Overview
COORDINATION: Hermes Augusto Costa and Rosa Monteiro
This PhD programme in Sociology is oriented towards graduates and master holders who have completed previous training in the same area, and also aimed at candidates from other areas of knowledge, but whose interests and academic or professional CVs are considered suitable for a 3rd cycle of studies.
The programme operates in strict compliance with the research activities developed at the Centre for Social Studies, as a host institution.
Established in the 2008–2009 academic year under the title ‘PhD in Sociology: Labour Relations, Social Inequalities and Trade Unionism’, the programme now known as the PhD in Sociology: Work, Organisations and Inequalities continues along this path. This is a programme offering in-depth academic training in Sociology, with the primary aim of providing advanced training in topics related to the world of work, the various types of organisations within the professional and associative spheres (trade unions and others) that comprise it, and the inequalities that cut across it. Topics such as class analysis and inequalities, social and employment policies, social dialogue and the resolution of labour disputes, trade unionism, and the new actors and challenges associated with emerging transitions in the contemporary world, amongst others, are given particular emphasis.
Its main objective is to provide advanced training in the social areas directly linked to the social and employment policies, as well as to the field of social dialogue and labour-conflict resolution, and also those relating to sexual equality, trade Unionism and social movements. It is designed to contribute to: a) broadening the scientific knowledge within the social sciences, in areas deemed to be significant for an understanding of the ongoing social changes in the current Portuguese and global contexts; b) developing professional or association-linked qualifications and competencies by deepening the analysis and critical diagnosis centred around these themes.
It was the right choice to opt for a Ph.D. at UC in partnership with CES, because of the quality of the infrastructure and the possibility of sharing knowledge and experiences. The various thematic lines make it possible to push personal and collective boundaries in the field of knowledge.
Robson Thomaz, all but dissertation (Brazil)
"The Programme allows me to discuss central issues regarding social, labour and union issues with people of great knowledge and relevance in the academic debate. The dedication to the development of the study by the lecturers is decisive for my excellent evaluation of the course."
Vítor Godoi, PhD (Brazil)