Research Studentship

**Research Studentship - Communication and Dissemination**

The Centre for Social Studies (CES) - Associate Laboratory - University of Coimbra (Portugal), calls for

**Dissemination Manager activities **(CES/16/2024-BI-INSITU), within the project “IN 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 CCIs

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 contextualise and can enable this work. For more information, see the project

Expected duration of project execution: 48 months, starting July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2026.

**b. Scientific field**:
Journalism, Science Communication, or similar field

**c. Work plan, tasks**:
To support the realization of the research communication and dissemination plans of the IN SITU project,

DAILY ACTIVITIES

1. Manage and continually update the project website, social media channels, and other platforms for

communication of the project and the non-urban cultural and creative ecosystems it investigates to the

public.

2. Support for IN SITU promotion in all components of its activity.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES

3. Plan, design and organise communication and dissemination activities included in the workplan of the

project, including a newsletter (each 6 months), press releases, a podcast series and events, among other

planned items.

4. Lead the development of communication materials about the project and ensure they are regularly

updated.

5. Design and develop digital and printable materials for promotion and dissemination of project activities

and results to academic and non-academic audiences.

6. Contribute to the preparation of reports and the development of scientific production in the area.

7. Working with the PI and Project Manager, contribute to strategies, the management of meetings, and

communications with the IN SITU Outreach Partners (European and international).

8. Support the project networking efforts with other relevant initiatives, consortia, and European projects.

9. Develop and manage external contacts database.

SEMESTRAL ACTIVITIES

10. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the research communication and dissemination plans of the

IN SITU project, with specific dissemination strategies for different types of audiences, as set in its initial

phase by the coordination team.

11. Contribute to the project’s report assessing the effectiveness of communication and knowledge

dissemination.

**d. Applicable Legislation and Regulations**:
Portuguese Law nº 40/2004, of 18 August (Scientific Research Fellow Statute) and following amendments;
FCT’s (National Agency for Science and Technology) Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualification of

Human Resources, and Regulations for Fellowships at the Centre for Social Studies.

Template of the fellowship contract:
Template of the final activities report:
**e. Workplace**:
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