One (1) Research Grant for Post-Doctoral Fellow

Workplan: The selected candidate will develop his work within the framework of a working group on "Art and Technology" of the Laboratory of Cinema and Philosophy, IFILNOVA. The research work will focus on the relationship between artistic practices and the development of new technologies, with the main purpose of analyzing, evaluating and critically discussing the way in which the alliance between art and technology poses new challenges and offers new ways of responding to contemporary issues related to social, political and economic paradigms.

The research program will include the organization of an international conference on the subject and a cycle of films or an event that brings together different artistic practices on the topic. The central idea is to address and explore the potential, the challenges, the consequences, and the aesthetic, social, political and economic implications of the relationship between art and technology in contemporary times.

Within this framework, the research program will:

1) Try to understand how the relationship between art and technology raises profound philosophical challenges and questions;

2) Approach and philosophically analyze concrete practices, discussing more general issues and those related to specific social and cultural contexts. 

Accordingly, the grant holder is expected to participate in the organization of an international conference and in the programming of a film cycle or event that gathers different artistic practices. Work towards at least one publication on the topic of Art and Technology, possibly co-authored with other members of IFILNOVA, is expected. The grant holder is also expected to actively participate in the meetings of the research program, as well as in project meetings and other events of IFILNOVA (such as the regular “CineLab Permanent Seminar”).

Duration: The grant is awarded for 12 months, with no possibility of extension (funding is secured within the project and complying with article 7º, n.º 3 d) from FCT regulations referred in n.º 4 of this call). The grant is expected to start 1 April 2023.

It is mandatory to submit applications with the following documents:

a)    PhD Certificate;

b)    Curriculum Vitae;

c)    Statement of interest of 1 page;

d)    2 exemplary publications

e)    Declaration that, with the signing of the scholarship contract in question, the maximum period of 3 years in this type of grant will not be exceed and that the candidate has not already been a recipient of a post-doctoral grant at NOVA FCSH;

In the case of PhDs obtained in foreign higher education institutions, it is necessary to present the recognition of the degrees obtained, in accordance with DL Nº 66/2018, of August 16th; or, in the absence of recognition at the time of application, a sworn statement that this recognition will be made before the contracting of the grant in case the candidate is selected.

Research fields: Philosophy, Aesthetics, Film and Philosophy

Applications and supporting documents for the application provided for in this Call for Proposals must be submitted by email to ifilnova@fcsh.unl.pt with the subject IFILNOVA/2023/002/BPD

The work will be carried out at the NOVA Institute of Philosophy (IFILNOVA) at the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of the NOVA University of Lisbon, under the scientific supervision of Patrícia Castello Branco.