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A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 grant of PostDoctoral Research Fellowship within the scope of the R&D project Demagoguery and Democracy: A Theoretical and Historical Reconstruction (2024.16390.PEX), hosted by the research unit, Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS), School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho, financed by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the following conditions:

Scientific Area:Philosophy, Ethics and Religion / Political Science, and related areas.

Recipient category: The BIPD are intended for doctorates in the area of Philosophy, Ethics and Religion / Political Science, and related areas, who cumulatively meet the following requirements:

• • Holders of a PhD degree obtained in the three years prior to the date of submission of the fellowship application*;
• • Have carried out the research work that led to the attribution of a PhD degree in an entity other than the host unit, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho**;
• • The research activities do not require post-doctoral experience;
• • Do not exceed, with the conclusion of the contract in question, including possible renewals, a cumulative period of three years in this type of fellowship, consecutive or interpolated;
• • Once the BIPD contract has ended, no new scholarship contract can be signed between the same host organization and the same scholarship holder.

Candidates who do not cumulatively meet the requirements described will be excluded.

Other requirements: At least one publication in the field of the call in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. Candidates must demonstrate expertise in contemporary philosophy and political theory, as well as in the history of political ideas. An excellent command of the English language, equivalent to level C1, is required.

Applicants eligibility:Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).

Profile:

The following are eligible to apply for this competition:

• • Nationals or citizens of other member states of the European Union;
• • Citizens of third countries;
• • Stateless persons;
• • Citizens with political refugee status.

Admissibility requirements:

It is essential, under penalty of not being admitted to the competition, to attach the following documents to the application:

• • The candidate’s curriculum vitae;
• • Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline (not applicable to research initiation grants);
• • For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor (not applicable to research initiation grants);
• • Cover letter;
• • Research Project (maximum 2pages);
• • 2 Letters of recommendation.

Workplan and objectives to be achieved: the selected candidate will join a research project dedicated to the study of the relationship between democracy and demagoguery in the history of political thought. The work will focus on analyzing how demagoguery has been conceptualized as a possibility internal to democratic regimes, from Antiquity to modernity, in connection with contemporary normative debates.

The research will address topics such as popular sovereignty and its various forms of articulation, factional conflicts in different political regimes, models of democratic representation and leadership, tensions between the technical authority of the “few” and the opinions of the “many,” as well as conceptions of public discourse, rhetoric, and persuasion. The relationship between institutional arrangements and processes of democratic degeneration associated with demagoguery will also be examined.

The candidate will contribute to the execution of the project’s research plan, assisting the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigators in research activities, as well as in the publication and dissemination of scientific results, in accordance with the objectives of the project.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law nº 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law nº 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, nº 119, through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.- in force.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The work plan will be carried out at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society of the University of Minho, located at the School of Arts and Humanities, Gualtar Campus, Braga, under the scientific supervision of Dr Giuseppe Ballacci (Assistant Researcher).

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 12 months, with a provisional starting date on the March 2026.

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1 851,00 euros, per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie,nº 119,through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23st of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.

Other components of the research grant: (define the other components of the research grants, in accordance with the nº 5 of the article 18º of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, nº 950/2019 of 16-12-2019 or article 21º of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), accordingly with the regulations applicable).

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) and personal accident insurance.

Exclusivity regime: The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

Selection panel:

President:

Giuseppe Ballacci, Assistant Researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho.

Effective Members:

Daniele Santoro, Assistant Researcher and Director of the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho.

Pedro Miguel Tereso Magalhães, Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, School of Economics and Management, University of Minho.

Substitute Members:

João Manuel Cardoso Rosas, Full Professor at the Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho.

Nicola Piras, Junior Doctoral Researcher at the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Minho.

The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.

Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 1 to 5 values (or another scale):

Applicant Merit - AM (100%): a+b+c

1. 1. Training;
2. 2. Academic and professional curriculum vitae(reflecting your scientificand professional career);
3. 3. Motivation letter.

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the informationcontained in the declaration andthe documentationsubmitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Disclosure of results:The evaluation results project, based in the selection panel minutes, will be send to mthe applicants by email, in accordance with article 12 of the FCT's RBI (FCT funding) | article 13 of UMinho's RBIC (other funding subject to UMinho regulations).

If case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL nº 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visibleand public placeof thehost unit,as wellas by emailto all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, addressed to the Pro- Rector with delegated competences in this area.

Constitution of a selection reserve list: Candidates ranked in the subsequent positions on the final ranking list shall be included in a reserve list, which may be used until 30/05/2026.

Application deadline and submission: The call is open for a period of 30 working days, counted from the date of publication of the announcement on the Euraxess portal.

Applications must be formally submitted by email and must include a letter of application accompanied by the following documents: curriculum vitae; certificate of academic qualifications or a declaration by the candidate (if applicable); motivation letter (maximum 1 page); research project (maximum 2 pages); two letters of recommendation; and any other documents considered relevantfor the assessment of the candidate’s scientific and professional background.

Applications must be sent by email to margarete@elach.uminho.pt, indicating the reference of the call in the subject line (CEPS-BIPD-01-2026). Applications submitted by other means will not be considered.

Fellowship contractualization: The fellowship will be attributed by signing a fellowship contract between the University of Minho and the fellow, accordingly with the contract minute (annex IV of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of theUniversity of Minho (RBIC), publishedin Diárioda República,2nd Série,nº 119, through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, as indicated in 2.4 of the FCT document: “Rules for Granting and Management of Grants within the scope of R&D projects, including infrastructure projects, the multi-annual financing program for R&D units and other FCT financing instruments (Version 2021)”.

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months.

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only began after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations (FCT and UMinho) and in theStatute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The finalreport must be prepared inaccordance with Annex I of the ScientificResearch Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, nº 119, through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.