Accreditations
Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte)
PhD Management
Building 4, room 329
doutoramentos.cies@iscte-iul.pt
(+351) 210 464 195
monday to friday, 10:00 - 13:00 / 14:00 - 18:00
The PhD programme in Social Work is an advanced education which grants students a systematic understanding of the field and develops their capacities of research, analysis and evaluation, training them for professional Social Work.
At its core, this programme aims to promote learning oriented towards the practice of Research and Development (R&D), supporting and contributing to students’ acquisition of integrated research skills. This learning happens in an environment of intensive knowledge production in which collaborative projects are developed on national and international scales with other higher education institutions, Associate Laboratories and other public research units, including bodies within Public Administration that pursue R&D projects and private non-profit institutions that have R&D as one of their main goals. A primary component of this programme is training in social research methods; to this end, the study plan combines curricular units in qualitative methods and quantitative methods, strengthening students’ apprehension and mastery of mixed methods along with other techniques of a more theoretical character that provide further capacity for the practice of knowledge-making.
Applications are now open for 1 Merit-Based Scholarship and 3 Grants for the Payment of Annual Tuition Fees, available to students of the PhD in Social Work.
The Merit-Based Scholarships, with a monthly amount equivalent to the national reference value for PhD scholarships awarded by FCT, is intended for new students and for those enrolled in the 1st year in the academic year 2024–2025.
The Grants for the payment of annual tuition fees is available to new students who completed their Master’s degree at Iscte within the two academic years prior to the start of the PhD (including those who completed or will complete it in 2024–2025).
Eligible applicants include currently enrolled students as well as those applying to the PhD in the 6th application phase, taking place between 26 June and 27 August 2025.
More information available here
Useful links
ESPP International PhD Conferences Cycle 2023/24
X ESPP PhD Colloquium | 27, 28 & 29 of May 2024
Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte)
Message from Prof. Annamaria Campanini, President of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW), on World Social Work Day 2024
WSWD 2024 English: https://youtu.be/Xh8EB2zY14Q
WSWD 2024 French: https://youtu.be/nqe3RjbdNAY?si=j47ctajluBmJmZwV
WSWD 2024 Italian: https://youtu.be/omUInxBbpe8?si=vsPniBwkVjR9KBAA
WSWD 2024 Spanish: https://youtu.be/laaZC17DZO0?si=bL2E3r3o3B-xwM8m
Management
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