Reference: CEI_BIPD01_2026
Application deadline: 07-08-2026 to 30-09-2026
Duration: 18 meses
Starts:
Summary
One (1) research position for a Postdoctoral Research Grant is open at Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) of Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation (Iscte Knowledge and Innovation Association – Centre for Technology Transfer and Valorisation), in the scope of Pluriannual Funding UID/03122/2025 of CEI-Iscte, granted by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)/MCTES (PIDDAC) through national funds, with the following conditions:
Main research field: Social Sciences, International Relations and Political Science, or similar
Admission Requirements:
- Doctoral Degree in Social Sciences, International Relations and Political Science, or similar
- The Doctoral Degree must have been obtained less than three years prior to the date of the submission of this application.
- Doctoral research must have been conducted in a different Research Unit than the one where the postdoctoral research will be developed.
Workplan:
The workplan of the applicant should focus on the development of scientific research within one of the three research groups of CEI-Iscte – “Global Politics and Security”, “Democracy, Activism and Citizenship” or “Sustainable Societies” – with the following objectives:
- to contribute to the publication of scientific articles and other outputs;
- to organise scientific and policy-based events;
- to prepare applications to national and international funding programmes;
- to contribute to the dissemination of findings of the research groups.
Read the full call here.
Applications must be submitted via Recruitment Platform of Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation: https://recrutamento.conhecimentoinovacao.iscte-iul.pt/jobs/48
Link Euraxess: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/458883
Submission of applications
Applications must be submitted through the Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation Recruitment portal (https://recrutamento.conhecimentoinovacao.iscte-iul.pt/jobs) and accompanied by the following documents:
- Motivation letter, including a: i) reflection on the relevant activities, for the present call, that were carried out during the last years, and future perspectives of the work to be developed during the research grant period; ii) reflection on the suitability of the candidate profile and research project to the activities of the Research Group of CEI-Iscte that they wish to work on. Candidates should also explicitly mention how they meet the admission requirements, including the availability requirement.
- Curriculum Vitae, including the scientific publications considered relevant.
- Research plan, written in English, defining and contextualizing the objectives and scientific questions, activities to be developed, expected results, and identifying the scientific mission and challenge to be aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.
- Document certifying that the candidate holds the doctorate. If the doctorate has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the applicants must provide evidence of its recognition or equivalence of degree, and all the formalities by the time of the celebration of this contract (https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374).
- Document proving the country of residence, residence permit, or other legally equivalent document in the case of foreign citizens, valid on the start date of the research grant.
- Copy of other certifying documents considered relevant.
All documents must be submitted in PDF format.
Candidates who do not submit all the documents abovementioned will not be considered.
Other details
Period of submissions:
The competition is open from 7th August until 11:59 p.m. 30th of September 2026 (Lisbon timezone), and only applications submitted within the deadline will be accepted.
The contact email address for queries related to this call is recruitment.cei@iscte-iul.pt.