Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates - Advertising, Corporate Communications, Place Branding, Tourism

• Are you thinking about spending one or two years as a postdoc in a very active and international research environment?
• Are you a highly motivated and enthusiastic researcher looking for a competitive project?

Prof. José Fernández-Cavia, established at the Department of Communication of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), is looking for candidates interested in submitting a proposal for the MSCA-PF is some of these domains: Advertising, Corporate Communications, Place Branding, (Wine) Tourism, Sustainable Development Goals; Corporate Communications.

The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme (MSCA-PF) is a prestigious European funding programme that supports mobility, career development, and training within and beyond Europe. The scheme offers highly competitive salary and research costs. 

About us

José Fernández-Cavia, PhD, is Associate Professor in Advertising and Public Relations, at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain). He’s author of more than ten books and fifty journal articles on communication issues. He’s also a founding member and current Head of the research group “Communication, Advertising and Society” (CAS) and Academic Director of the Master of Arts in Communication Management (Barcelona School of Management-UPF). His research expertise includes areas such as advertising, corporate communications, tourism communication and place branding. He has been principal investigator in three research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. And is a member of the Asociación Española de Investigadores en Comunicación and the International Place Branding Association.

Eligibility criteria

MSCA-PF are for Postdoctoral Researchers of up to 8 years after the PhD. Applicants from any country may apply, but must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the submission deadline to the European Commission (11/09/2024). 

Selection process

Applicants should check that they fulfil all the eligibility criteria and then send an expression of interest consisting of a CV, a summary presentation of the research proposal (c. 2 pages) and the contact information of at least two referees.

Expressions of interest must be submitted by email by April 30^th. The title of the e-mail must be "MSCA application – Prof. Fernández Cavia – your name and surname"

Proposals will be preselected on the basis of internal evaluation.

Support program

In addition to receiving multiple feedback from your supervisor, if chosen to submit the proposal to the European Commission, you will also receive advice from a dedicated research advisor at UPF's Research Service, who will provide you feedback three times (mid June, mid July, end August). Additionally, you will be invited to join an internal Info session where you will get to know the do's and don'ts of these fellowships.