CIES-Iscte, as part of the Iscte — Knowledge and Innovation Association, is launching a call for applications for a research scholarship for a PhD student on the project ‘KWI_SIRUK — Understanding, Welcoming, Including: socio-educational inclusion of refugee children and young people from Ukraine’, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).

Applications will be accepted from 13 to 30 October 2026.

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Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in Sociology, Social Psychology or Social Geography, be enrolled on a PhD programme in one of these fields, and have a good command of both spoken and written Portuguese and English. In the application, proof of enrolment on the PhD programme may be replaced by a sworn statement that such proof will be submitted upon signing the contract.

The following skills and experience are valued:

• Use of SPSS, MAXQDA or similar software;
• Data analysis and report writing;
• Conducting and analysing questionnaire-based surveys;
• Conducting and analysing interviews and ethnographic work;
• Scientific management of research projects and their social networks;
• Interest in pursuing a PhD and/or conducting research in the project’s subject area.

Tasks to be carried out

• The successful candidate will support the project’s research activities, specifically:
• Monitoring the administration of questionnaire-based surveys, both in the field and online, and carrying out statistical analysis of the data;
• Preparing reports statistical reports and scientific articles;
• Support for the administrative and scientific management of the project;
• Conducting, transcribing and analysing interviews;
• Facilitating participatory workshops and other community initiatives;
• Attending team meetings and assisting with the organisation of events to promote and publicise the project