[Commlist] PhD Auxiliar Researcher position

PhD Auxiliar Researcher position

*Job/Fellowship Reference:* COFAC/ULHT/CICANT/PhD/2020

*Main research field:* Communication sciences

*Sub research field:*

*Job summary:*

Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias hereby opens a 
competition to award 1 (one) research scholarship, hereinafter referred 
to as PhD Research Scholarship, in the fields of Communication Sciences, 
under the terms of the Regulation for Research Scholarships of FCT (RBI) 
and the Research Fellowship Holder Statute (EBI). The studentship will 
be funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) within the 
scope of the Funding Collaboration Protocol of the Multiannual Research 
Scholarship Plan for PhD Students, signed by FCT and the R&D Unit 
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Research in Applied Communication, 
Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT/COFAC, Ref. 5260).

*Job description:*

1. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION The call is open from 16 September and 5 pm 
(Lisbon time) of 23 October 2020. The applications and the documents 
that support the applications as specified in the present Notice of Open 
Call must be submitted by email, according to the open call reference > 
REF: COFAC/ULHT/CICANT/PhD/2020, to the following e-mail address: 
(f6107 /at/ ulusofona.pt) <mailto:(f6107 /at/ ulusofona.pt)> Each candidate is only 
allowed to submit one application, under penalty of all submitted 
applications being invalidated. Any false statements provided by or acts 
of plagiarism engaged in by any candidate is grounds for invalidating 
the application, without prejudice to the adoption of further 
disciplinary measures. 2. TYPE AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIP The PhD 
Research Scholarship aims to fund the recipient’s research activities 
leading to the awarding of the academic degree of PhD by Universidade 
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. The research activities leading 
to the awarding of the academic degree of PhD shall take place at the 
Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Research in Applied Communication, 
Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT), which will be the recipient’s 
host institution, without prejudice to work being conducted in 
collaboration between more than one institution. The research activities 
of the selected scholarship recipient leading to the awarding of the 
academic degree of PhD must be integrated in the activity plan and 
strategy of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Education and 
Development (CICANT), and must be carried out within the scope of the 
following PhD Programmes: • PhD Programme in Communication Sciences, 
School of Communication, Architecture, Arts, Universidade Lusófona de 
Humanidades e Tecnologias; The work plan may be carried out fully or 
partially at Universidade Lusófona (in-country scholarship or mixed 
scholarship, respectively), involving one or more of the above-mentioned 
PhD programmes. The duration of the scholarship is, as a rule, annual, 
renewable to the limit of four years (48 months); moreover, a 
scholarship cannot be granted for a period of less than 3 consecutive 
months. In the case of a mixed scholarship, the period of the work 
plan-taking place in a foreign institution must not exceed 24 months. we 
are looking for a candidate of Communication Sciences, we include the 
possibility of combining Sociology or Education, for a period of 3 years 
to develop in the area of "digital citizenship, inside the I&D of CICANT 
lines, https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/ <https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/>. The 
duties to develop are, namely, the next orientation lines: Public 
Policies; Literacies and digital society 3. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT The 
PhD Research Scholarships are aimed at candidates enrolled or candidates 
that meet the necessary conditions to enrol in one of the PhD Programmes 
listed in paragraph 2 of the present Notice of Open Call and who desire 
to carry out research activities at the Interdisciplinary Research 
Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New 
Technologies (CICANT), leading to the awarding of the academic degree of 
PhD from Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. 4. 
ELIGIBILITY 4.1 Requirements for Candidate Eligibility The following may 
apply to the present competition: • National citizens or citizens from 
other member states of the European Union; • Citizens from third 
countries; • Stateless people; • Citizens benefiting from the statute of 
political refugee. To apply for the PhD Research Scholarship, candidates 
are also required: • To hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the 
fields of Education Sciences, Museology or Urban Planning, or in a field 
that enables access to one of the PhD Programmes; • To reside in 
Portugal permanently and habitually, if the work plan associated with 
the scholarship is partially carried out by foreign institutions (mixed 
scholarships), a requirement applicable both to national and to foreign 
citizens; • Not to have benefitted from a PhD scholarship or With 
Industry PhD directly funded by the FCT, regardless of its duration. 4.2 
Requirements for Application Eligibility It is indispensable to include 
the following documents in the application, under penalty of not being 
admitted to the Call: • Associate your updated curriculum vitae (CV) in 
the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform; • Present a detailed description of your work 
plan for the research activities to be developed; • Ensure that the 
scientific supervisor confirms her/his association to the application, 
as well as supervisors, if applicable, and submits the respective 
curriculum vitae; in this edition of the Call, supervisors may submit 
their CV through CIÊNCIAVITAE platform or through the upload of a PDF 
file; • Present a motivation letter, in which the applicant explains the 
reasons of her/his application, presenting her/his scientific and/or 
professional career and how it fits the proposed work plan, if 
applicable; in case of presenting the most representative document or 
achievement, the applicant should also detail the reasons of this choice 
in the motivation letter; • Submit 2 recommendation letters signed by 
the respective referees. These letters should include the context of the 
academic and/or professional relationship of the applicant with the 
referee and should also indicate the reference to this Call; 
recommendation letters should not be mere supervision acceptance 
letters, for example, and might eventually refer to the maturity and 
adequacy of applicant’s profile to the proposed work plan. • Present the 
application, and all of its related documents, including motivation and 
recommendation letters, in Portuguese or English. Regarding the 
above-mentioned requirements for eligibility, please note the following: 
• In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education 
institutions, and so as to ensure the application of the principle of 
equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic 
degrees, it is mandatory to obtain the recognition of said degrees and 
the conversion of their respective final score to the Portuguese rating 
scale. The recognition of foreign academic degrees and diplomas as well 
as the conversion of the final score to the Portuguese rating scale may 
be required in any public higher education institution or at the 
General-Directorate for Higher Education (DGES, only in the case of 
automatic recognition). Regarding this issue, candidates should consult 
the portal of DGES at the following address: http://www.dges.gov.pt 
<http://www.dges.gov.pt/>. • To be considered, candidates must have 
concluded the study cycle leading to a bachelor’s or master’s degree by 
the closing date for applications. Should they lack a certificate of 
completion of the degree, a sworn statement by the candidate that they 
will have completed the necessary qualifications for admission to the 
call by the closing date for applications will be accepted. Awarding the 
scholarship will always depend on the submission of the documents that 
prove the candidate possesses the academic qualification necessary for 
the scholarship to be awarded. 5. EVALUATION CRITERIA AND BONUS 5.1 
Evaluation criteria The applications considered admissible will be 
graded from 1.000 (minimum) to 5.000 (maximum) in each of the three 
evaluation criteria: A. Merit of the Candidate; B. Merit of the Work 
Plan; C. Merit of the Contribution to the Strategic Development of 
CICANT. For the purpose of the decision on awarding the scholarship, 
candidates will be sorted according to the weighted average of the score 
obtained on each of the three criteria, with the weight of 40% for Merit 
of the Candidate (A), 40% for Merit of the Work Plan (B) and 20% for 
Merit of Contribution to the Strategic Development of CICANT (C), 
translated into the following formula: Final score = (0.4 
×??)+(0.4×??)+(0.2×??) For the purpose of tie breaking, candidates will 
be sorted on the basis of the scores given to each of the evaluation 
criteria by the following order of precedence: criterion A (Merit of the 
Candidate), criterion B (Merit of the Work Plan) and criterion C (Merit 
of C.Strategic Development of CICANT). On any of the evaluation 
criteria, scores will be given with three decimal places. The figure 
resulting from the application of any formulas specified in this guide 
shall be rounded to the third decimal place, using the following rule: 
when the fourth decimal place is equal to or higher than 5 (five), it 
shall be rounded up; when the fourth decimal place is lower than 5 
(five), the value of the third decimal place shall be kept. All 
candidates whose application is evaluated with a final score lower than 
3.000 points shall not be eligible for awarding the scholarship. 5.1.1. 
Criterion A – Merit of the Candidate The merit of the candidate, 
criterion A, with a weight of 40%, is evaluated along three 
sub-criteria: A1. Academic path (reflecting the scores of academic 
degrees), with a weight of 50% of the merit of the candidate; A.2. 
Personal Curriculum (reflecting the scientific and professional path, as 
well as the academic path, when applicable), with a weight of 40% of the 
merit of the candidate; A.3. Letter of motivation, with a weight of 10% 
of the merit of the candidate. The score of criterion A shall be 
obtained by using the following formula: Criterion ?? = (??1 × 0,5) + 
(??2 × 0,4) + (??3×0,1) The score to be awarded to any one of the 
sub-criteria shall be done pursuant to FCT’s Evaluation Guide (pages 7, 
8, 9 and 10) for granting PhD scholarships (available at 
https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/docs/Bolsas_2019_GuiaoAvaliacao_PT.pdf 
<https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/docs/Bolsas_2019_GuiaoAvaliacao_PT.pdf>) 
5.1.2. Criterion B – Merit of the Work Plan The criterion Merit of the 
Work Plan, with the weight of 40%, is evaluated on the basis of three 
parameters: B1 – Well-grounded relevance and innovation of the study 
object; B2 – Scientific standards of the literature review and of the 
methodology of the work plan; B3 – Feasibility of the work plan. When 
evaluating parameter B1, the following should be valued: clear 
definition of the research objectives and questions; the potential 
contribution of the research project to knowledge and the advancement of 
science and technology. When evaluating parameter B2, the following 
should be valued: literature review submitted and the proposed research 
methodology, considering its clarity, consistency and coherence, in 
accordance with internationally accepted standards. When evaluating 
parameter B3, the following should be valued: the adequacy of the 
methodologies to the tasks and the objectives defined in the work plan 
and their respective deadlines. If applicable, the analysis of the risks 
inherent to the different stages which constitute the work plan shall 
also be valued, possibly with the preliminary identification of the most 
critical points and the corresponding contingency measures to be 
adopted. The presentation of the timeline must also be valued within the 
scope of the evaluation of this criterion, as well as any other 
documents included pertaining to the work plan (schematics, formulas or 
figures, for example). 5.1.3. Criterion C - Merit of the Contribution to 
the Strategic Development of CICANT. The evaluation of this Criterion 
must be based on the demonstration provided by the candidate, on the 
letter of motivation and the presentation of the work plan, that his/her 
project fits the strategic objectives and the creation of new knowledge 
as related to the scientific communities of CeiED and the contents of 
their programmes. “CICANT – The Centre for Research in Applied 
Communication, Culture, and New Technologies results from the combined 
efforts of Lusónona University (Lisbon and Porto) researchers in the 
field towards the goal of creating an autonomous research unit which 
will allow for the integration and harnessing of the research activities 
conducted within the centre. It promotes theoretical and applied 
research at the cross of media, society, literacies, arts, culture and 
technologies. CICANT distinguishes itself due to the solid theoretical 
and applied nature of its research and knowledge transfer activities 
oriented to teaching and research activities. CICANT is geared towards 
innovative and interdisciplinary research in its two main subject areas: 
Media, Society and Literacies (MSL) and Media Arts, Creative Industries 
and Technologies (MACIT).” See https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/ 
<https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/> Important notice for candidates with 
diplomas awarded by foreign higher education institutions: • Candidates 
with diplomas awarded by foreign higher education institutions may apply 
and will be evaluated by the same criteria as the candidates with 
diplomas awarded by Portuguese institutions, provided they submitted, at 
the time of application, proof of recognition of the academic degrees 
and of the conversion of the final score to the Portuguese rating scale 
under the terms of applicable legislation. • Candidates with foreign 
diplomas who do not submit proof of conversion of the final score to the 
Portuguese rating scale will be evaluated with the minimum score of 1 
point on criterion A1. • In any case, scholarship contracts with 
candidates who possess diplomas awarded by foreign institutions will 
only be celebrated after proof of recognition of academic degrees and of 
the conversion of the final grade has been presented, as mentioned 
above. 5.2. Bonus Points Candidates with a proven degree of disability 
equal to or higher than 90% will have a bonus of 20% on Criterion A – 
Merit of the Candidate. In the same way, candidates with a proven degree 
of disability equal to or higher than 60% and lower than 90% will have a 
bonus of 10% on that criterion. 6. EVALUATION The candidates’ evaluation 
panel is formed by the following members: • Professor José Manuel de 
Figueiredo Gomes Pinto, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e 
Tecnologias, Chairman • Professor Manuel José Damásio, Universidade 
Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias • Professor Doutora Maria José 
Brites, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias The 
evaluation panel shall consider the application according to the 
evaluation criteria defined in the present Notice of Open Call, weighing 
the elements to be considered. All the members of the panel, including 
the Chairman, make a commitment to respect a set of responsibilities 
crucial to the process of evaluation, such as the requirements of 
impartiality and confidentiality as well as of declaration of any 
situations which may potentially involve a conflict of interests. At all 
moments of the evaluation process, confidentiality is absolutely 
protected and safeguarded to ensure the independence of all the reports 
produced. No member of the panel, including the Chairman, can be 
supervisor or co-supervisor of any applicants to this call. For each 
application, the panel shall produce a final evaluation form, where the 
arguments which led to the scores given to each of the evaluation 
criteria and sub-criteria shall be clearly, coherently and consistently 
presented, also specifying any bonus points awarded, should this be the 
case. Minutes of the responsibility of all the members shall be produced 
of the panel’s meetings. Each minute and its annexes must include the 
following information: • Name and affiliation of all the members of the 
evaluation panel; • Identification of all the applications excluded and 
the grounds for this; • Methodology adopted by the panel regarding the 
cases considered to be special; • Final Evaluation Forms for each 
applicant; • Provisional scoring and sorting list of all the 
applications evaluated by the panel, listed by decreasing order of final 
score; • Whenever applicable, delegation of vote and powers by reason of 
justified absence. 7. DISSEMINATION OF RESULTS The results of the 
evaluation will be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address indicated 
on the application. 8. DEADLINES AND RIGHT TO BE HEARD, COMPLAINTS AND 
APPEALS PROCEDURES Following publication of the provisional list of the 
evaluation results, applicants have a period of 10 working days to 
formally comment on the results using the interested parties’ right to 
be heard, under the terms of Articles 121 and following of the Code of 
Administrative Procedure. The final decision shall be taken after the 
analysis of the replies submitted within the scope of the interested 
parties’ right to be heard. A complaint can be brought against the 
decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal within 30 
working days, both to be counted from the date of notification. Those 
candidates who opt to bring a complaint must address it to the member of 
the Executive Council of the FCT with delegated powers. Those candidates 
who decide to submit an appeal must address it to the Executive Council 
of the FCT. 9. REQUIREMENTS TO GRANT THE SCHOLARSHIP The Research 
Scholarship Contracts are celebrated directly with the FCT. Once the 
scholarship has been awarded, the following documents must be submitted 
in order for the contract to be made: a) Copy of the document(s) of 
citizen, fiscal and, when applicable, social security identification ; 
b) Copy of the certificates and diplomas of the academic degrees held; 
c) Registration of the recognition of foreign academic degrees and of 
the conversion of their respective final scores to the Portuguese rating 
scale, if applicable; d) Document attesting to the enrolment in one of 
the PhD Programmes in Education, Museology or Urban Planning at 
Universidade Lusófona; e) Statement signed by the supervisor(s) taking 
responsibility for supervising the work plan, under the terms of Article 
5-A of the Statute of Research Scholarship Holder (statement form to be 
made available by FCT); f) Document attesting the candidate has been 
accepted by the institution where the research activities will be 
carried out, ensuring the necessary conditions to their proper 
development, as well as fulfilling the duties laid out in Article 13 of 
the Statute of Research Scholarship Holder (statement form to be made 
available by FCT); g) Updated document attesting compliance with the 
exclusivity regime (statement form to be made available by FCT). 
Awarding the scholarship is also dependent on: • the candidate meeting 
the requirements laid out in this Notice of Open Call; • the result of 
the scientific evaluation; • the inexistence of unwarranted 
non-compliance with the duties of scholarship holder within the scope of 
the previous scholarship contract directly or indirectly funded by FCT; 
• budgetary availability on the part of FCT. Should any of the documents 
necessary to complete the scholarship contract process not have been 
submitted within 6 months of the date in which the decision to award the 
scholarship conditionally was communicated, this awarding shall be 
considered null and void and the process shall be closed. 10. FUNDING 
Payment of the scholarships shall begin after the candidates have 
returned the contracts, duly signed, which must occur within a maximum 
of 15 working days from the day they receive said contract. Scholarships 
awarded within the scope of the present Call shall be funded by FCT 
using funds from the State Budget and, whenever eligible, by funds from 
the European Social Fund, to be made available under the PORTUGAL2020 
programme, namely through the North Regional Operational Programme 
(NORTE 2020), Centre Regional Operating Programme (Centro 2020) and the 
Alentejo Regional Operational Programme (Alentejo 2020), pursuant with 
the regulations laid out for the purpose. 11. COMPONENTS OF THE 
SCHOLARSHIP Scholarship holders are awarded a monthly support allowance 
in accordance with the table included in Annex I of the Research 
Scholarship Holder Regulation (RBI). The scholarship may also include 
other components, under the terms laid out in Article 18 of the RBI and 
the amounts defined in its Annex II. All scholarship holders benefit 
from a personal accident insurance regarding research activities, 
supported by FCT. All scholarship holders not covered by any social 
protection regime may ensure the exercise of the right to social 
security by joining the voluntary social insurance regime, under the 
terms of the Social Security Welfare Contributions Code. FCT will cover 
the costs deriving from the contributions, under the terms and to the 
limits laid out in Article 10 of the EBI. 12. PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP 
COMPONENTS Payments due to the scholarship holder will be made via bank 
transfer to the account number provided by the scholarship holder. 
Payment of the monthly support allowance is made on the first working 
day of each month. Payment of such components as enrolment or tuition 
fees will be made by FCT directly to the national institution where the 
scholarship holder is enrolled or registered in the PhD programme. 13. 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIP RENEWAL Renewal of the scholarship 
is always dependent on the request submitted by the scholarship holder 
within 60 days before the date when renewal begins, including the 
following documents: a) expert opinions from the supervisor(s) and the 
host entity(ies) regarding the progress of the scholarship holder’s work 
and evaluation of his/her activities; b) updated document attesting 
compliance with the regime of exclusivity; c) document attesting the 
renewal of enrolment in the study cycle leading to the doctoral degree. 
14. INFORMATION AND ADVERTISEMENT OF AWARDED FUNDING In all R&D 
activities directly or indirectly funded by the scholarship, namely in 
all scientific communications, publications and creations, as well as 
theses, carried out with the support of the scholarship, mention of the 
financial support of FCT and the European Social Fund, namely through 
the North Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), the Centre 
Regional Operational Programme (Centro 2020) and the Alentejo Regional 
Operational Programme (Alentejo 2020), must be made. To this effect, the 
logos of FCT, the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, 
the ESF and the EU must be inserted in the documents pertaining to these 
actions, according to graphic norms of each operational programme The 
dissemination of the results of the research funded within the scope of 
the RBI must comply with the norms of open access of data, publications 
and other results of the research in force at FCT. In all scholarships, 
particularly in the case of actions supported by community funding, 
namely from the ESF, monitoring and control initiatives may be carried 
out by national and community entities pursuant to legislation 
applicable to this matter. Scholarship holders being supported must 
cooperate and provide requested information, which comprehends surveys 
and evaluation studies in this field, even if the scholarship has 
reached its end. 15. NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL ACCESS POLICY FCT 
promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy. Therefore, no 
applicant may be favoured, given advantage, harmed or deprived of any 
right or exempt from any duty by virtue of, namely, ascendency, age, 
gender, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, financial 
situation, education, social condition or background, genetic heritage, 
diminished work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, 
ethnic or racial background, territory of origin, language, religions, 
political or ideological beliefs, or trade union membership. 16. 
APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND REGULATION The Call is ruled by the present 
Notice of Open Call, by the Research Scholarship Regulation of FCT, 
approved by Regulation 950/2019, published in the 2nd Series of the 
Portuguese Official Gazette of 16 December 2019, by the Research 
Scholarship Holder Statute approved by Law 40/2004, of 18 August, as 
amended, and by any other applicable national and community legislation.

*Vacant posts:* 1

*Type of contract:* To be defined

*Job country:* Portugal

*Job city:* Lisboa

*Job company/institute:* Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

*Application deadline:* 23 October 2020

*2- Organization contact data*
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*Organization/institute:* Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias

*Address:*
Campo Grande 376
Lisboa - 1750-240
Portugal

*Email:* (f6107 /at/ ulusofona.pt) <mailto:(f6107 /at/ ulusofona.pt)>

*Website:* http://www.ulusofona.pt/ <http://www.ulusofona.pt/>


*3- Required education level*
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*Degree: *PhD
*Degree field: *Communication sciences

*4- Required languages*

*Language: *Portuguese
*Priority: *High
*Reading: *Excellent
*Writing: *Excellent
*Comprehension: *Excellent
*Conversation: *Excellent

*Language: *English
*Priority:*High
*Reading:*Excellent
*Writing:*Excellent
*Comprehension:*Excellent
*Conversation:*Excellent


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