Postdoctoral research positions 2007
The
The Institute is
offering post-doctoral positions in social sciences. Applicants should have
recently earned their PhD and wish to spend a period of three years as
postdoctoral fellows at ICS. The Institute is particularly open to applications
in the areas described below, but applications from candidates with a high
academic profile in the different social sciences are welcome.
Postdoctoral positions available in 2007
·
1 postdoctoral position to take part in
a project on Comparative Regional Integration
The applicant should be a political scientist or
international relations scholar with a track record of publications in the
field. International experience and availability for doing fieldwork abroad is
most welcome.
·
1 postdoctoral position to take part in
a project on Electoral Behaviour and Political Attitudes
The applicant should be a political scientist with
publications and interest in working in the field. International experience and
availability for doing fieldwork abroad is most welcome.
The applicant should be a
political scientist with publications and interest in working in the field.
International experience is most welcome.
One position will work
on-going and future projects on the social dimension of the new energy
challenges and climate change. The applicant should preferably be a
sociologist, a social psychologist or an economist. The second position
will integrate a research project on Education for Sustainable Development.
The applicant should preferably be an economist or an engineer with previous
research experience on sustainability issues.
·
2 postdoctoral positions work in the
area of Intergroup Relations and Immigration
Issues
Candidates should be
interested in developing research on intergroup
relations and immigration in an experimental and in a cross-cultural and
longitudinal perspective.
·
4 postdoctoral
positions interested in developing research in The Political, Social and Economic History of the European states
and their imperial and international relations
Candidates should be
social scientists with experience in Urban Studies, namely metropolitan areas,
urban politics and governance.
·
1 postdoctoral position in Health
Studies
Candidates should be
social scientists with experience in Health Studies, and in particular youth’s
sexual behaviour.
·
1 postdoctoral position to work in the
area of Therapeutic Practices in Comparative Perspectives.
All candidates are
required to have research experience and an outline for an individual
project.
Applications should include a c.v., a cover letter describing research
interests, samples of scholarly work, the research project they propose to
undertake and the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters
of recommendation. Applications
should be sent to goretti.matias@ics.ul.pt
Financial support for
these fellowships is available through the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (The Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology), to which an application should also be
made separately. However candidates should previously have the agreement of
ICS. For further details consult: http://www.fct.mctes.pt/bolsas/concursos/
The fellowship will
offer a salary of 1495 Euro monthly, value fixed by FCT
for postdoctoral grants assigned in
Applications are open from May 15 until September
Applicants are encouraged to visit the website of the ICS at: http://www.ics.ul.pt