averaging the 
scores of each of the elements of the

jury.

In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the 
responsibility of the chairman of the jury.

6.5 — Once the Curricular Assessment is completed, the 6 candidates with 
the best score, who obtain an

average score equal to or higher than 15  are approved for the next 
evaluation method as indicated in point

5.1.

6.6 — Candidates who obtained a rating of less than 15 points are 
excluded from the public notice.

7. — Public Presentation/session public demonstration:

7.1 — In this session the candidates make a public presentation of a 
topic of their choice related with the

scientific area of this notice, with duration up to 30 minutes, which 
will be followed by a discussion that will

have a maximum duration of 60 minutes.

7.2 — Presentation session evaluation is expressed on a numerical scale 
of 0 to 20, taking into account the

candidate's scientific knowledge and ability to communicate, as well as 
the answers to the questions put by

the jury and their development perspectives in the unit for which you 
are running.

7.3 — The jury deliberates by roll call voting, not permitting abstentions.

7.4 — The classification of each candidate is also obtained by the 
average of the scores of the members of the

jury.

In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the 
responsibility of the chairman of the jury.

8 — Ordering of candidates

8 1 — The final score of each candidate is obtained through assigning a 
weighting factor of 60% to the

curricular assessment and weighting factor 40% to the public 
presentation session.

In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the 
responsibility of the chairman of the jury.

9 — Participation of the parties and decision:

9.1 — The final ordering project is communicated to candidates by e-mail 
for the purpose of their hearing.

9.2 — At the hearing of the interested parties, the jury appreciates the 
allegations offered and approves the

final ordering list of candidates.

10 — Publication of Competition Notice

In addition to being publish in Series 2 of the Diário da República the 
present notice is also published in:

a) The website of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., in 
Portuguese and English;

c) The website of the University of Aveiro, in Portuguese and English;

d) In a national newspaper.

11 — This tender is exclusively destined to fill this specify vacancy 
and can be terminated at any time until

approval of final candidate list, expiring with the respective 
occupation of said vacancy.

12 — In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution of 
the Portuguese Republic, the

Government, as the employing entity, actively promotes a policy of equal 
opportunities between men and

women in access to employment and professional advancement, scrupulously 
taking measures to avoid any

form of discrimination.

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