The Centre for Social Studies (CES), an Associated Laboratory of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), invites you to the Call for applications for one (1) research scholarship for a PhD student on a full-time basis (CES/27/2026-BI-URGE), as part of the FCT project “URGE – Cultivating Equality: Rural Women, Food Systems and Agroecology in the Iberian Peninsula”, funded by national funds and the ERDF, under reference COMPETE2030-FEDER00931800, and coordinated by Rita Calvário, a full-time researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte and a collaborating researcher at CES.
The URGE project examines the perspectives, agroecological practices and demands of rural women involved in family farming in Portugal, Galicia and the Basque Country. Through a gender perspective and participatory feminist methodologies, this comparative project seeks to amplify the voices of rural women and strengthen their role in shaping sustainable, fair and inclusive food policies and systems.
Deadline for submitting applications: 21 October 2026.