FPCEUP| One Assistant Professor| Psychology| Edital 1404/2025- Pr. 166 (2023.14305.TENURE.022) [...]

Universidade do Porto – HR; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 40 000 - 60 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A leading education institution in Portugal is seeking an Assistant Professor in Psychology. This role involves teaching in various programmes, conducting advanced research in Cognitive Neurosciences, and publishing findings. Candidates must hold a PhD in Psychology or Neuroscience, demonstrating proven research abilities and teaching experience. The position offers full-time employment with a permanent contract and is not funded by an EU programme.

Qualificações

• Proven research ability in Cognitive Neurosciences.
• Experience in teaching at a higher education level.
• Proven experience using experimental research methods.

Responsabilidades

• Teach in training programmes at the university.
• Conduct and manage research projects in Cognitive Neurosciences.
• Publish research results in peer-reviewed journals.

Conhecimentos

Research ability

Teaching experience

Collaboration

Neuroimaging and psychophysics

Formação académica

PhD in Psychology or Neuroscience

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Organisation/Company Universidade do Porto – HR Research Field Psychological sciences Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Other Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 22 Oct 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

University of Porto

Notice No.1404/2025

Dr. Maria Joana Mesquita Cruz Barbosa de Carvalho, Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculty of Sports of the University of Porto, Vice-Rector of the same University:

I hereby announce that, by order of 25 July 2025, in the exercise of the powers delegated to me by Order No. 9493/2022, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 148 of 2 August, and for a period of 30 working days from the working day following the publication of this notice in the Diário da República, a documentary competition is hereby opened for one Assistant Professor in the subject area of Psychology at the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto.

1. Applicable legal provisions

Articles 37 to 51, 61 and 62-A of the University Teaching Career Statute (ECDU), republished by Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of 31 August, and amended by Law No. 8/2010, of 13 May, and the Regulations for Competitive Recruitment of Full, Associate and Assistant Professors at the University of Porto (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations), approved by Order No. 12913/2010, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 154, of 10 August, and amended by Resolution (extract) No. 380/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 64, of 1 April.

2. Funding

This call for applications is open under the FCT-Tenure Programme – 1st Edition, published through the Call for Applications (AAC) with reference PRR No. 02/CO6-iO6/2024 (application with reference 2023. 14305.TENURE.022).

3. Job Description

1. 3.1. Scientific Area(s): Psychology
2. 3.2. Disciplinary Area(s): Neuroscience
3. 3.4. Number of vacancies: 1 (one)
4. 3.5. Remuneration: Scale 1, index 195

The Assistant Professor will be responsible for performing the duties set out in Article 4 and Article 5(3) of the ECDU, namely, and in accordance with the application best identified in point 2 of this notice:

• a) Teaching in the institution's training programmes;
• b) Collaboration with the research structures of the Faculty and the University;
• c) Coordination and participation in advanced research projects in Cognitive Neurosciences, focused on the relationships between mind and body and on the study of brain plasticity and using diverse neurocognitive research and assessment tools, including neuroimaging and psychophysics, and developing machine learning and artificial intelligence/natural language processing approaches;
• d) Promoting the scientific activity of the institution, namely by participating in national and international scientific collaboration networks, and by attracting funding for research, especially at the international level;
• e) Publishing research results through articles in peer-reviewed journals in the field of Cognitive Neurosciences and related areas, contributing to the advancement of knowledge;
• f) Collaboration in the development of training and extension activities, as well as participation in other regular activities of the institution.

4. Administrative admission requirements for the competition

Under the terms of Article 41-A of the ECDU, only those who hold a PhD degree may be admitted to this competition.

If the PhD was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must be recognised by a Portuguese higher education institution, in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, No. 157, of 16 August. This formality must be completed by the time of hiring.

5. Approval on absolute merit

5.1. If there are no grounds for rejecting applications, the Jury will decide on their approval or non-approval on absolute merit, by a justified roll-call vote, with no abstentions allowed.

5.2. Candidates who are approved by an absolute majority of the voting members of the jury are considered to have been approved on absolute merit.

5.3. The approval of candidates on absolute merit depends on the jury considering their overall curriculum to be of high scientific and pedagogical merit, demonstrating (a) proven research ability in the subject area for which the competition was opened and (b) a level appropriate to the respective teaching category.

5.4. For the purposes of the assessment referred to in the previous point, a favourable vote must be based on the cumulative fulfilment of the following circumstances or requirements of a qualitative and quantitative nature:

• a) The candidate must hold a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or related areas;
• b) The candidate must have proven experience in the use of experimental research methods and psychophysical and neuroimaging/psychophysiological data analysis.
• c) The candidate must demonstrate experience in coordinating and/or participating in at least one research project funded through competitive bidding (i.e., where funding is awarded based on scientific evaluation by a panel of experts following a public call for applications), at the national and/or international level, in the field of Cognitive Neurosciences and related areas, clearly identified in the CV, with explicit indication of the source of funding and the role in the project;
• d) Authorship of 10 (changed)* Q1 or Q2 articles, published with WoS/JCR and/or Scopus indexing, in the field of Cognitive Neurosciences or related fields, half of which as first author and/or last author or corresponding author.

6. Evaluation and ranking in relative merit

Once the candidates approved on absolute merit have been definitively identified, they shall be ranked in relative merit, based on the aspects and criteria for ranking, their respective weighting and the final assessment system, established in accordance with the provisions of Article 50 (number 6) of the ECDU and Article 16 of the Regulations.

Candidates approved on absolute merit are subject to a curriculum assessment, which will be complemented by a public presentation, that is mandatory for all candidates approved on absolute merit, aimed at clarifying aspects related to their curriculum and scientific-pedagogical project. The evaluation will take into account the general duties assigned to university faculty by Article 4 of the ECDU and will focus on the aspects and respective criteria identified below.

6.2. Aspects of the curriculum evaluation

Without prejudice to the minimum requirements identified in point 5.4 of this notice, the evaluation of candidates will focus on the areas identified below and on the Project, highlighting aspects of the curriculum in the subject area for which the competition was opened, with a special focus on the specific field of Cognitive Neurosciences:

a) Scientific Merit (VMC) – 50%

b) Pedagogical Merit (VMP) – 25%

c) Management and University Extension Merit (VGEU) – 10%

d) Scientific Project (PC) – 15%

The classification resulting from the curriculum evaluation, AC, will therefore be:

AC = 0.5 VMC + 0.25 VMP + 0.10 VGEU + 0.15 PC

The criteria to be taken into account in the evaluation of each of the evaluation and project aspects identified in the previous point and the weighting to be assigned to each of them are as follows:

6.3.1. Criteria for evaluating Scientific Merit

(VMC) – 50%

This criterion concerns scientific activity in the field of Cognitive Neurosciences, appropriate to the needs of the contracting institution, that should be at an international level and including the design, implementation and dissemination of scientific research, as well as related expert activities. The evaluation should consider the activities according to the subcriteria below taking into account the years after the PhD. The subcriteria are:

6.3.1.1. Scientific publication (MC1) - (45%)

the following outcomes in the field of Cognitive Neurosciences are evaluated in descending order of value: publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals with international dissemination classified as Q1 or Q2 in the Web of Science/JCR or Scopus; publication of books or book chapters by prestigious publishers; publication of articles in peer-reviewed journals with international circulation classified as Q3 or Q4 in the Web of Science/JCR or Scopus indexes; and full texts in conference proceedings. In assessing this parameter, particular attention will be paid to: the quality of the scientific publication, the role of the candidate and the scientific autonomy demonstrated (publications after the PhD as first author, corresponding author, or senior author, and without co-authorship of previous supervisors); the scientific merit of the articles and number of citations, taking into account the year of publication, whose sources must be explicitly indicated by the candidate in their application; the degree of internationalisation and the relevance of the production to the field of Cognitive Neurosciences.

6.3.1.2. Scientific research projects (MC2) - (15%)

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7. Functioning of the Selection Panel

7.1. Scoring of candidates

Each member of the selection panel shall make a reasoned assessment, scoring each candidate in relation to each aspect on a scale of 0 to 100 points, taking into account the subcriteria for each aspect and with a level of rigour appropriate to the category for which the competition is open.

7.2. Public Audition

The jury will hold public auditions, under the same conditions for all candidates approved on absolute merit, for the purpose of personal clarification of the evaluation elements contained in the documentation submitted by them.

These hearings will take place between the 30th and 70th day following the deadline for submission of applications, and all candidates will be informed by email, at least ten working days in advance of the date and place where these public hearings will take place.

7.3. Final Classification

The Final Result (RF) of the evaluation of each candidate by each member of the jury is calculated using the weighting formula for the various curricular aspects: RF = (0.5 *VMC )+ (0.25* VMP )+( 0.10* VGEU) + (0.15* PC)

which reflects the weights associated with each aspect.

7.4 Deliberations of the jury

7.4.1. Any deliberation shall result from Article 17(12) of the Regulations, applicable pursuant to Article 83-A of the ECDU, which determined its approval with a view to implementing the rules of that legal instrument, covering the procedural steps of competitions, namely the evaluation and final ranking system.

7.4.2. Ranking methodology

In the various votes, each member of the jury must respect their ranking list, observing the following in the votes:

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Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:

b) Doctoral certificate, except in cases where the Doctoral degree was obtained at the University of Porto. Candidates selected for the position to be filled who hold a Doctorate degree obtained abroad must submit recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree by the time of signing the contract, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of 16 August, under penalty of exclusion.

c) Curriculum Vitae, CV, in English. The CV must (i) include proof of compliance with the criteria set out in point 5 of this notice and (ii) be organised in accordance with the points to be considered in the evaluation (the evaluation and ranking criteria set out in point 6.3 of this notice for the aspects and parameters of the evaluation); it should also include all relevant information;

d) Works mentioned in the curriculum vitae that are proof the requirements of point 5 and allow to assess the fulfilment of the criteria set out in point 6.3 of this notice.

e) Document with up to five publications considered most representative of the scientific activity, including a brief justification for this choice.

f) Scientific Project in English, with a maximum of 10,000 characters including spaces and excluding bibliographical references.

8.3. Each of the documents indicated in point 8.2.d) of the competition notice must be submitted in a single file and in full on the Sigarra system. Documents may be integrated into compressed folders (zip, rar, 7z). However, the system's upload limit must be taken into account, which is set at a maximum of 720 MB per file or compressed folder. Each application may submit several files or compressed folders, each with a limit of 720 MB, with no limit on the total number of files/compressed folders submitted.

8.4. For the purposes of evaluating applications, no documents accessed via links will be considered, with the exception of those that refer to publications with a DOI.

8.5. The documents mentioned in point 8.2 must be submitted in a non-editable format.

8.6. Failure to comply with the provisions of 8.1 will result in the exclusion of the application.

8.7. Failure to submit or late submission of the documents referred to in points a) to f) of paragraph 8.2 will result in the application not being accepted.

9. Notifications and hearing of interested parties

9.1. The Human Resources Department of the Centre for Resources and Common Services of the University of Porto will notify candidates of the decision on their admission or non-admission to the competition, which will be based on compliance or non-compliance with the requirements set out in the legislation in force and in paragraph 4 of this notice, and of the conditions established regarding the application procedure referred to in paragraph 8.2.

9.2. A hearing of interested parties shall be held, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 121 and 122 of the Administrative Procedure Code, for candidates who have not been admitted administratively, those who have not been approved on the basis of absolute merit, and candidates ranked on the list of candidates who cannot be appointed to the post advertised. All candidates will be notified of the approval of the jury's final decision.

9.3. Notifications are made by email, in accordance with Articles 112(1)(c) and 113(5) and (6) of the CPA.

The deadline for candidates to respond in writing is ten working days.

10. Composition of the Selection Panel

Dr. Pedro Jorge da Silva Coelho Nobre Director and Full Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto, acting in a delegated capacity.

Members

Dr. Patrícia Margarida Piedade Figueiredo, Full Professor at the Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

Dr. Miguel de Sá e Sousa de Castelo Branco, Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Centre for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), University of Coimbra;

Dr. Fernando Ricardo Ferreira Santos, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Porto.

Substitutes

Dr. Jorge Manuel Castelo Branco de Albuquerque Almeida, Full Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Coimbra;

Dr. Alexandra Isabel Dias Reis, Full Professor at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the University of Algarve;

Dr. Armando César Ferreira Lima, Associate Professor with Habilitation from ISCTE, University Institute of Lisbon;

Dr. Manuel Fernando dos Santos Barbosa, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto;

Dr. Rui Alexandre Teixeira Alves, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto.

11. Other provisions

Joint Order No. 373/2000, of 31 March, of the Minister for State Reform and Public Administration and the Minister for Equality, establishes that the following statement must be included in all entrance and access competitions:

‘In compliance with Article 9(h) of the Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional advancement, taking scrupulous care to avoid any form of discrimination.’

In this sense, the terms ‘candidate(s)’, ‘teacher(s)’ and other similar terms are not used in this notice to refer to the gender of persons.

25 July 2025. – The Vice-Rector, Professor Maria Joana Mesquita Cruz Barbosa de Carvalho

* Rectification Declaration 845/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 174, of 10 September - amended paragraph d) of point 5.4 of the Notice, implying an extension of the application deadline until 22/10/2025.

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