MSCA
General information about the programme:
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions is EU’s funding programme that supports excellent researchers of any nationality and foster international collaboration and knowledge transfer. Actions aim at developing standards in training, supervision and career guidance.
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships (PF) offer a unique opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to take a next step in their career and carry out an individual project on topic of their choice at any institution in the EU. The fellows are employed at the institution for the given period of time on a full time basis with competitive salary. Close cooperation with their superviser help them to boost their research skills and to be fully integrated within the academic staff of the institution, thus grow both personally and professionally.
There are two types of MSCA PF:
EUROPEAN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
For researchers coming to Europe from any country or moving within Europe.
Duration: 1 – 2 years
GLOBAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS
For researchers who are European nationals or long-term residents and wish to move their project outside of the EU.
Duration: 1-2 years of outgoing phase + 1 year of mandatory return phase to the EU
See more information on MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships here.
We welcome applicants from all Social Sciences and Humanities fields who comply with the following programme rules:
- Mobility rule: applicant must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the Czech republic for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the call deadline
- Career stage: applicants must hold a PhD degree at the time of the deadline for applications and must have no more than 8 years of experience in research after the completion of PhD
Benefits for the applicants:
UP is…
- one of the top Czech universities according to international rankings
- in possession of the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award – the university has been recognized as the best employer in the region
- part of European universities networks (AURORA) that facilitate knowledge transfer and the opportunities for collaboration on international projects
….and offers:
- modern infrastructure + links to labs
- covered Social Security/Health Insurance and free public healthcare
- wide range of employees benefits: catering allowance, sports and recreation centres, discounts on language courses, cultural events and many more
- childcare services (UP Kindergarten) location in the heart of the beautiful historical city of Olomouc, see more here.
Grant Office support scheme:
- We provide general information about the call and how to apply
- We match interested applicants with their future supervisors
- We offer administrative, conceptual and technical guidance on the proposal writing
- We’re available for individual consultations in person or via VC tools (MS Teams, Zoom)
- We run regular weekly MSCA meetings based on peer-to-peer discussions and feedback
- We enroll applicants into a systematic training module on MSCA PF scheme (see MSCA Hackathon)
- We help with relocation to the Czech Republic
- We administer the received grant
Contact us:
Send your CV and a short description of your project idea (max. 2000 characters) to Jakub Zeman: jakub.zeman@upol.cz
SUPERVIZORS:
Doc. PhDr. Matúš Šucha, Ph.D.
Matúš Šucha is professionally oriented on the issues of traffic psychology, work psychology and economic psychology. He is an accredited coach (Ministry of Education and Science of the Czech Republic), traffic psychologist (Ministry of the Czech Republic), psychotherapist (graduate of five-year training in integrative group psychotherapy), Europsy mentor for traffic psychology and expert witness in the field of traffic psychology. He is primarily (but not exclusively) a trainer in the following thematic areas: road and rail safety, psychological fitness to drive assessment, driver rehabilitation, mobility (sustainable, urban), various economic psychology issues, management consultancy (e.g. coaching).
PhDr. Martin Seitl, Ph.D.
Martin Seitl works professionally in work and organizational psychology, focusing particularly on attachment theory in the workplace, employee selection, personal integrity, psychodiagnostic methods, organizational culture, and leadership. He is an accredited specialist in the organizational culture model developed by G. Hofsted and B. Waisfisz, the CTT organizational culture model, Hogen diagnosis, the Rorschach method, and other projective techniques.
He is a researcher or co-researcher of development and research projects in the field of work and organizational psychology (OPVVV, TAČR, GAČR). He publishes research results in Czech and foreign journals and presents them at professional conferences. Dr. Seitl is a member of renowned national and international professional organizations: the Czech Society for Rorschach and Projective Methods (ČSRaP), the International Society for Rorschach and Projective Methods (ISR), the Czech Association of Work and Organizational Psychologists, and the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP).
PhDr. Martin Dolejš, Ph.D.
Martin Dolejš deals with psycho-diagnostic tools and their standardization, creating of questionnaires and psychodiagnostic tools. He is also dedicated to educational and school psychology, addictology and risk behavior in adolescents. He graduated at Ph.D program at the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc, where he currently works as an assistant professor in the field of quantitative, qualitative methodology, psychodiagnostic methods and psychological research. One of the main topics that Martin Dolejš focuses on is construction and development of psychodiagnostic tools, their re/standardization, and application. He is also dedicated to educational and school psychology, addictology and risk behavior in adolescents. He also organizes the PhD Existence conference, which plays an irreplaceable role among doctoral students. See also Personality Characteristics Laboratory web: https://persona.upol.cz/.