Sustainability Science (REASOn – Resources, Food and Society)

Sustainability Science (REASOn – Resources, Food and Society)

The Universidade de Lisboa Doctoral Degree in Sustainability Science (REASOn) had its first edition in the academic year 2018/2019.

This PhD focuses on the dimension of food production and consumption as a central vector of the challenges facing sustainability, recognizing that understanding food systems and acting on the global food system are fundamental instruments for sustainable development and require research on the interactions between ecology and socioeconomics.

To be catalysts for change, 21st century professionals must be endowed with solid scientific knowledge and, above all, be able to incorporate it to understand the interactions between global, natural, social and human systems, and how these interactions affect sustainability challenges.

The PhD was conceived within the scope of Colégio Food, Farming and Forestry (F3), mobilizing a faculty that includes 42 professors from 17 of the Faculties and Institutes of the University of Lisbon, which guarantees the necessary innovation and interdisciplinary approach.

Designed for successful professionals and for the best students who seek to turn knowledge into innovation and tangible results, with an academic background in any area of knowledge. This Study Cycle allows the development of doctoral thesis in a university environment, in a business/industry environment or – in an innovative typology in relation to the traditional 3rd cycle offer – in a professional work context. The latter model offers the possibility of conducting a thesis on a scientific research question that is relevant to the exercise of the students' everyday professional activity and can be developed with or in the employer organization, exploring the double translation between practice and science.

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The programme opens with curricular units designed to deepen scientific skills, translating in a Doctoral Degree, with a duration of 2 semesters and a workload of 60 ECTS.
The curricular units are sequentially arranged according to their purpose of subject framing, thematic amplification and orientation for thesis.
The following three years are dedicated to the development of the doctoral thesis and include two seminar courses that ensure the continuity of interaction and knowledge exchange between students in each cohort, and between them and all professors associated. Seminars will further promote the participation of professionals from sectors related to the Doctoral Degree thematic fields and national and international renowned personalities, providing students a privileged contact with real organizational and business environments and with additional perspectives on the challenges addressed.

1st YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Food Security and Global Dynamics 3 ECTS
Social Practices, Food and Health  6 ECTS
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  6 ECTS
Use of Resources - Water and Soil  6 ECTS
Sustainable Development Value Chains and Territories 6 ECTS
Seminars I 3 ECTS

 

1st YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Research Methods and Techniques: Laboratory Rotation 6 ECTS
Retreat  6 ECTS
Innovation and Entrepreneurship 6 ECTS
Elective Unit 12 ECTS

 

2nd YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Thesis 30 ECTS

 

2nd YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Seminars II 3 ECTS
Thesis 27 ECTS

 

3rd YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Thesis 30 ECTS

 

3rd YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Seminars III 3 ECTS
Thesis 27 ECTS

 

4th YEAR - 1st SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Thesis 30 ECTS

 

4th YEAR - 2nd SEMESTER

Curricular Units ECTS
Thesis 30 ECTS

 

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A3ES Accreditation

Accreditation of New Study Programme (2017)

Requirements

The following are admitted as applicants:

  • Holders of a master's degree or legal equivalent in any field of knowledge;
  • Holders of a bachelor's degree or legal equivalent, holders of an academic, scientific, or professional curriculum of relevance that is recognized as attesting to the ability to carry out this cycle of studies;
  • Holders of an academic, scientific and professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting to the ability to carry out this cycle of studies.

Applications

Applications 2023/2024

Applications: 20th February 2023 to 22nd May 2023
Publishing of provisionary list of admitted applicants: 30th June 2023
Deadline for hearing of interested parties: until 14th July 2023
Publishing of definitive list of admitted applicants: 28th July 2023
Registration and enrolment: 1st September 2023 to 8th September 2023

Application Process

Applications through the Rectory FenixEdu platform: https://fenix.reitoria.ulisboa.pt.
To create a registration, please access https://fenix.reitoria.ulisboa.pt/accountCreation.
In case you already have a registration, you can recover the access at https://fenix.reitoria.ulisboa.pt/passwordResetRequest.
In case you already have a student number at the Rectory, you should use your Campus account credentials. You may recover your access to this account at https://utilizador.ulisboa.pt.

Applications must be submitted with the following documents:

  • Bachelor, Master and other academic qualification certificates, including transcript of records mentioning the grades obtained;
  • Curriculum vitae;
  • Letter of intent;
  • Letter of recomendation or external opinions, when applicable;
  • Declaration of independent use of English;
  • Declaration in which the candidate undertakes to comply with the code of conduct of the Universidade de Lisboa;
  • Other documents required or considered useful for the application.
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