Master student research fellowship: PolObs_PORTO_05

CECS-Communication and Society Research Centre

Organisation/Company CECS-Communication and Society Research Centre Department Communication Sciences (University of Minho, Portugal) Research Field Communication sciences Cultural studies Sociology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 12 Dec 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information fellowship Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number Pol
Obs_PORTO_05 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 master student research fellowship, reference no Pol
Obs_PORTO_05, in the area of Sociology, Cultural Studies and/or Communication Sciences, under the
Research Fellowship Statute (EBI); the ruling FCT Regulation for Fellowships (RBI), and the University of Minho Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships (RBIC).

Funding

The Fellowship will be funded by the Área Metropolitana do Porto, under the scope of the “Mapeamento do Setor Cultural Metropolitano” Project.

The master student research fellowships are intended for enrolled candidates or those who may demonstrate the necessary conditions to be admitted to a Master's Program.

Requirements for granting the fellowship

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enrol in a degree course or a
  - academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or
  - academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (start and term).

Host institution and scientific orientation: The research activities will be carried out in the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, under the scientific supervision of Professor Doctor José Gabriel Andrade and Manuel Gama, which may also involve travelling to other locations necessary for the performance of the work (e. g. , event venues, fieldwork).

Goals and work plan

The fellowship holder will carry out activities in support to the organization and
- scientific development of the project, namely:

• Collection and analysis of documents;
• Monitoring of the process of applying questionnaires to the general population and to school and academic communities in the region;
• Technical monitoring of focus groups organized within the scope of the project;
• Preparation and technical monitoring of interviews conducted within the scope of the project;
• Preparation and technical monitoring of working meetings;
• Transcription of focus groups and interviews conducted within the scope of the project;
• Review of reports produced within the scope of the study;
• Publication of scientific articles;
• Other tasks inherent to the development of the project.

Deadline and form of submission

The call for applications is open for 10 working days from the date of the publication of this notice on Euraxess.

Applications and application support documents requested in this call (‘Application Admissibility Requirements’