[Commlist] CICANT Call for Visiting Researchers – Short Scientific Stays (2026)

CICANT – Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New 
Technologies (https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/ 
<https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/>) invites applications from international 
researchers affiliated with foreign higher education institutions or 
research centres for short-term scientific stays in Portugal. These 
visits aim to foster international collaboration, strengthen research 
networks, and promote interdisciplinary knowledge exchange in the fields 
of communication, media, arts, and digital technologies. The stays may 
take place in Lisbon or Porto and should have a duration ranging from a 
minimum of seven to a maximum of fifteen days.
CICANT researchers work across disciplinary boundaries, drawing on 
approaches from communication sciences and the arts to address the 
challenges posed by ongoing digital and technological transformations. 
Research developed at the centre explores how change emerges through the 
interplay between technologies, materials, and social imaginaries, as 
well as issues related to cultural participation and socio-cultural 
transformation. Additional areas of focus include populism, extremism, 
and contemporary forms of civic engagement, alongside critical 
approaches to identities, cultural and creative processes, and 
practices. These activities frequently involve practice-based research, 
with a strong emphasis on knowledge transfer through the production and 
dissemination of content and technologies relevant to diverse target 
audiences, as well as close articulation with existing doctoral programmes.
Research at CICANT is organised into the following main thematic 
strands: Media, Society and Literacies, and Media Arts, Creative 
Industries and Technologies. These strands are operationalised through 
three Research and Learning Communities (ReLeCos): FLAME – Futures of 
Literacies, Audiences, Media and Democracy; MACIT – Media Arts, Culture 
and Creative Industries and Media Technologies; and SUST_MEDIA – Media 
and Transformations for a Sustainable Future. Each of these communities 
integrates several laboratories that are responsible for organising 
research and training initiatives, with a strong emphasis on the 
involvement of doctoral and, whenever possible, master’s students.
Selected Visiting Researchers will be integrated into CICANT’s research 
environment and will have access to a shared workspace for researchers. 
They will also benefit from access to the University’s infrastructures 
and resources in support of the objectives of their stay. Visiting 
researchers are expected to actively engage with the centre’s 
activities, including presenting their work in the form of a seminar or 
workshop, and exploring opportunities for future collaboration, 
including joint publications and research projects.
Applicants must be affiliated with a non-Portuguese institution and 
should hold a doctoral degree or, in duly justified cases, be advanced 
doctoral candidates. They must demonstrate a research profile aligned 
with CICANT’s areas of activity and present a solid academic track record.
Applications must be submitted in English and should include a 
curriculum vitae (maximum five pages), a research proposal or work plan 
(maximum three pages) outlining the objectives, planned activities, 
expected outcomes, and relevance to CICANT’s research areas, a 
motivation letter, and an indication of the preferred period of stay. A 
letter of support or expression of interest from a CICANT researcher may 
be included and is encouraged.
Applicants will be evaluated based on the scientific quality and 
relevance of the proposed work, the applicant’s academic profile and 
experience, alignment with CICANT’s strategic priorities, and the 
potential for collaboration and impact.
Applications must be submitted electronically in PDF format by email to 
(cicant /at/ lusofona.pt) <mailto:(cicant /at/ lusofona.pt)> indicating in the 
subject: Call for Visiting Researchers (2026) no later than 18:00 
(Lisbon time) until the 15 of June 2026. Results will be communicated by 
email.
The host institution will provide a grant of €1,500.00 to support travel 
and accommodation costs associated with the stay.
Please note that visiting researchers remain responsible for arranging 
their travel, accommodation, and insurance unless otherwise specified. 
An official invitation letter will be issued to selected candidates, and 
the visit must take place within the agreed period.

For additional queries: (cicant /at/ ulusofona.pt) <mailto:(cicant /at/ ulusofona.pt)>


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