Notice N.º 25498/2026/2

Organisation/Company Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas Department CESEM Research Field Arts » Other Psychological sciences » Psychology Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 29 Oct 2026
- 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number UID/00693/2025 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Reopening of an international call for applications for the recruitment of a Ph D Researcher under the strategic project of the Centre for Music Studies (UID/00693/ /2026/2 Professor Alexandra Curvelo, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCSH), hereby makes public that, for a period of ten working days, an international call for applications is open for the recruitment of one Ph D Researcher, under an open-ended fixed-term employment contract, at NOVA University Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, for the development of scientific research activities within the scope of the strategic project of the Centre for Music Studies (UID/00693/2025), funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through national funds. The opening of this call, as well as the appointment of the selection panel, were authorised by order of the Deputy Dean for Research of NOVA FCSH, Professor Sónia Vespeira de Almeida, under delegated authority, dated 7 October 2026, following a favourable opinion of the Scientific Council of NOVA FCSH dated 14 September 2026. Applications submitted under Notice No. 14384/2026/2 shall be deemed valid for the purposes of the present selection procedure, and the submission of a new application by the respective candidates shall not be required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, candidates who have already submitted an application may amend, replace or supplement it until the expiry of the deadline established for the submission of applications under the present selection procedure. 1
- The recruitment of the Ph D holder shall be carried out in accordance with Decree-Law No. 57/2016 of 29 August, as amended by Law N.º. 57/2017 of 19 July, which establishes a contractual regime for Ph D holders aimed at stimulating scientific and technological employment in all fields of knowledge (RJEC), the Portuguese Labour Code approved by Law N.º 7/2009 of 12 February, in its current version, and Regulatory Decree N.º 11-A/2017 of 29 December. 2
- The selected candidate shall be hired under an open-ended fixed-term employment contract, as required by law, under Article 6(1)(b) of the RJEC, in conjunction with Article 18(2) of the RJEC, and the contract shall remain in force only for the period necessary to execute the tasks defined in the project and specified in the following paragraph. 3
- Position description: This position aims to recruit a Ph D researcher to develop a research and knowledge dissemination project in: (a) Music Psychology, involving work in the field of pregnancy and/or early childhood; (b) with the objectives of advancing knowledge in the selected domain, disseminating results, contributing to the development of the Laboratory of Music and Communication in Childhood (LAMCI), and strengthening the activities and international visibility of CESEM. The work plan must be aligned with CESEM’s strategic programme and take into