1 (one) position of Assistant Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon

Organisation/Company

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions

PhD Positions

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

28 Mar 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

1. Authorization Order 

The opening of this competition was authorized by the Rector of the University of Lisbon, Professor Luís Manuel dos Anjos Ferreira, on 28ht of January of 2025, issued after the cumulative confirmation of the following requirements:

a) Availability of appropriate budgetary allocation;

b) The position being contested is foreseen and unoccupied in the teaching staff planning of the School of Arts and Humanities, and is characterized by the requirement that its holder must carry out teaching and research activities assigned to an Assistant Professor.

2. Place of Work 

School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, located in Alameda da Universidade, 1600‐214 Lisbon, Portugal. 

3. General Requirements 

3.1. Academic Degree Requirements – To hold a doctoral degree, in accordance with the provisions of Article 41-A of the ECDU.

3.2. Holders of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions must possess recognition of the doctoral degree in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, by the deadline set for the signing of the contract.

3.3. The provisions set forth in Chapter VI of the Regulations shall apply regarding the verification and fulfillment of the requirements for the admission and exclusion of candidates.

3.4. Failure to submit any of the documents required for the application, within the specified deadline and under the terms indicated below, will result in the application's rejection. This decision shall be subject to review and determination by the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities prior to the Jury's deliberation on absolute merit.

4. Submission of Applications 

4.1. Applications are submitted by email to concursos.docentes@letras.ulisboa.pt  within 30 business days following the publication of this notice in the Diário da República. Applications must be accompanied by the following documents, submitted in digital format and in a non-editable format (PDF):

a) Filled out and signed application form “Application form for competition procedures” available at https://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/sobre-a-flul/administracao-e-servicos/recursos-humanos/procedimentos-concursais ;

b) Curriculum vitae detailing the candidate's scientific, pedagogical, and other activities relevant to the mission of the higher education institution, taking into account the criteria outlined in sections 5 and 6 of this Notice.

c) Selected publications as per item c) of section 5 of this Notice;

d) A scientific-pedagogical project as per section 6.3. of this Notice;

e) 3 (three) to 5 (five) recommendation letters signed by teaching staff members who have personally known the candidate in an academic setting, attesting to their scientific, professional, and human qualities;

f) Statement of commitment in which the candidate commits to ensuring their proficiency in Portuguese in the event of being hired, available at https://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/sobre-a-flul/administracao-e-servicos/recursos-humanos/procedimentos-concursais/5416-statement-of-commitment/file .

4.2. All application materials must be in Portuguese or in English.

5. Requirements for Admission on Absolute Merit

In the first phase, candidates are evaluated based on absolute merit.

5.1. The admission of candidates based on absolute merit depends on the fulfillment of the following criteria, cumulatively:

a) Holding a PhD in Philosophy, or an equivalent designation; 

b) Possession of an overall curriculum from the last five (5) years that the jury deems, with justification, to demonstrate scientific merit and research and teaching capabilities compatible with the disciplinary area for which the competition was opened and appropriate to the respective teaching category;

c) Authorship or co-authorship of at least 3 (three) books or book chapters in University of Lisbon tier A or B publishers (available at https://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/sobre-a-flul/administracao-e-servicos/recursos-humanos/procedimentos-concursais ), or articles published in journals of recognized merit, relevant to the disciplinary area of the competition, published in the last 5 (five) years, including works accepted for publication at the end of the application period for this competition;

d) Presentation of a scientific-pedagogical project according to the terms of item 6.3. of this Notice.

5.2. A candidate is considered admitted on absolute merit if they are approved by an absolute majority of the voting members of the jury, in a justified nominal vote, where abstentions are not allowed. 

6. Evaluation and ranking parameters on relative merit, their respective weighting, and the final scoring system.

Once the candidates are approved based on absolute merit, the evaluation of the relative merit parameters proceeds, based on the ranking criteria, their respective weighting, and the final scoring system identified below, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of article 50 of the ECDU, paragraph 4 of article 5, and article 11 of the ULisboa Regulations.

6.1. Curriculum assessment will focus on the following aspects, considering only those that are unequivocally related to the disciplinary areas for which the competition was opened, in the fields of phenomenology and 19th and 20th-century European philosophy:

6.2. In the curricular evaluation, the activities carried out by the candidate will be considered in the following areas: Scientific Performance (65%), Pedagogical Capacity (10%), and Other activities relevant to the mission of the higher education institution (5%), with preference given to activities carried out in the last 5 (five) years.

6.3. The scientific-pedagogical project should have a maximum of 6,000 (six thousand) words and will consist of the presentation of:

a) 1 (one) teaching program for the course unit of Phenomenology or Contemporary Philosophy from the Philosophy undergraduate program at School of Arts and Humanities, with an explanation of contents and methods (10%);

b) 1 (one) letter of intent in which the candidate expresses their perspectives on how to enhance the disciplinary areas for which the competition was opened and their willingness to undertake academic and scientific management tasks, as well as aspects of their previous activities that demonstrate their capacity for this purpose (10%).

6.4. The assessment components mentioned above must be compatible with the disciplinary area in which the competition is open and appropriate for the position of Assistant Professor.

7. Ranking of Applicants 

7.1. In the ranking of candidates for the competition, each jury member ranks the candidates in descending order of their merit, participating in the voting based on their ranked list of candidates.

7.2. According to Article 20 of the Regulation, the jury initially votes for the first place, then for the second place, and so on, until all candidates admitted to the competition and previously approved based on absolute merit are ranked. In each vote, the jury's decisions are made by an absolute majority of votes, and the methodology for ranking the candidates is as outlined in nr. 5 of Article 20 of the Regulation, in compliance with the provisions of Article 17 of the Regulation.

7.3. Upon completion of the application of the evaluation and ranking criteria, the jury proceeds to prepare a final ranked list of candidates.

8. Public hearings

8.1. Whenever deemed necessary, the jury may decide, at its first meeting, to hold public hearings, under equal circumstances, for all candidates approved on absolute merit, which are intended solely to clarify issues related to the documents submitted by the candidates, as per item b) of nr. 4 of Article 50 of the ECDU.

8.2. If these public hearings are required, they will take place between the 20th and 50th day following the jury's meeting for admission based on absolute merit of the candidates. Candidates will be informed at least five days in advance of the date and location of the public hearings.

8.3. In the public hearings, both candidates and jury members may participate via videoconference.

8.4. The jury may also request candidates to submit additional documentation related to the curriculum presented, based on item a) of nr. 4 of Article 50 of the ECDU.

9. Composition of the Jury

According to the provisions of Articles 45 and 46 of the ECDU and Article 14 of the Regulation, the jury is composed of the following members:

Ex officio chair: Rector of the University of Lisbon

Members: 

Diogo Falcão Ferrer, Associate Professor with Aggregation of the School of Humanities of the University of Coimbra;

Sofia Gabriela Assis de Morais Miguens Travis, Full Professor of School of Humanities of the University of Porto;

João Manuel Pardana Constâncio, Full Professor of the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities of Nova University of Lisbon;

Agustín Serrano de Haro Martínez, Científico Titularof the Institute of Philosophy of the Center for Human and Social Sciences (CCHS) of the Higher Council for Scientific Research;

António Pedro Sangreman Proença de Marcelino Mesquita, Full Professor of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon;

Ricardo Jorge Rodrigues dos Santos, Associate Professor with Aggregation of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon;

Pedro Manuel dos Santos Alves, Associate Professor of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon.

School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon,6th february 2025 

E-mail

concursos.docentes@letras.ulisboa.pt

Research Field

Other

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa

Country

Portugal

Geofield

State/Province

Lisbon

City

Lisbon

Website

http://www.letras.ulisboa.pt/pt/

Street

Alameda da Universidade

Postal Code

1600-214

E-Mail

drh@letras.ulisboa.pt

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