Job offer

European Commission; Portugal; Presencial; EUR 30 000 - 40 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A Polytechnics of Leiria abre candidaturas para uma bolsa de pós-doutorado no projeto sobre sustentabilidade do turismo. O candidato ideal deve ter doutorado em Geografia, fluência em inglês e português, dedicando-se a pesquisas sobre ecoansiedade e turismo sustentável. A bolsa oferece um valor mensal de €1851, com possibilidade de renovação até 2026.

Serviços

Seguro de Acidentes Pessoais

Contribuição para a Segurança Social

Qualificações

• Graduação em Geografia ou Geografia Humana.
• Fluência obrigatória em inglês e português.
• Capacidade para realizar pesquisa de forma autônoma.

Responsabilidades

• Revisão de literatura em Psicologia Ambiental.
• Validação da Escala de Ecoansiedade Hogg (HEAS-13).
• Participação em reuniões científicas internacionais.

Conhecimentos

Fluência em inglês

Fluência em português

Pesquisa independente

Formação académica

Doutorado em Geografia ou Geografia Humana

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Organisation/Company Polytechnic of Leiria Research Field Geography » Human geography Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 1 Jul 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? NextGenerationEU Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The Polytechnic of Leiria is now opening applications for a post-doctoral research grant (BIPD) under the project “FAST - Tools to Support Tourism Sustainability” as part of the Mobilising Agenda to Accelerate and Transform Tourism (ATT), financed by European funds allocated to Portugal by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan, under the European Union's (EU) Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRM), as part of Next Generation EU, for the period 2021-2026, in the following terms:

. SCIENTIFIC AREA: Geography - Human Geography

. RECIPIENTS: Doctoral graduates in Geography or Human Geography, fluent in English and Portuguese and willing to live in the West region.

DURATION: The scholarship will last for 6 months, possibly renewable until the end of the project or until the maximum duration of this type of scholarship (whichever comes first), and is expected to start in July 2025.

. WORK PLAN: 1. Literature review in Environmental Psychology;

2. Validation of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-13) for Portuguese society;

3. Application of the Hogg Eco-Anxiety Scale (HEAS-13) to different tourism and circular economy contexts;

4. Development of an eco-anxiety monitoring model based on neuroscience indicators;

5. Participation in international scientific meetings and writing of 2 articles for publication in indexed journals.

.WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be carried out at CiTUR, under the scientific guidance of Dr Francisco Teixeira Pinto Dias.

.GRANT FINANTIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance stipend of € 1851, according to the FCT Regulation for Studentships and Fellowships ( https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tabela_valores_SMM_2025.pdf) plus, if applicable, the monthly Voluntary Social Insurance, according to the conditions defined in the Research Fellowship Holder statute, as well as the Personal Accident Insurance, during the research fellowship period.

. PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.

.ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.

.EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD Professors: Francisco Teixeira Pinto Dias (president), João Viljoen Vasconcelos and Fernanda Maria Fernandes Oliveira (effective members);Daniela Carina Ramos Amorim and Rosa Alexandra Meira Cruz Lavaredas (substitute members).

. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 17 of June to 01 of July of 2025.

. SELECTION METHOD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA:The assessment will be made by means of a curriculum analysis (CA) and an interview (ENT) and will focus on the candidate's merit, which will be considered and weighted according to the following:

- Academic degree classification (A) (30%)

- Proficiency in English (B) (20%)

- Specific knowledge in the field of Human Geography and Sustainable Tourism, combined with the ability to carry out autonomous research based on previous work (C) (50%)

The following formula is used to calculate the final grade: AC = [A*30% + B*20% + C*50%].

The top four candidates in the CV analysis will be invited to an interview which will be graded from 0 to 20 and will be assessed according to:

- Motivation (M),

- Mastery of knowledge in the area of the work plan (D),

- Level of expression in Portuguese (C),

The final grade will be calculated as follows: ENT = [M*0.30 + D*0.30 + L*0.20 + C*0.20]

The final grade for applications with an interview will be: NF = [AC*0,7 + ENT*0,3]

Observation: If the candidate(s) with foreign qualifications(s) do not present, during the application phase, the recognition of the degree or foreign diploma and the classification conversion to the Portuguese scale, the jury defines the conversion only for the application purposes based on the rules of the legal regime applicable to the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas or, when not possible, applies the minimal classification of 10 points.

.ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES:Without prejudice to the applicable rules to each type of research fellowship, the following candidates are eligible:

a) National citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union;

b) Third-party states citizens;

c) Stateless persons;

d) Beneficiaries of political refugee status.

.SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS:Applications must be addressed to the president of the jury and sent by e-mail to [e-mail] , accompanied by the following documents:

- Document(s) proving the ownership of the academic degree(s) and/or required application diploma(s), preferably with the final average and curricular units’ classification. Candidates with foreign qualifications must prove their academic degree and foreign diploma in the terms of the Decree-law no. 66/2018, dated August 16th. These documents can be dismissed during the application phase, by submitting a declaration of honour available in the application form, which can only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application, with the verification of this condition occurring only in the contract signing phase;

- (optional during the application phase) Document proving the enrolment and registration in the study cycle or non-awarding degree course, as stated in the application announcement;

- Updated candidate Curriculum Vitae;

- Document(s) supporting other evaluation parameter(s) indicated in the announcement;

- Other certifications and/or other documents considered relevant by the candidate .

. RESULTS | DISCLOSURE AND COMPLAINTS:The jury will send to the candidates, by e-mail, the provisional results of the evaluation (presented in the form of the minutes resulting from the evaluation process) within 90 working days after the application deadline. After this disclosure, candidates have 10 working days to pronounce, if they wish, in the appropriate form available in the institutional webpage, under the terms of the administrative procedure code (CPA). The final decision will be taken within a maximum period of 60 working days after the conclusion of the previous hearing of interested parties, of which a complaint can be filed within 15 working days, after notification, to the highest executive body of the Polytechnic of Leiria. Within the scope of the research fellowship award procedure, if the final ordering list, duly approved, contains a number of approved candidates higher than the number of research fellowships to be filled, an internal recruitment reserve is always created, which can be used when there is need for occupation due to withdrawal of the scholarship holder, under the terms of the CPA, to be used during the eligibility of the project.

The Vice-President of the Polytechnic of Leiria