.(CLOSED) Scientific areas: PhD in Communication Sciences - Social Sciences / other subareas of Communication Sciences. Candidates with a PhD in the areas of Sociology of Communication and/or Education Sciences and media/technology are also eligible. COFAC, Cooperativa de Animação e Formação Cultural crl, opens a call for a Post doc fellowship Research Scholarship in the scope of the project "Youth, News and Digital Citizenship/ Jovens, Notícias e Cidadania Digital (PTDC/COM-OUT/0243/2021)". The project is financed through national funds in the budget of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) - and developed in the research unit CICANT - Research Centre for Applied Communication, Culture and New Technologies (in Lusófona University, Porto). YouNDigital aims to understand the attitudes and practices that young people have concerning news and digital citizenship. It is expected to get ,a better understanding of their news interests and needs, socialisation processes for news consumption either in the family, school, peer group context, and their experiences as "produsers" of news. This project is anchored in a participatory action-research approach combined with an initial online survey and a central focus on qualitative methods. 1 - Applicable legislation: Legal Regime of the Research Grant Holder Statute (Law no. 40/2004, of August 18, republished in annex to Decree-Law no. 202/2012, of August 27, and amended by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of August 28, which proceeds with the fourth amendment to the Research Grant Holder Statute); and Regulation no. 950/2019, of December 16, which approves the FCT Research Grant Regulations - 2019 ( ). 2 - Scientific Area - PhD in Communication Sciences - Social Sciences / other subareas of Communication Sciences.Candidates with a PhD in the areas of Sociology of Communication and/or Education Sciences and media/technology are also eligible. 4 - Duration of the Fellowship: the fellowship will have a duration of 12 months, and can be renewed up to a maximum of 36 months. 5 - Amount of the grant and method of payment: The monthly payment is 1646€/month, in accordance with the table of values for grants awarded by FCT, I.P. ( The monthly payment of voluntary social insurance is also foreseen. 6 - Host institution: The candidate will work at Lusofona University/CICANT (Porto), where we offer a positive working environment and experience. Our facilities continue to develop and grow and the candidate will have access to quality conditions and digital equipment, and the opportunity to connect with a vivid and engaging research environment with junior and senior researchers. 7 - Research experience and skills - The fellow will work under the supervision of the PI Maria José Brites, the Co-PI, Teresa Sofia Castro, and the other project's team members
