CIPES hereby announces that, for a period of 15 business days starting on the first business day immediately after the publication of the present notice, an international public notice is opened for the recruitment of a Doctorate in the form of an Uncertain Term Work Contract under the Portuguese Labour Code.
This doctoral vacancy is opened in the context of the Center for Research in Higher Education Policies´ Strategic Project.
The project is funded by the FCT ? Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology). It is a full-time position (100%) and the selected candidate will be responsible for conducting research in the fields of Higher Education Studies.
The position is initially scheduled for one year (with the possibility of extending the contract on the basis of a satisfactory level of performance).
The contest is governed by the provisions of Decree-Law 57/2016, August 29, that approves the rules for post-doctoral work contracts, designed to stimulate employment in science and technology in all areas of knowledge (RJEC) within the legal provisions of the Labor Code, Law nr.7/2009, February 12, in its current wording and other applicable legislation and regulations. The gross monthly payment corresponds to 2.134,73?.
Fields of Study: Higher Education Studies
Brief Summary of the Project:
Recent decades have seen a massive expansion in the access to higher education (HE). One of the major developments in dealing with mass HE has been a tendency to de-regulate higher education systems (HES), allowing them to follow the interplay of the supply and demand forces. However, it has been argued that de-regulation and competition could lead to significant stratification and inequalities in HE. There are several dimensions through which HE can reproduce or amplify inequalities.
In this project we aim to study several dimensions of the dynamics of inequality in mass HE by focusing on the Portuguese system. A crucial aspect to study is the impact of the access system and the way this is replicating and amplifying different types of inequalities. Thus, we aim to analyse the access system in Portugal and to what extent it is performing well its function, namely: i) First, to analyse the matches and mismatches between students? preferences and existing capacity in the system and how this has evolved over time. We are interested in analyzing at various levels (system, institution, and field of studies) to what extent supply and demand of HE is well balanced or if there are relevant disequilibria. ii) Second, to analyse the matches and mismatches between secondary education and HE. Namely, we are interested in studying the way this cycle prepares students for HE (as measured by secondary education grades and final examinations) and the academic performance of students after they enter in HE. Another important dimension of inequality in the Portuguese HES has to do with the opportunities it creates according to gender, especially in prestigious and well-paid occupations. Thus, we will focus on the analysis of women?s access to STEM degrees and their recognition in the Portuguese labor market, namely we want to understand: iii) What makes a HE institution an invigorating environment that motivates students, in particular females, to complete their STEM degree on time? iv) How does the labor market valuation of a STEM degree evolve, as women take up a rising share of its workforce? A third and final dimension of inequality to be analyzed in Portuguese HE refers to the number of years of study and the growing divide between those with a first-degree and those with postgraduate education. This has been particularly accelerated with the Bologna reforms that were implemented in many European HES such as the Portuguese one. We aim to analyse mobility between the first and second cycles of studies, namely the following questions will be addressed: v) Who are the students moving to a master program immediately after graduating? vi) Where do they go? Are they adjusting the pathways they choose as undergraduates by moving to different fields of study? Do they stay in the same institution and region? We will use rich longitudinal individual data on HE and the labor market. The data allow us to follow individuals from the moment they apply to secondary education, through their performance in HE, and their subsequent trajectory as graduates from the different HE fields in postgraduate education or in the labor market.
1. Admission Requirements:
2. Work Plan:
The successful candidate will:
3. Applications
Applications should be addressed to the CIPES director, Professor Pedro Teixeira, and sent by e-mail to [email protected] no later than 15 business days starting on the first business day immediately after the publication of the present notice.
The application should include:
The applications can be written in English or Portuguese. Candidates will receive an e-mail confirming the receipt of the application. The failure to comply with the deadline for submission as well as the incorrect formalization of the application, results in the exclusion of the application. If applicable, the exclusion decision will be communicated to candidates by e-mail.
4. Call?s Jury
The call jury has the following composition.
President: Prof. Pedro Nuno Teixeira, Director of CIPES.
Jury Members:
Prof. Carla Sá, CIPES and U. Minho
Prof. Ricardo Biscaia, CIPES and U. Aveiro
Substitute Jury Members:
Prof. Hugo Figueiredo ? CIPES and U. Aveiro
5. Jury Operation Rules
The Jury deliberations are held by roll call voting requiring the absolute majority of votes of the members of the jury present at the meeting, abstentions not being allowed. The jury deliberates the approval on absolute merit, based on the merit of the overall curriculum of candidates with regards to the scientific areas of the call. The exclusion decision in absolute merit is communicated to candidates by e-mail. After the phase of approval in absolute merit, the jury will begin the process of the applications? appraisal, taking into account the criteria set out in this notice.
6. Evaluation, Selection and Ordering of Candidates
The selection of candidates will be made ??by the jury and will focus on curriculum evaluation and the relevance and quality of achievements of the candidate. In the case of the top placed candidates, the curricular assessment will be complemented with an additional in-person interview and public presentation of previous research activities and his/her proposed research plan for the period at CIPES. This interview may be conducted in English. The final evaluation score will reflect both components.
The evaluation of applicants? curricula will be based on the following mandatory criteria and respective weights:
The score obtained in the curricular assessment is expressed in a numeric scale of 0 to 20, considering up to one decimal place. The final result is the weighted mean of the classifications of each of the dimensions mentioned above.
The jury deliberates by vote justified according to the criteria of evaluation, no abstentions are allowed. The classification of each candidate is obtained by averaging the scores of each of the elements of the jury. In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the president of the jury.
Once the Curricular Assessment is completed, all candidates with a minimum classification of 15/20 are approved for an interview process in which they should make a formal presentation to the jury. In this presentation, candidates should:
The interview will have a maximum duration of 30 minutes, with 20 minutes devoted to the presentation and 10 minutes to questions from the jury. Each criterion stated above will be scored using a numeric scale from 0 to 20, considering up to one decimal place. A final score for the interview will be obtained by averaging all scores according to the weights defined above.
Candidates with classification less than 15 in the Curricular Assessment, are excluded from the selection.
The final score of each candidate is obtained through a weighted average, by assigning a weighting factor of 90% to the curricular assessment and of 10% to the interview.
In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the president of the jury.
7. Advertising and notification of results
The final evaluation results will be publicized through an ordered list (by final score obtained) posted in the institution and all candidates will be notified by email.
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