Notice No. 24834/2026/2 - Opening of an international selection call for the recruitment of a PhD Researcher under the strategic project of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences ― CICS.NOVA

Notice No. 24834/2026/2 Opening of an international selection call for the recruitment of a PhD Researcher under the strategic project of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences ― CICS.NOVA, UID/04647/2025 Professor Alexandra Curvelo, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH), hereby announces that an international selection call is open for a period of 15 business days for the recruitment of one (1) PhD Researcher in the scientific area of Social Sciences, with a special focus on Sociology, paying particular attention to the relationships between policing, marginalized urban territories, and drug markets. The appointment will be under an fixed-term employment contract for an uncertain duration at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, to carry out scientific research activities within the framework of the strategic project of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences – CICS.NOVA, UID/04647/2025, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through national funds. The opening of this selection process, as well as the appointment of the Jury, were authorized by order of the Vice-Dean for Research of NOVA FCSH, Associate Professor Sónia Vespeira de Almeida, under subdelegated authority, dated 1st October 2026, following a favorable opinion from the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH on 14th September 2026. 1. The recruitment of the PhD Researcher shall be carried out pursuant to Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of August 29, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19, which approves a regime for hiring doctorates aimed at stimulating scientific and technological employment in all knowledge areas (RJEC), the Labour Code, approved by Law No. 7/2009, of February 12, in its current wording, and Regulatory Decree No. 11-A/2017, of December 29. 2. The PhD Researcher will be hired under an employment contract for an uncertain term due to legal imperative, pursuant to subparagraph b) of paragraph 1 of Article 6 of the RJEC, ex vi paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the RJEC, and shall remain in force only for the period necessary for the execution of the tasks defined in the project and identified in the following paragraph. 3. Characterization of the position: The purpose of this call is to select a PhD researcher within the strategic project of CICS.NOVA, aiming to strengthen the scientific capacity of the centre in the study of public organizations and contemporary transformations, with a special focus on organizations related to public safety, internal administration, policing, justice, crime prevention, human rights, and relations between institutions, professionals, and communities, including institutional responses to drug trafficking and illicit markets, as well as relationships between policing, marginalized territories, and discrimination. The PhD researcher is expected to contribute to the development of research and dissemination of science within Research Group 2: Organizations, Work, and Employment of CICS.NOVA, with a profile suitable for research on public safety organizations and internal administration. Candidates must demonstrate research evidence in at least one of the following dimensions or areas, with preference given to the interconnectedness of all indicated dimensions: a) Work, culture, and professional practices in police organizations, security services, internal administration, justice, civil protection, community organizations, or entities involved in crime prevention and public safety; b) Organizational models, governance, human rights, institutional innovation, and relations between security organizations and communities; c) Public safety policies, community policing, violence prevention, administration of justice, urban safety, or safety in socially vulnerable territories, including the study of policing in marginalized neighborhoods and its implications for racialized groups; d) Work transformations in public organizations, including training, professional socialization, ethics, risk, inter-institutional relations, public trust, and coordination mechanisms between the State, local authorities, and civil society; e) Qualitative, ethnographic, comparative, or participatory methodologies applied to the study of organizations, professional practices, public policies, and institutional relations; f) Drug trafficking, drug markets, and illicit economies analyzed in articulation with territorial marginalization, social inequality, and police and institutional responses; processes of criminalization, discrimination, and penal selectivity affecting vulnerable communities. Candidates are proposed to present an original scientific project with a work plan for a three-year period (up to 12,000 characters), framed within the research areas of CICS.NOVA and integrating at least two of the dimensions mentioned above. 4. Pursuant to Article 2 of Regulatory Decree No. 11-A/2017, of December 29, the contract to be entered into will have a base monthly salary of €2,408.11, corresponding to level 33 of the 1st pay position. 5. The workplace is located at the premises of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences – CICS.NOVA, situated at Colégio Almada Negreiros – Campus de Campolide, 1099-032 Lisbon, and/or at other locations necessary for the execution of the researcher’s activities. 6. National, foreign, and stateless candidates holding a PhD degree in Sociology or Political Science with a scientific and professional curriculum showing a profile suitable for the activity to be developed may apply. 7. The selection of the PhD Researcher to be hired shall be carried out through the evaluation of the scientific and curricular background of the applicants. The evaluation of the scientific and curricular trajectory, considering the profile suitable for the activity to be developed, focuses on the relevance, quality, and currency of: a) The scientific, technological, cultural, or artistic production over the last five years in the fields of public safety, policing, police organizations, drug trafficking, internal administration, justice, violence, human rights, considered most relevant by the candidate; b) Applied or practice-based research activities developed over the last five years and considered to have the greatest impact by the candidate; c) Knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed over the last five years, namely in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered of highest relevance by the candidate; d) Management activities of science, technology, and innovation programs, or experience in monitoring and observing the scientific and technological system or higher education, in Portugal or abroad. 8. The five-year period referred to in the preceding paragraph may be extended by the Jury at the candidate's request when substantiated by the suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons, namely parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of unavailability for work legally protected. 9. The ranking system for candidates is expressed on a scale of 0 to 100 points. Two selection methods will be used: Curricular Evaluation (CE), weighted at 90 points, and the Interview (I), corresponding to 10 points of the overall evaluation. 10. The criteria for evaluating candidates in the Curricular Evaluation (CE) are as follows: a) Scientific, technological, cultural, or artistic production over the last five years in the fields of public safety, policing, police organizations, drug trafficking, internal administration, justice, violence, human rights, considered most relevant by the candidate (0–25 points); b) Applied or practice-based research activities developed over the last five years and considered to have the greatest impact by the candidate, as well as the scientific project and plan mentioned in point 3 (0–35 points); c) Knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed over the last five years, namely in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered of highest relevance by the candidate (0–25 points); d) Management activities of science, technology, and innovation programs, or experience in monitoring and observing the scientific and technological system or higher education, in Portugal or abroad (0–5 points). Candidates who obtain a minimum of 50 points will advance to the Interview. 11. The criteria for evaluating candidates in the Interview (I) are as follows: Motivation for the development of the proposed project (0 – 5 points); Adaptability and teamwork experience (0 – 5 points). 12. The Jury is composed as follows: Chair: Assistant Professor Dalila Cerejo, NOVA FCSH Full Members: Associate Professor Ana Paula Gil, NOVA FCSH Full Professor Luís Baptista, NOVA FCSH Alternate Members: Assistant Professor Catarina Delaunay, NOVA FCSH Full Professor Miguel Chaves, NOVA FCSH 13. Under penalty of exclusion, the application must be submitted with the following documentation: a) Application form (standard template available), explicitly citing this call reference; b) Copy of the certificate proving the award of the PhD degree; if the degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, a sworn declaration in accordance with the specific template (available at ); c) Candidate's curriculum vitae structured in accordance with the terms outlined in point 7 of this Notice; d) Research project mentioned in point 3 and respective Work Plan; e) Motivation Letter. 14. Applications must be submitted, under penalty of exclusion, with the aforementioned documents within 15 business days, starting from the day immediately following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República, to the email address . The email subject must indicate the Notice reference, and documents should preferably be in PDF format. The jury reserves the right to require any candidate, in case of doubt, to present supporting documents for their statements. False statements made by candidates will be punished in accordance with the law. Candidates who formalize their application incorrectly or who do not prove the requirements demanded in this call will be excluded from admission. 15. The candidate to be hired must achieve a minimum overall classification of 75 points. 16 - If the selected candidate’s doctoral degree was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, its recognition must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of 16 August, and any formalities set out therein must be completed by the date the contract is signed. The candidate ranked immediately after the top-ranked candidate will be invited to fill the position in question if the doctoral degree is not recognised following completion of the formalities mentioned above. 17 – Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade Nova de Lisboa actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access; consequently, no candidate may be favoured, disadvantaged or deprived of any right, nor exempted from any duty on the grounds of, in particular, their ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family circumstances, financial situation, education, social background or status, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs, and trade union membership. 1st October 2026 — The Deputy Director for Research, Professor Doctor Sónia Vespeira de Almeida-