Research Assistant

**RESEARCH ASSISTANT (MA) - One vacancy
The Centre for Social Studies (CES) - Associate Laboratory - University of Coimbra (Portugal), calls for

SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas” (Grant Agreement

101061747), funded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission under

the framework programme Horizon Europe 2021-2027, and coordinated by the Principal Investigator (PI)

Nancy Duxbury.

**A. Project Description**:
The IN SITU project combines research and experimental actions to advance the innovation-related

practices, capacities, and potential of CCIs based in non-urban areas of the EU, a constituency of the CCI

sector that has grown in visibility and significance over the last decade in Europe and internationally but

which is still vulnerable due to the lagging attention of research and policy to its needs, characteristics, and

potentials. The project aims to advance understanding of the forms, processes, and governance of

innovation involving cultural and creative industries (CCIs) located in non-urban areas of Europe and to

advance the ability of non-urban CCIs to act as drivers of innovation, competitiveness, and sustainability

for the locales in which they are located. IN SITU brings together leading approaches to investigating

economic evolution and diversification, a challenge-oriented approach to processes of innovation, non-urban

place-based planning and development, and creative industries entrepreneurship to investigate the situation

of CCIs in non-urban areas. The project couples this with a pragmatic capacity-building programme to

enable CCIs to address some of the key issues of their communities/region.

The core defining aspect of IN SITU is the interlinking of research and practice through place-based IN SITU

Labs, hubs for case studies in 6 non-urban regions across Europe, located in Portugal, Ireland, Iceland,

Finland, Latvia, and Croatia. Involving both Europe-wide research and place-based experimentation, IN

SITU will provide an in-depth knowledge of the direct and indirect effects, cross-sectoral connections and

spillovers, innovative strategies and systems, and needs of CCI practitioners in non-urban areas.

Complementary to this, the project will assess and advance the multi-level innovation and culture policy

and planning frameworks that contextualize and can enable this work. For more information, see the project

Expected duration of project execution: 48 months, starting July 1, 2022

**B. Scientific Field**: Social Sciences

The selected researcher is expected to have experience in supporting the implementation of the project’s

scientific tasks, valuing flexibility, a spirit of initiative and the ability to work in a team. Fluency in English

and Portuguese, spoken and written, is a fundamental condition.

**D. Work plan, tasks**:
The selected researcher is expected to contribute to the implementation of the project’s scientific tasks, as

have a profile that guarantees the monitoring of the scientific execution of the project, responding directly

to the PI.

More specifically, s/he will work directly with the Principal Investigator, supporting the team in the following

tasks:
a) Carry out research, including conducting interviews, developing transcripts, document analysis,

comparison and synthesis of findings;
b) Contribute to the planning and coordination of fieldwork in a collaborative context involving project

partners; gather and organize data;
c) Actively contribute to the organization, analyses, documentation, and publishing of findings;
d) Participate in meetings and academic conferences;
e) Contribute to the organization of academic conferences and other activities developed by the project;
h) Contribute to drafting the project reports to be submitted to the EC;
i) Contribute to the project’s daily management tasks.

**E. Applicable Legislation and Regulations**:
Labour Code Law No. 7/2009, of February 12th (and subsequent amendments).

**F. Workplace**:
Research will be performed at the Centre for Social Studies facilities in Coimbra, Portugal. Researchers will

to move to Coimbra for the duration of the contract.

**G. Duration of the Contract**:
A temporary contract (“termo incerto”), fulltime, will be signed for the sole purpose of the execution of the

project, in exclusive dedication.

The total duration of which may not exceed four years (Clause 5, Article 148 of the Labour Code), and will

automatically end with the completion of the activities provided for in the activity plan, which are developed

until the end of the project scheduled for 30/06/2026. Moreover, according to Article 112 of the Labour

Code, paragraph 2 a), a trial period of 30 days is established.
- the duration of the contract can be reduced; 2 - the contract can be assigned to the applicant classified

in the next position; or 3 - the position may not be awarded.

**H. Application D