Open Position, Assistant Professor, Cultural Heritage, School Social Sciences, University of Év[...] Lisboa

Organisation/Company UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA Department Divisão de Recursos Humanos Research Field Other Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Ph
D Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 21 Nov 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 10 Oct 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

University of Évora

It is hereby made public that for 30 working days counted from the first working day following the publication of this Edital in Diário da República, an international position is open for the recruitment of one Assistant Professor, in the disciplinary area of Cultural Heritage, with a curriculum vitae relevant to the fields of Technical and Industrial History and Heritage; Industrial Archaeology; History and Empresarial and Artisanal Heritage; Territoires and Historic and Industrial Landscapes, at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Évora, following the rulings of articles 37. º to 51º, 61º and 62º-A of the Estatuto da Carreira Docente Universitária (ECDU), republished as attachment to the Decreto-Lei n. º 205/2009, of August 31, altered by the Lei nº 8/2010, of May 13, and further applicable laws and regulations, particularly the Regulamento dos Concursos para Recrutamento de Professores das Carreiras Docentes na Universidade de Évora, henceforth called Regulamento, approved by Rectoral Order of 25/07/2024 and published in the Diário da República by Order no. 9696/2024 (2nd series) of 21 August, abbreviated to Regulation.

The joint order nº 373/2000, of 31th March, made compulsory the inclusion of the following reference in all civil service recruitment procedure notices:

“As established in item h) of article 9. º of the Portuguese Constitution, Public Administration, Public Administration, when acting as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunity between men and women in access to employment and in professional progression, scrupulously endeavouring to avoid any form of discrimination”.

In accordance with articles 37º to 51º of the ECDU and other applicable legislation and with article 8º of the Regulamento, the following provisions will apply:

I - Authorization order - the present open position was authorized by order of Management Council of the University of Évora in September 3th 2025.

II - Place of work: School of Social Sciences of the University of Évora.

III - Admission requirements:

III. 1. Chapter IV of the Regulamento is applied in regard to verification and compliance of the requirements of admission and exclusion of the candidates.

III. 2. Under the terms of article 41º-A of the ECDU, only those who hold in doctoral degree in History, on the application deadline, as well as proficiency in spoken and written Portuguese, French, and English, may be admitted to this competition.

III. 3. The holders of a doctoral degree obtained abroad must have equivalence/recognition/registration of that degree to an identical degree granted by a Portuguese University, according to nº 2 e) of the article 4 of Decreto-Lei nº 60/2018, of August 3rd. The equivalence/recognition/registration of that degree in Portugal is effected after the end of the tender under the terms defined in Decreto-Lei nº 66/2018, of August 16th. That equivalence/recognition/registration is a necessary step for contracting.

III. 4. Foreign candidates, except those of an official Portuguese expression, are required to provide an officially recognized statement, demonstrating that they master Portuguese language, in both written and spoken forms.

IV — Admission requirements in absolute merit:

IV. 1. Article 12º of the Regulamento is applied with regard to admission in absolute merit of candidates.

IV. 2. The jury will deliberate on their approval or rejection in absolute merit, through justified nominal voting, where abstentions are not allowed, considering approved in absolute merit the nominee who receives the affirmative vote of more than half of the voting jury members.

IV. 3. The approval in absolute merit is considered on the overall curriculum, that the jury justifiably considers to have scientific merit, demonstrate research capacity in area nº 225 of the CNAEF, with particular focus on the fields of Technical and Industrial History and Heritage; Industrial Archaeology; History and Empresarial and Artisanal Heritage; Territoires and Historic and Industrial Landscapes, as well as exhibiting value of the pedagogical activity already developed, compatible with the disciplinary area to which the competition is concerned, and its adequacy to the professional category in which the international position is open. In addition, the candidate must submit at least 3 (three) scientific articles, published or definitively accepted for publication in the fields listed above in this point (IV. 3) in indexed scientific journals.

V - Valuation parameters and ranking in relative merit, respective weighting and final valuation system:

V. 1. The method of selection is curricular evaluation. This curricular evaluation, takes into account the general functions committed to the teachers by article 4 and according to nº 6 of article 50 of the ECDU, is based on the following items:

a) Research;

b) Teaching;

c) Knowledge transfer;

d) Activities of academic management;

e) Scientific and pedagogical project.

V. 2. In the application of the criteria defined in number V. 1. , the following parameters and weights will be used:

a)Research, with weight of 40%, which comprises:

a1) Scientific, cultural, artistic or technological productions and its relevance in the open position, especially in the domains of Technical and Industrial History and Heritage; Industrial Archaeology; History and Empresarial and Artisanal Heritage; Territoires and Historic and Industrial Landscapes;

a2) Other scientific, cultural, artistic or technological activities;

a3) Research and teaching experience in the areas of the open position, especially in the domains of Technical and Industrial History and Heritage; Industrial Archaeology; History and Empresarial and Artisanal Heritage; Territoires and Historic and Industrial Landscapes

b) Teaching, with weight of 25%, which comprises:

b1) Teaching experience, in the open position;

b2) Student supervision, in the open position;

b3) Publication of textbooks with ISBN and of other pedagogical texts, in the open position;

b4) Pedagogical innovation;

c) Knowledge transfer, with weight of 10%, which comprises:

c1) Intellectual and industrial property;

c2) Specialized rendering of services contracts;

c3) Training activities;

c4) Non-academic experience relevant to the disciplinary area of the open position.

d) Activities of academic management, with weight of 5%;

e) Scientific and pedagogical project, with a weight of 20%, to the disciplinary area of Cultural Heritage in the domains of Technical and Industrial History and Heritage; Industrial Archaeology; History and Empresarial and Artisanal Heritage; Territoires and Historic and Industrial Landscapes. Scientific and pedagogical project, and which should consist of a substantiated exposition (with a maximum of 5 thousand words) of the candidate's vision for a time horizon of 3 years on the research activity that he or she intends to carry out in the area of Sociology, his or her framework in research units at the University of Évora, as well as its articulation with teaching activities at the University of Évora.

V. 3. The jury proceeds with the evaluation of the candidates approved in absolute merit, following the procedure laid down in article 22º of the Regulamento.

VI - The ranking of the candidates will be the result of the weight average of quantitative scores obtained in each of the evaluation parameters, within a range of 0 to 100 points.

VII – Public hearings:

VII. 1. The jury will deliberate at the first meeting on the need to hold public hearings of all candidates approved in absolute merit and are intended, in an exclusive way, to clarify what appears in the curriculum vitae submitted by the candidates, under the terms of b), nº 4 of article 50º of ECDU, with all candidates being informed, at least five working days in advance, of the date and place where such hearings will take place.

VII. 2. Public hearings referred to in the previous paragraph may be held by videoconference, but the jury must to ensure that these are carried out on equal terms for all candidates.

VII. 3. According to paragraph a), nº 4 of article 50º of ECDU the jury may also to request candidates to provide additional documentation related to the submitted curriculum.

VIII- Application submission:

VIII. 1. Applications must be sent within 30 working days from the day immediately following the publication of this Edital in Diário da República.

VIII. 2. The application and the rest of the application documents should preferably be submitted digitally, in PDF format, to the email address drhsc@uevora. pt or in person, during normal office hours (9 a. m. - 12. 30 p. m. and 2 p. m. - 5. 30 p. m. ) at the address below, or sent by registered post until the deadline, to the University of Évora, Divisão de Recursos Humanos, Serviços Administrativos, Largo da Srª da Natividade, 7000-810 Évora.

Candidates must expressly state that they consent to communications and notifications within the scope of the competition taking place by email and their address.

IX. In the application form the Requerimento shall be accompanied by the following documents, preferably in digital support:

Certificates showing that the candidate holds the degree and the title required to apply, namely certificate proving ownership of the required degrees and titles and certificate of length of service (if you are linked to the public administration);

b) Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, duly signed and dated, with indication of the articles and other work done and published, with the identification of those publications that she/he considers most representative, for which a brief description of her/his contribution is required as well the developed pedagogical activities (in the curriculum vitae the candidate must respect the organization referred in V. 2 of this Edital);

c) Works selected by the candidate as most representative in her/his curriculum vitae, up to a maximum of five works;

d) Scientific and pedagogical project in the disciplinary area of this call;

e) Other works that the candidate considers relevant to the Jury appreciation;

f) Other diplomas or certificates of studies referred in the curriculum vitae.

X. Language:

X. 1. The documents supporting the application must be presented in Portuguese.

XI – Jury:

XI. 1. The jury has the following composition:

President: Rector of the University of Évora.

Members:

Doctor Álvaro Francisco Rodrigues Garrido, Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra;

Doctor Ana Paula Soares Pires, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University of the Azores;

Doctor João Paulo Cabral de Almeida Avelãs Nunes, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Coimbra;

Doctor Maria Antónia Marques Fialho Costa Conde, Associate Professor with Tenure at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Évora;

Doctor Maria Fernanda Rollo, Full Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the University Nova de Lisboa;

Doctor Paulo Alexandre Rodrigues Simões Rodrigues, Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences of the University of Évora.

XI. 2. The Rector may delegate the presidency of the jury according to nº 2, article 6º of the Regulamento.

October, 3th 2025 - Ana Cristina Centeno, Administrator of the University of Évora.

Where to apply

E-mail drhsc@uevora. pt

Requirements

Research Field Other Education Level Ph
D or equivalent

Internal Application form(s) needed