Dear Colleagues,

The Department of Economics of the University of 
Porto is recruiting 2 Assistant Professors for 
the Area of Social Sciences (tenure track), 
starting September 2009. One of the positions is 
for Economic History/History of Economic Thought 
and the other for Sociology/Methodology of Social Sciences.

The Department of Economics of UPorto is one of 
the most prestigious in the country and has a 
strong and significant group of faculty 
interested in the History of Economic Thought, 
including Antonio Almodovar, Maria de Fátima 
Brandão, and Mário Graça Moura. HET is a 
compulsory course at the undergraduate and 
graduate level. Roger Backhouse has been Visiting 
Professor in the Department for the last 10 years 
teaching at the PhD programme in Economics.

Conditions:
-	The starting salary of an Assistant Professor 
is around 2,000€ (netto) paid 14 months (12 
months plus extra payment in June and December).
-	Assistant Professors are expected to teach an 
average of 6-8h per week, 28 weeks per year, 
though in some cases they may concentrate their 
teaching in one semester (14 weeks).
-	Teaching is mainly in Portuguese at the 
undergraduate level and in English at the Graduate level.
-	The academic year starts in mid-September and ends in mid-July.

Selection Criteria:
-	Candidates should have a PhD in a relevant 
field for those areas, completed in the last 5 years.
-	The selection committee will give priority to 
candidates showing strong research potential, 
namely through publications in prestigious international outlets.

Candidates should send their CV until the 19th June 2009:
-	either electronically for the following address: [log in to unmask]
-	or by normal mail to: Serviço de Recursos 
Humanos, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do 
Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200 Porto, Portugal
-	candidates willing to send their publications 
may do it, either electronically or in a CD/memory stick.

Potential interested candidates may contact me for any further information.


Pedro Nuno Teixeira