Call for applications: First stage researcher (PHD fellowship), Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Deadline: 15 February 2024.
The Centre for Social Studies (CES) – Associate Laboratory – University of Coimbra (Portugal), opens a call for applications for 1 research scholarship in the project “PROTEMO – Emotional dynamics of protective policies in an age of insecurity,” funded by the European Commission, coordinated by Cristiano Gianolla. The project is part of the research line Democracy, Justice and Human Rights. Engaging with the centrality of the democratization of knowledge with the importance of the struggles and experiences of historically oppressed groups, the main objectives of the line are twofold. On the one hand, aims to analyse the persistence of systems of oppression that are intertwined in the structures of racism, heteropatriarchy and capitalism. On the other hand, examine the socio-legal, socio-political and socio-cultural resistances that, in the framework of the modern State and beyond, mark the present of anti-discrimination policies and the constitution of alternative grammars of dignity.
The selected candidates are expected to have the following responsibilities:
– Develop PhD research (already in progress or to begin in 2024) in the framework of the research line: Investigate social representations of protection and the entangled emotions of Ukrainian refugees and also of people mobilising against the war in Ukraine;
– Support the implementation of the scientific tasks foreseen in the project application, namely, literature review, document research, databases and website maintenance, drafting and editing of reports and publications, field work, data analysis and dissemination activities;
– Support the administrative activities of the project, including the organisation of events, management of communication, review and translation of documents and data, and support of the tasks necessary to implement the project.
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