Under the Horizon Europe framework program Scientific Excellence pillar, CAPP is available to be your host institution in the fields of Political and Social Sciences at the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships call: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/funding/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2026

If you wish to have CAPP as your host institution, send a proposal by June 29th (10:00 am., Lisbon time) to Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.

Your proposal should include:

1) Full name and email;

2) Indication on the type of action under Horizon-MSCA-2026-PF-01: European Postdoctoral Fellowship or Global Postdoctoral Fellowship;

3) Last 5 years CV (max. 5 pages, highlighting Scopus/WoS publications);

4) Motivation letter (in English, max. 1 page);

5) Title, 4 keywords and 1 to 3 SDGs, demonstrating the relevance of the project to SDGs;

6) Short research project (in English, maximum 2 pages). Please organise your project with objective, scope and expected impact as described on MSCA work plan (MSCA-2026_PF-01: Postdoctoral Fellowships), aligned with CAPP’s mission;

7) Ethical constraints and considerations of the research project;

8) Information about a possible supervisor from CAPP and the chosen research interest.

CAPP research interests include the following topics:

• Environmental public policies. [Coordinator: Rui Sá, Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.]
• Literary/Narrative Journalism and the public voice of the most vulnerable | European policies for Public Service Media | Responsible Communication [Coordinator: Sónia Sebastião (Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.)]
• The evolving relationship between borders, migration, and identity. [Coordinator: Fátima Amante (Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.)]
• Contemporary challenges to democratic stability and resilience, including polarisation and populism [Coordinator: Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.]
• Euroscepticism, Europeanisation and Challenges to the Deepening of the European Union [Coordinator: Maria João Ferreira, Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.]
• The European Union’s Strategic Autonomy and Economic Security in the Age of Geoeconomics [Coordinator: Carla Guapo Costa: Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.]
• Digital Transformation of Work: Human-Centred Organisations and the Future of Employment [Coordinator: Rosária Ramos (Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.) Deputy coordinator: Sónia P. Gonçalves (Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.)]
• SoKIP – Social Policy Knowledge Integration Platform: Dynamic taxonomy for Social Policy research; Knowledge systematisation, doctoral outputs and emerging agendas; Open-access digital knowledge platform for dissemination and training. [Coordinator: Maria João Barrios (Este endereço de email está protegido contra piratas. Necessita ativar o JavaScript para o visualizar.)]

For more information about each topic, please contact the research team coordinator.

Please be aware that incomplete Declarations of Interest will not be accepted. Even if fully completed, the final decision to host a postdoctoral project remains at CAPP's discretion.

Deadline to applications on Horizon Europe Funding &Tenders portal: September 9th 2026 (17:00, Brussels time): EU Funding & Tenders Portal