Instituição: Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas  da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.

Nº de Bolsas: 1

Duração das Bolsas: 12 meses.

Renovação das Bolsas: Eventualmente renovável pelo mesmo período até 5 anos.

Destinatários: Licenciatura em Relações Internacionais.

Projeto: Projecto Estratégico do Instituto do Oriente.

Período de candidatura: de 19 a 26  de dezembro de 2012.

Texto do Anúncio:

“It is open from the 19th to the 26th December 2012 an application process to a Research Technician Grant under the strategic project of Instituto do Oriente – UI 4018 2013 – of the School of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon, with the reference PEst-OE/CJP/UI4018/2013, funded by national funds by FCT.

Job description:

It is open from the 19th to the 26th December 2012 an application process to a Research Technician Grant under the strategic project of Instituto do Oriente – UI 4018 2013 – of the School of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon, with the reference PEst-OE/CJP/UI4018/2013, funded by national funds by FCT under the following conditions:

a. Project Overview:

Instituto do Oriente (IO) is the only Research Unit in Portugal exclusively dedicated to the study of the main Asian countries in their contemporaneous reality – a merely geographic concept that expands from Central Asia (former Soviet Republics) to Japan. IO has as its primordial goal to become an Institute of excellence in Portugal for Asian studies and, thus, inform regularly and alert the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Academia and the Portuguese society in general to the importance of this region characterized, today, by an unequivocal centrality in the international stage.

The constituted research groups in IO are divided according to the great Asian sub-regions – Oriental Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. There was also recognition of key-countries – now called emerging powers (China and India); the countries that due to their fast economic growth (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea) are also becoming medium powers; and the large economic development countries (Japan). IO’s research guidelines attend also to new classifications which are beginning in European literature, mainly French, which is South-South, Afro-Asian and Euro-Asian thematics, and, sporadically, they can even include the identification and monitoring of the new coordination forms among these countries/regions.

Also, IO, as natural successor of the old Colonial Higher Studies Institute, founded in 1906, continues to give much attention to the new realities of study in the Portuguese colonial territories, Goa (India), Macao (China) and East-Timor (Indonesia).

b. Scientific Area:

International Relations

c. Requirements for admission:

All candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations, and preferably be enrolled in an  International Relations Master. Deep knowledge of the English language is required, as also basic knowledge of other language spoken in Asia. Experience and interest in research on Asian Studies is required, namely in what concerns political regimes, economic and social affairs and foreign policy. The applicant should be able to handle data analysis tools and have fluent IT skills: Microsoft Office tools – Word, Excel and Power Point. The candidate must also be comfortable with team work.

It will be given preference to candidates that have previously collaborated and developed research with any research centers on Asian Studies.

d. Working Plan:

Under the supervision of the principal investigator of the project, the selected applicant will participate in the implementation of the project activities on different issues, such as: 1) research on Asian Studies; 2) organization of conferences; 3) maintenance of the IO’s documentation center; 4) management of IT content; 5) collaboration in publication edition; 6) formulation of financial and scientific FCT reports.

e. Legislation and regulations:

Law no. 40/2004, dated August 18 (Status of Scientific Research Fellow) Regulation of Advanced Training and Qualification of Human Resources in 2011 (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt), published in the Official Gazette, Series II, No. 89, May 9, 2011, attached to Notice No. 10406/2011

f. Working Place:

The grant holder will develop his/her activities at Instituto do Oriente at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon.

g. Grant Duration:

The grant will last for 12 months, eventually renewable for periods of the same extent, to a maximum of 5 years and it is supposed to begin on the 15th January 2013, in accordance with article 11 of the Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. — 2012.

h. Value of monthly maintenance allowance:

The grant amounts to € 745/month as referred at table of values ??of grants awarded directly by the FCT, IP in the country (http://alfa.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores).

The value of the monthly maintenance allowance to pay the added costs resulting from the contributions levied on the first of the bands referred to in Article 36 of Decree-Law No. 40/89 of 1 February Voluntary Social Security, whose membership is a responsibility of the grantee.

The Scholarship will be paid at the 23 (twenty third) of each month by bank transfer.

i. Selection methods:

The selection will be made (1) based on: curriculum evaluation, (2) interest in developing research on Asian studies, (3) Deep knowledge of the English language, as also basic knowledge of other language spoken in Asia, (4) data analysis tools and be fluent in IT skills: Microsoft Office tools – Word, Excel and Power Point.

j. Composition of the Jury Selection:

·         Professor Narana Coissoró, President of IO (Jury President).

·         Professor Carlos Piteira, Scientific Coordinator/ Researcher of IO (Member).

·         Professor Nuno Canas Mendes, Scientific Coordinatior/Researcher of IO (Member).

k. Notification of the results:

The final results of the evaluation will be publicized through a list sorted by the final score obtained, which will be posted in a visible and public place at ISCSP and the candidates will be notified by email.

l. Deadline for application:

The application period is open from the 19th to the 26th December 2012.

m. Application deadline and submission of the applications:

All the applications must be formalized, necessarily, by sending an application email explaining the reason why the applicant is applying to the grant, stressing the main lines of his/hers academic and professional purposes for the application. This application letter should be accompanied by the following documents: detailed CV, copies of educational certificates and other documents deemed relevant, and the copy an article/ paper produced last year.

All the applications must be sent by email to ioriente@iscsp.utl.pt and to projectos_investigacao@iscsp.utl.pt and shall indicate in the subject the project reference “PEst-OE/CJP/UI4018/2013”. Each candidate should receive a confirmation e-mail informing about the receipt of his/her application and only after that the application is valid.”

(Via)