Assistant Researcher

Public notice Ref.ª CDL-CTTRI-249-SGRH/2022 — Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Full Professor and Rector of the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that, for a period of thirty (30) business days from the business day immediately after that in which the notice corresponding to this notice is published in Diário da República, an international public notice is opened for recruitment in the form of a Uncertain Term Work Contract, under the Portuguese Labour Code, a position for a Doctorate equivalent to Assistant Researcher for the exercise of activities of scientific research in the scientific area of Psychology, subarea of Basic Psychology. This subarea includes research work on elementary psychological processes studied experimentally (especially in the laboratory) and with the aim of describing and explaining animal and human behavior.

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The monthly payment corresponds to 3230,21€.

5 — Evaluation and selection: 5.1 — The selection methods are curricular evaluation and a public presentation. 5.2 — The evaluation of the scientific and curricular course focuses on the relevance, quality and timeliness: a) Of scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production in the last five years, deemed most relevant by the candidate; CDL-CTTRI-249-SGRH/2022 Page 4 b) Of knowledge extension and dissemination activities developed in the last five years, namely under the scope of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, deemed most relevant by the candidate; c) Of the activities of management of science, technology and innovation programmes, or the experience in observing and monitoring the scientific and technological, or higher education system, in Portugal or abroad. 5.3 - In the assessment of the aspects referred to in points 5.2 (a) and (b), the experimental activity based on behavioral and cognitive measures developed in the fields of developmental psychology, social psychology, social cognition, psychology of perception or psychology of language will be specially weighted, applying a weighting factor of 2. 5.4— The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel, if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially protected grounds like parental leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work

6 — Curricular Evaluation. This component of the evaluation is expressed on a numerical scale from 0 to 20 taking into account the following criteria: 6.1 — Curricular evaluation criteria are: 6.1.1 - Criteria for the evaluation of the Scientific Performance of the last five years considered more relevant by the candidate (16 points); - Scientific Production. Quality and quantity of scientific production in the area that the Competition is open (books, book chapters, articles in scientific journals, papers presented in conferences) expressed by the number and type of publications, and the recognition given by the scientific community (the quality of the location where it has been published and the references made by other authors); - Coordination and participation in scientific projects. The quality and quantity of scientific projects in which the applicant has led or in which has participated within the subject area of the Competition, whether financed through public funds of national or international agencies or by enterprises. The assessment of the quality must take into account the funding obtained, the degree of difficulty of the funding competition, the expert assessment of the projects carried out. - Intervention in the scientific community and constitution of scientific communities. Assessing the capacity to intervene in the scientific community, particularly by organizing events, being (co-)editor of journals, participation in the assessment of projects and articles, being invited to give speeches, participation in academic juries, as well as being recognised through awards or other distinctions and respective impact. It will also evaluate the orientation of students in doctoral and post-doctoral work. 6.1.2 - Criteria for evaluating extension and knowledge dissemination activities developed over the past five years, in particular in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered to be of greatest impact by the candidate (2 points); Publications to disseminate science and technology. Presentation of lectures and seminars for the general public

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Psychological sciences: PhD or equivalent

1 — Admission requirements: Any national, foreign and stateless candidate(s) who hold a doctorate degree in Psychology (or related scientific area) and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited for the activity to be performed, can submit their applications. Candidate(s) of the contest holding qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctor degree, in accordance with the applicable legislation. This formality must be fulfilled up to the date of signing of the contract.