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Organisation/Company: Universidade de Coimbra
Department: SGRH - DRGC
Research Field: Other
Researcher Profile: Established Researcher (R3)
Positions: PhD Positions
Application Deadline: 30 Sep 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Country: Portugal
Type of Contract: Permanent
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 35
Offer Starting Date: 20 Aug 2026
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Horizon Europe
Reference Number: [contact details available in the full listing]
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No
Offer Description
PUBLIC NOTICE I publicly announce that, by my order issued at the date of signature of this notice, an international selection tender is hereby open for a period of 30 (thirty) working days, starting on the working day following the publication of this Notice in the Diário da República (Official Gazette of the Portuguese Republic). The aforementioned tender consists of 1 (one) position in the Scientific Research Career, in the category of Principal Researcher, under a public service employment…
contract of indefinite duration, in the scientific area of Artistic Studies, scientific subarea(s) of Music Studies - Music Theory and Analysis, at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the 20th Century (CEIS20) of Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra, in accordance with the Statute of the Scientific Research Career, approved by Law no. 55/2025 of 28 April, hereinafter referred to as ECIC, the Regulation for the Recruitment, Hiring and Provision of Services of Scientific Research Staff of the University of Coimbra, Regulation no. 685/2026, published in the Diário da República, 2nd Series, no. 105, of 1 June, hereinafter referred to as RRCPSPICUC, and other applicable legislation.
This international selection tender is being launched as part of the Era Chair — MusicAnalytica: Interdisciplining Music Studies through the Reconfiguration of Theoretical and Analytical Knowledge project, funded by the European Union — Horizon Europe, programme HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, topic HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01-01: ERA, Grant Agreement ref. 101187606.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
I – Reference number, place of work and remuneration:
I.1. Tender reference: IT074-26-7
I.2. Place of work: University of Coimbra, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
I.3. Remuneration: 4.035,10€, corresponding to the level and index provided for in the table in Annex 3 of Decree-Law no. 408/89 of 18 November, in its current wording, without prejudice to legally imposed restrictions.
II – Duties to be performed:
The duties to be performed correspond to those set out in Article 4(1), Article 6 and Article 8 of the ECIC and Article 7 of the RRCPSPICUC.
Pursuant to Article 8 of the ECIC and Article 5(1)(e) of the RRCPSPICUC, selected candidates may be assigned teaching duties of up to a maximum of four hours per week, on an annual average, which may include responsibility for course units across different study cycles and postgraduate training courses in their area of specialisation.
III – Admission requirements:
III.1. To be, on the closing date for the submission of applications, 18 years of age or older; not to be inhibited from the exercise of public functions or prohibited from performing the public functions they are proposing to carry out; to have the physical robustness and psychological profile required to perform their duties; and to have fulfilled the mandatory vaccination requirements.
III.2. To hold, on the closing date for the submission of applications, a PhD degree obtained more than five years previously in the scientific area for which the tender is open, or in a scientific area(s) considered by the jury to be related to the area(s) for which the tender is open, or in a different area(s), provided the candidate holds a scientific curriculum considered by the jury to be relevant in the area(s) for which the tender is open or in the area(s) the jury considers to be related to those for which the tender was opened.
IV – Application process:
IV.1. Application procedure: candidates must access and register on the electronic platform apply.uc.pt to submit their application, selecting the procedure they wish to apply for.
The application must be submitted exclusively in digital format, in portable document format (PDF), with the exception of the documents mentioned in points IV.2.4. and IV.2.6., which may be submitted in other digital formats.
The application is completed by filling in the available sections in the electronic platform Apply UC, under "My application".
When formally completing the application, should the Research Project or any of the works submitted be subject to commercial or industrial confidentiality, or to secrecy regarding literary, artistic or scientific property, candidates must expressly state such reservations, under penalty of the documents in question being freely accessed by any of the other candidates during the consultation process.
Candidates may indicate in their CV any periods of suspension of professional activity for socially protected reasons, namely parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other legally protected situations of unavailability for work, always attaching supporting documentation; the jury must ensure that its assessment is not influenced by such career breaks.
IV.2. Documents to be submitted:
IV.2.1. Curriculum Vitae, organised as follows:
The Curriculum Vitae must contain a preamble setting out, where applicable, the full history of all contractual relations of the candidate and the respective periods, identifying the category held, the nature of the contract and the scientific area, and clearly specifying the employment contract held and the institution where the candidate is working at the date of application. It must also include a reasoned synopsis demonstrating that the candidate holds a specialisation appropriate to the scientific area and subarea for which the tender is open.
The candidate must also organise their Curriculum Vitae so as to respond separately to each of the criteria set out in point V.
IV.2.2. Copy of qualification certificates.
Candidates selected for the position(s) to be filled who hold a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present proof of recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree at the time of signing the contract, under the terms of Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16 August, under penalty of exclusion. Where recognition is requested from the University of Coimbra, the UC shall bear the cost of recognition or registration for candidates who are subsequently contracted, and such candidates shall be exempt from payment of the fee until the final ranking. Further information is available at: https://www.uc.pt/academicos/graus/reconhecimentos.
Candidates currently employed under a public service employment contract at the University of Coimbra are exempt from submitting these documents, provided they are held in their individual file, and must request the respective exemption.
IV.2.3. A separate copy of the 5 to 8 papers that the candidate considers best represent their most significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the scientific area and subarea for which the tender is open; the reasons for their selection must be set out in a separate document. Where publications are identified, full bibliographic references must be provided.
IV.2.4. Copy of all works/papers mentioned in the Curriculum Vitae.
IV.2.5. A scientific project for the next 5 years, limited to 5 pages, concerning the lines of research in the scientific area and subarea for which the tender is open and on which the candidate intends to focus their research at UC, in accordance with the following requirements: presentation of the main issues to which the candidate intends to dedicate their future research, contextualising them in the current state of the art in these areas; a structured and concise description of the research strategies the candidate proposes to adopt in order to develop their research and solve or contribute to solving the problems they propose to address; and an explanation of the reasons and motivations for their choices.
IV.2.6. Any other elements the candidate may deem relevant.
IV.3. All application documents listed in point IV.2. must be submitted in English, with the exception of those listed in IV.2.4. and IV.2.6., which may be submitted in another language where no English version exists. Whenever the originals of the documents referred to in IV.2.2. and IV.2.3. are produced in a different language, a translation into English must be provided. Diplomas written in Latin are exempt from this requirement.
IV.4. Applications must include all documentation required for the application of the selection methods, failing which they will not be admitted. Applications that do not meet the formal admission requirements under the applicable legislation and this Notice will not be admitted.
Where compliance with the language requirements set out in points IV.2. and IV.3. of this Notice is not possible, this must be duly justified in a separate document submitted by the candidates under the terms of point IV.1.
If not a native speaker of Portuguese or English, the candidate must hold language proficiency at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) in at least one of the two languages.
V – Selection methods and evaluation criteria:
V.1. Selection methods: CV Assessment (50%) + Public Hearing (50%) + Approval on Absolute Merit (qualification criterion), with the assessment being awarded, in the CV Assessment and Public Hearing, on a scale of 0 to 100 points.
V.1.1. Should the jury exceptionally decide, in its first meeting, not to apply the Public Hearing selection method, the CV Assessment shall carry a weighting of 100%, followed by Approval on Absolute Merit (qualification criterion).
V.2. Selection criteria, common to the CV Assessment and the Public Hearing: scientific performance and pedagogical skills of the candidates, as well as other activities deemed relevant to the mission of a global university, in accordance with the parameters set out below.
V.2.1. Scientific performance of the candidate in the scientific subarea for which the tender is open, with an assessment of up to 85 points, considering the following evaluation parameters:
V.2.1.1. Scientific and professional background – 10 points: the candidate's research experience in the scientific subarea for which the tender is open.
V.2.1.2. Quality and relevance of scientific output – 35 points: the quality of the research carried out by the candidate will be taken into account; the impact of the published research, as well as the geographical and disciplinary scope of that impact; the recognition of the research by the international scientific community, taking particular account of awards granted by scientific societies, invitations from universities to present research, plenary lectures (keynote lectures) or other prestigious conferences, as well as other distinctions of a similar nature.
V.2.1.3. Contributions to science, the scientific community and engagement with both the university community and the wider society – 25 points: consideration will be given to experience of scientific collaboration on research projects, including the coordination of and/or participation in research teams. Proven experience in securing competitive funding for the development of individual and collaborative research activities. Experience in organising scientific events (conferences, workshops, symposia or similar initiatives) and/or editing scientific publications (journals, edited volumes) in the scientific sub-area for which the competition is open, as well as knowledge transfer. Active participation in scientific societies, notably through holding leadership positions, serving on governing bodies or participating in and coordinating committees.
V.2.1.4. Future scientific perspectives – 15 points: the candidates' ability to produce highly relevant scientific work at the University of Coimbra in the future will be assessed, taking into account, in particular, the potential for internationalisation of the research project submitted. Consideration will be given to the originality, scientific relevance, scope and relevance of the proposal to the scientific sub-area for which the call for applications is open, as well as evidence that the candidate possesses the necessary technical and conceptual skills, the ability to work collaboratively, a vision for interdisciplinary leadership and the capacity to carry out the proposal within the established timeframe.
V.2.2. Pedagogical skills of the candidates, with an assessment of up to 15 points, considering the following evaluation parameters:
V.2.2.1. Supervision and mentoring activities – 10 points: where applicable, the candidate’s previous teaching experience will be assessed, taking into account the academic supervision of work placements and undergraduate projects, as well as master’s dissertations and doctoral theses within their respective areas of specialisation, as well as the modules that candidates have coordinated and taught, taking into account diversity, teaching practice and the student body.
V.2.2.2. Pedagogical materials produced – 5 points: the quality and quantity of the teaching materials produced by the candidate will be assessed, namely pedagogical publications, computer applications and experimental prototypes of a pedagogical nature that the candidate has produced or helped to produce, with due consideration given to their relevance and impact on the university community.
V.2.3. The development by candidates of other activities relevant to the mission of a global university may, where justified, strengthen the assessment of the parameters set out in points V.2.1. and V.2.2., when of a scale that influences the candidates' performance in those areas and the results of such activities are of a quality that warrants such reinforcement.
V.3. Each member of the jury shall assign, in each of the selection methods — CV Assessment and Public Hearing — to each admitted candidate who meets the minimum requirements of absolute merit, a score in accordance with what is defined in V.2., both for the scientific performance and pedagogical skills evaluation parameters.
The partial classification for each of the selection criteria (scientific performance and pedagogical skills) results from the sum of the scores awarded under each of the parameters indicated in V.2.
In both the CV Assessment and the Public Hearing, the overall classification corresponds to the sum of the partial classifications awarded under each of the selection criteria.
The final classification is the weighted average of the overall classification awarded by each member of the jury in each of the selection methods (CV Assessment and Public Hearing).
Candidates are then subject to Approval on Absolute Merit and subsequent ranking under the terms of point VIII of this Notice. Where the Public Hearing does not take place, the final classification shall be that awarded in the CV Assessment, after which candidates shall be subject to Approval on Absolute Merit and subsequent ranking under the terms of point VIII of this Notice.
V.4. All candidates meeting the admission requirements and the minimum requirements of absolute merit shall be subject to the CV Assessment, conducted in accordance with the criteria defined in V.2. However, pursuant to Article 12(6) of the ECIC, only the 5 (five) best-ranked candidates in the CV Assessment shall be admitted to the Public Hearing, if applicable.
V.5. Candidates shall be approved on Absolute Merit if they fulfil, on a qualitative basis, the selection criteria and evaluation parameters set out in point V.2., as well as those who can contribute to the UC's activities at a global level, and those who meet the following minimum requirements:
- i. Be the author or co-author of at least four books or book chapters or articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals in the field of Music Theory and Analysis, including research on musical time and temporality;
- ii. Have experience of supervising at least one research project involving undergraduate or postgraduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers.
A candidate is considered to be able to contribute to the UC's activities at a global level when they have produced and published results that rank among the top 5% most important contributions worldwide to the advancement of knowledge, in the year of publication, in the scientific area(s) for which the tender is open, and robustly indicate that they will maintain that level, or demonstrate strong potential to perform at that level.
Candidates who, at the time of their recruitment, do not have proficiency in both Portuguese and English must immediately commence the respective language learning process, with a view to ensuring their ability to teach in both languages; proficiency in Portuguese and English at level C1 of the CEFR is an indispensable requirement for subsequent approval at the end of the trial period.
VI – Selection process:
VI.1. Jury meetings
VI.1.1. First meeting
In the first meeting, the jury decides on the admission of applications and on whether or not the Public Hearing is to take place, providing justification in the latter case pursuant to Article 29(2) of the RRCPSPICUC.
Also in the first meeting, the jury verifies whether all admitted candidates meet the minimum requirements of absolute merit.
In the event of non-compliance, or partial compliance, with any of the requirements defined in point III of the Notice, the jury decides whether this insufficiency prevents the application from being considered, or whether, having no relevant impact on the evaluation process, the application may nevertheless be admitted.
Should any of the admitted candidates fail to meet the minimum requirements of absolute merit, the jury shall decide to exclude them, refraining from submitting them to the CV Assessment.
Should the jury decide that the Public Hearing is to take place, it shall proceed to the CV Assessment of all candidates admitted to the tender who meet the minimum requirements of absolute merit, and to their ranking under the terms set out in the following point. In the CV Assessment, only merit shall be taken into account and, consequently, the candidates' prior experience in the scientific subarea for which the tender is open shall be valued, in accordance with the selection criteria, weightings and evaluation parameters set out in this Notice (point V.2.), the jury refraining from assessing or valuing the merit and experience of candidates in other areas. The ranking of candidates in the CV Assessment shall follow the methodology defined in point VIII. Only the candidates best placed in the CV Assessment, up to the number of candidates provided for in point V.4. of this Notice, shall be admitted to the Public Hearing, if applicable; all other candidates shall be considered excluded.
Notification of excluded candidates and of candidates admitted to the Public Hearing shall be made by Public Notice, under the terms set out in point IX of this Notice. Candidates shall be notified, with a minimum of five working days' notice, of the date, time and venue of the Public Hearings.
VI.1.2. Second meeting
If the jury has decided that the Public Hearing is to take place, it shall proceed to hear the candidates.
The purpose of the Public Hearing is to allow the jury to clarify and expand upon with the candidates the documentary elements submitted for the tender, assessing them under the selection criteria and evaluation parameters described in point V.2., with the interaction during the hearing also being taken into account. In the Public Hearing, only merit shall be taken into account and, consequently, the candidate's prior experience in the scientific subarea for which the tender is open shall be valued.
The Public Hearing for each candidate shall last a maximum of one hour and may, by decision of the Chair of the jury, be extended by a further half hour. It is the responsibility of the Chair of the jury to conduct the hearing, without prejudice to their decision to allow other members of the jury to interact with the candidate. The hearing shall take place in Portuguese, unless the candidate or any member of the jury does not have proficiency in that language, in which case the Chair of the jury may decide to conduct it in English. Failure to appear at the Public Hearing at the previously scheduled time and venue shall result in exclusion from the tender.
The Public Hearing, if held, shall take place between 2 and 30 November 2026. Should the Public Hearing not be able to take place within this timeframe, the new date shall be announced in the Public Notice confirming that it will be held and indicating the list of candidates admitted and not admitted to the hearing.
Should the jury have decided to dispense with the Public Hearing, it shall proceed to the CV Assessment of the candidates. The CV Assessment shall follow the selection criteria and evaluation parameters described in point V.2. In the CV Assessment, only merit shall be taken into account and, consequently, the candidate's prior experience in the scientific subarea for which the tender is open shall be valued, in accordance with the selection methods and criteria and the evaluation parameters set out in this Notice, the jury refraining from assessing or valuing the merit and experience of the candidate in other areas. The ranking of candidates in the CV Assessment shall follow the methodology defined in point VIII.
Following the final classification of each candidate assigned by each member of the jury, obtained under the terms of point V.3. of this Notice, the jury shall proceed to a qualitative global assessment of the absolute merit of the candidates admitted to this stage of the selection process.
Candidates shall be approved on absolute merit if a majority of the jury members present at the meeting consider, on a reasoned basis, that they fulfil the requirements set out in point V.5. of the Notice, assessed qualitatively; in the vote, each member of the jury must respect the prior ranking they established in their individual assessment and ranking of each candidate.
Finally, the jury shall rank the candidates approved on absolute merit using the methodology defined in point VIII and shall draw up the draft final decision.
VI.1.3. Meeting for the assessment of allegations
Should any candidate exercise their right to submit observations within the scope of the hearing of interested parties, the jury shall hold a meeting to consider the allegations submitted, and the jury's deliberations shall be notified to the candidates under the terms of point IX of this Notice.
VI.1.3.1. Should the jury find the allegations to be well-founded, it shall act in accordance with its deliberations, notifying the candidates accordingly under the terms of point IX.
VI.1.3.2. Should the jury find the allegations to be unfounded, after notification of the candidates under the terms of point IX, it shall submit the process for the Rector's ratification.
VII – Termination of the tender:
The tender shall cease upon the filling of the positions advertised in this Notice, or when they cannot be fully filled due to the absence or insufficiency of candidates approved on absolute merit.
VIII – Ranking and voting procedure:
VIII.1. When the debate on the various candidates has allowed all members of the jury to establish a ranking of the candidates, each member shall present, in a written document to be attached to the minutes, their individual ranking proposal, duly grounded in the selection methods and criteria and the evaluation parameters set out in this Notice. In the various votes, each member of the jury must respect the ranking they presented.
VIII.2. The first vote is intended to determine the candidate to be placed first. If a candidate obtains more than half of the votes, they are placed first. Should this not be the case, all candidates who received zero votes are removed, and the candidate who received at least one vote in the first vote and received the fewest votes is also removed.
Should more than one candidate be tied for last place with at least one vote, a vote shall be held only among those candidates who are tied for last, to decide which to exclude. In this vote, members of the jury vote for the candidate who is lowest in their ranking, and the candidate with the most votes is removed. Should this vote result in a tie between two or more candidates, the Chair of the jury shall decide which candidate is to be excluded.
After this exclusion, the first vote shall be held again, but only with the remaining candidates. The process is repeated until one candidate obtains more than half of the votes and is placed first.
VIII.3. Once the candidate placed first has been withdrawn from the vote, the entire process is repeated for second place, and so on, until a ranked list is obtained with the number of candidates approved in the selection method.
VIII.4. Abstentions are not permitted in jury votes.
VIII.5. Tiebreaker criteria
In the event of a tie in the vote, the Chair of the jury shall apply, successively, the following tiebreaker criteria:
- – sum of the scores awarded by each jury member to the tied candidates under the Scientific Performance criterion;
- – sum of the scores awarded by each jury member to the tied candidates under the Pedagogical Skills criterion.
IX – Notification of candidates:
IX.1. All procedural acts shall be published on the electronic platform for the management of competitive procedures of the University of Coimbra — Apply UC — in the course of the procedure. Candidates shall be notified of the following: the list of admitted and excluded candidates; where the Public Hearing is to take place, the time, venue and identification of the candidates admitted to this selection method, as well as, among these, the identification of candidates to whom the Chair of the jury has granted permission to take part in the hearing by videoconference; the draft final decision of the tender containing the proposed ranking list of selected candidates; decisions on any allegations submitted by candidates; and the final outcome of the tender, following ratification.
IX.2. The notifications provided for in point IX.1. shall be made by Public Notice published on the Apply UC electronic platform and by electronic notification automatically generated by that platform, with the prior consent of the party to be notified, under the terms of Article 112(1)(c) and (d) of the CPA and Article 83 of the RRCPSPICUC, producing their effects under the terms of Article 113 of the CPA, without prejudice to the possibility of using other means provided for in the CPA.
IX.3. Candidates may, if they wish, within 10 working days, submit observations within the scope of the hearing of interested parties regarding the list of admitted and excluded candidates, the draft final decision of the tender and any amendments thereto, under the terms set out in Article 121 of the Portuguese Code of Administrative Procedure (CPA). The time limit begins on the working day following notification of the candidates, under the terms set out in Article 87 of the CPA.
IX.4. The full application process may be consulted by candidates, by prior appointment, requested by e-mail to the address of the Human Resources Management Service: procedimentos.concursais@uc.pt.
X – Jury members:
Chair:
João Ramalho de Sousa Santos, Full Professor, Vice-Rector and Dean of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Coimbra.
Members:
Moreno Andreatta, Research Director at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), University of Strasbourg;
Martin Clayton, Full Professor at Department of Music, Durham University;
Richard Cohn, Full Professor Emeritus at Department of Music, Yale University;
Carmen Júlia Gutierrez Gonzalez, Full Professor at Department of Musicology, Faculty of Geography and History, Complutense University of Madrid;
Ariane Jeßulat, Full Professor at Berlin University of the Arts;
José António Oliveira Martins, Full Professor at Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology and Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra.
In the event of absences or impediments of the Chair, they shall be replaced by Luís José Proença de Figueiredo Neves, Full Professor and Vice-Rector at University of Coimbra who, in the same case of impediment, shall be replaced by the Member José António Oliveira Martins, Full Professor at Department of History, European Studies, Archaeology and Arts, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra.
The present Notice has been drawn up for the record and shall be published in the 2nd Series of the Diário da República, on the Public Employment Pool website (BEP), and in Portuguese and English on the online platform Apply UC.
Pursuant to subparagraph h) of Article 9 of the Portuguese Constitution, the University of Coimbra, as employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional development, and takes action to prevent each and every kind of discrimination, and encourages under-represented minorities in each area to apply.
In this regard, no one may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right, or exempt from any duty, on grounds of, in particular, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic or racial origin, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs, or trade union membership.
The University of Coimbra also promotes measures to facilitate the reconciliation of professional, family and personal life, recognising the effort of its employees and fostering motivation.
University of Coimbra,
The Rector, Amílcar Falcão
Where to apply
Website: https://www.apply.uc.pt/procedure/zb8k4zjxolsmqybn
Requirements
Research Field: Other
Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
To be, on the closing date for the submission of applications, 18 years of age or older; not to be inhibited from the exercise of public functions or prohibited from performing the public functions they are proposing to carry out; to have the physical robustness and psychological profile required to perform their duties; and to have fulfilled the mandatory vaccination requirements.
Specific Requirements
To hold, on the closing date for the submission of applications, a PhD degree obtained more than five years previously in the scientific area for which the tender is open - Artistic Studies, or in a scientific area(s) considered by the jury to be related to the area(s) for which the tender is open, or in a different area(s), provided the candidate holds a scientific curriculum considered by the jury to be relevant in the area(s) for which the tender is open or in the area(s) the jury considers to be related to those for which the tender was opened.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research of the University of Coimbra
Country: Portugal
State/Province: Coimbra
City: Coimbra
Postal Code: 3030-789 COIMBRA
Street: Casa Costa Alemão - Pólo II | Rua Dom Francisco de Lemos
Contact
City: Coimbra
Website: https://www.uc.pt/drh/servico/sgrh
Street: Faculdade de Medicina – 1.º piso, Polo I – Rua Larga
Postal Code: 3004-504 Coimbra
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