Graduate Research Fellowship

3-month graduate research fellowship for one (1) PhD student, eventually renewable.

The candidate must develop the following work plan within the scope of the CHAM exploratory project “IMCS – Imagination and Memory at the Intersection of Culture and Science”, by the responsible researcher (IR) Doctor Fabio Tononi:

a) Collecting bibliographic data;

b) Contribute to the preparation of a scientific essay on a topic to be defined jointly with the PI;

c) Support the PI in organizing activities linked to the project;

d) Develop research activities integrated into the objectives of the IMCS project.

Applications should be sent by email to cham@fcsh.unl.pt, with the heading “Concurso BI_IMCS,” with the following documents:

1. CV;
2. MA Diploma; 
3. A writing sample (maximum 8000 words), published or unpublished (article);
4. Statement of purpose (1 page max);
5. Declaration of honor, stating that the candidate will not exceed the period of one year (consecutively or not) on this type of grant, and that they have never received funding from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) before, directly or indirectly;
6. For students who received their degrees abroad (i.e., not in a Portuguese higher education institution): candidates must have a degree conversion made by the Portuguese state, as mandated by Portuguese law; candidates that have not yet obtained this degree conversion previous to the application must submit a declaration of honor in which they promise to obtain the degree conversion before signing the fellowship contract.

Researcher Profiles: PhD Students.

The successful candidate:

1. Must attend a PhD course in the field of aesthetics and philosophy;
2. Must have developed research on nearby areas of the CHAM exploratory project “IMCS – Imagination and Memory at the Intersection of Culture and Science” (https://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/projectos-detalhe.php?p=3289), particularly regarding the dialogue between the humanities and neurosciences;

Demonstrate interest in developing research on topics such as: Aesthetic experience; Aesthetic responses to images and/or works of art; Empathy from a philosophical, psychological or neuroscientific perspective; Emotions from a philosophical, psychological or neuroscientific perspective; Imagination and mental images from a philosophical, psychological or neuroscientific perspective; Memory from a philosophical, psychological or neuroscientific perspective; The notion of sublime; The biology of symbols; The power of images.

Research fields: Aesthetics and/or Philosophy of Perception.

The position is offered by the CHAM exploratory project: IMCS – Imagination and Memory at the Intersection of Culture and Science (more info on the project here: https://cham.fcsh.unl.pt/en/projects-detail.php?p=3291).

Applications should be sent by email to cham@fcsh.unl.pt, with the heading “Concurso BI_IMCS” and with the documents mentioned in the Offer Description section.