CEI-Iscte is available to welcome national and international students on curricular or Erasmus internships.

These Research Internships will allow students to participate in ongoing research projects, develop practical skills and contribute to the scientific dynamics of our research unit. The integration of interns depends on the opportunities and availability of the research team for each period, thus the opening of vacancies is assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Read the CEI-Iscte Internship Regulations.

For more information or to submit an expression of interest, candidates can apply for the opportunities listed below and contact us via email: cei@iscte-iul.pt.

Internship position 1:

  • Length: 3 to 6 months
  • Category: Curricular or Erasmus
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Introduction to scientific research in the field of Contemporary History: archival work, source collection, bibliography preparation, chronology preparation, writing short historiographical texts. Work area: History of Portugal, 1945-1976.
  • Candidate profile: History student or with previous training in History. Fluency in Portuguese.
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Luís Nuno Rodrigues

Internship position 2:

  • Research project: Cadernos de Estudos Africanos
  • Length: 1 to 2 months
  • Category: Other
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Translation of articles published in the journal Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, from English into Portuguese.
  • Candidate profile: Fluency in Portuguese and English; knowledge of social sciences and humanities, preferably African Studies, History, Political Science and/or International Relations.
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Vasco Martins

Internship position 3:

  • Research project: Urban Circularity in Portugal: A participatory, modular and adaptive approach
  • Length: 5 months
  • Category: Curricular, Erasmus, or other
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Literature review, database development.
  • Candidate profile: Master’s Student
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Cristina Sousa

Internship position 4:

  • Research project: Mapping the conceptual and operational evolution of CSDP in Africa
  • Length: 2 to 3 months
  • Category: Curricular, Erasmus, or other
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Literature review, compilation of official documents, discourse analysis
  • Candidate profile: Master’s student in International Studies or Political Science, fluent in English, previous experience in using discourse analysis software (e.g. MAXQDA or NVivo)
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Pedro Seabra

Internship position 5:

  • Research project: Chinese Multilateralism
  • Length: 5 to 6 months
  • Category: Curricular
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Database development and literature review about the Chinese multilateralism
  • Candidate profile: Master’s student
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Cátia Miriam Costa

Internship position 6:

  • Length: 6 months
  • Category: Curricular; Other
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Collect bibliography and sources on geopolitics and the history of foreign policy and defence
  • Candidate profile: BA completed or from the 2nd year onwards (minimum average grade of 14 for the years already completed)
  • Coordinator/Principal Investigator: Bruno Cardoso Reis

Internship position 7:

  • Research Project: MEMORALU – Memórias da Resistência: A luta armada contra a ditadura em Portugal
  • Length: 6 months
  • Category: Curricular
  • Area or tasks to be developed: Archival research, support in organising the project’s events and other research dissemination activities.
  • Candidate profile: Master’s student. Organised, meticulous person with an interest in working with historical sources and biographical narratives. Ability to support research processes, from documentary research to scientific dissemination, contributing to the preservation and critical analysis of Portuguese historical memory. Fluency in Portuguese.
  • Principal Investigator: Raquel Beleza da Silva