BI 11/2026 - AWARD OF A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANT

Organisation/Company Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa Research Field Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Postdoc Positions Application Deadline 23 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information Research grant Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe (other) Reference Number - IMAGINE - HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa) announces an open call for the award of one (1) Post-Doctoral Research Grant under the ERA Chair “Establishing a Chair for the Study of Imagination and Society at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais, ULisboa” (Grant Agreement ID: – IMAGINE – HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01), available at , funded by the European Research Executive Agency, coordinated by the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, under the leadership of Professor Ramon Sarró, ERA Chair Holder, under the following conditions.

Research Field Other Education Level PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Work Plan: Under the scientific supervision of Professor Ramon Sarró, ERA Chair Holder, the grant recipient will carry out the following R&D activities in a collaborative and co-authorship framework:

a) Research on the anti-colonial territorial imagination of Kongo culture in Northern Angola;

b) Development of an archive on anti-colonial movements in Northern Angola;

c) Archival research in Portugal and Angola;

d) Four months of fieldwork alongside Professor Ramon Sarró in the provinces of Zaire and Uíge (Northern Angola);

e) Co-authorship of scientific publications with Professor Ramon Sarró.

Specific Requirements

Scientific Area: History.

Eligibility criteria:

Candidates should possess as mandatory requirements:

a) Hold a PhD in History awarded less than three years ago;

b) Demonstrated research experience in the field of anti-colonial imaginaries in Lusophone Africa;

c) Knowledge of Angolan anti-colonial movements and proficiency in the Lingala and Kikongo languages;

d) Proven experience in oral history methodologies and research in colonial archives;

e) Availability to undertake fieldwork in Angola together with Professor Ramon Sarró (two periods of two months each, totalling four months).

The academic degree required for admission may not have been awarded by the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, in accordance with Article 7(2)(b) of the University of Lisbon Research Grant Regulations. Degrees obtained abroad are subject to the provisions set out in Section 13 of this Notice regarding academic qualification certificates.

Applicants who have previously benefited from a post-doctoral grant may only be considered if the total duration of previous post-doctoral grants did not exceed 36 months, pursuant to Article 7(2)(e) of the University of Lisbon Research Grant Regulations.

Applicable Legislation and Regulations

• Law No. 40/2004 of 18 August, as amended by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of 27 August, Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October, Law No. 12/2013 of 29 January, Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of 9 July, Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of 28 August, and Decree-Law No. 65/2024 of 1 October (Research Fellow Statute).
• University of Lisbon Research Grant Regulations, approved by Order No. 6238/2020, published in the Portuguese Official Gazette (Diário da República), Series II, No. 113, of 12 June, as amended by Order No. 8061/2022, published in the Official Gazette, Series II, No. 126, of 1 July, and subsidiarily the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, I.P.), Regulation No. 950/2019, Official Gazette, Series II, No. 241, of 16 December.

Workplace: Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon.

Scientific Supervision: The grant holder will be supervised by Professor Ramon Sarró, ERA Chair Holder.

Duration of the Grant: The grant will have a duration of 12 months and may be renewed within the limits established in Article 7 of the University of Lisbon Research Grant Regulations.

Monthly Maintenance Allowance and Social Security

The monthly maintenance allowance is paid by