PhD degree in Territory, Risk and Public Policies

Institute for Interdisciplinary Research

 
Academic year
2011-2012
DGES Code

5825

Course Type

3rd Cycle Studies - Doutoramento

Qualification Awarded

Doutor

Duration

4 Year(s)

ECTS Credits

240.0

Organisational Unit/Department
Institute for Interdisciplinary Research list courses  open website
Course Coordinator(s)

José Manuel Oliveira Mendes (JOMENDES@FE.UC.PT)

ECTS Departmental Coordinator(s)

José Manuel Oliveira Mendes (JOMENDES@FE.UC.PT)

Study Programme
Projecto de Investigação
Regular
Calendar
1st Semester
Start date: 26-09-2011
Start date (first year): 26-09-2011
End date: 20-01-2012
2nd Semester
Start date: 02-03-2012
End date: 20-07-2012
Objectives and Profile of the Programme
The doctoral programme in Territory, Risk and Public Policy is an advanced education programme oriented towards the development of scientific research skills and advanced professional qualifications within the field of risk science. The programme aims to provide solid scientific training in diverse areas related to risk, such as process modelling, land use management, mobilisation of individuals and communities, as well as the articulation and implementation of public policies. This programme is targeted at individuals with diverse higher education backgrounds, from the social sciences to natural and exact sciences to technology. This diversity allows for an integrated approach as well as for the quantification of individuals’ and communities’ capacity for resilience and resistance. It is based on the joint consideration of various uncertainties and on the selection of variables that are relevant to the evaluation and perception of risk in human communities. The programme seeks to define fundamental concepts and to design tools to support a risk management policy which, besides structural measures and emergency systems, includes also measures for the reduction of social vulnerability and legal instruments developed within the national legal and strategic framework. Transdisciplinary and intra-university scientific training allows researchers to build solid scientific bases for risk processes and to train land use planning mediators capable to work in close collaboration with all the players involved and the social dynamics of the communities affected. The methodological and theoretical modules offered in this programme are designed to consolidate the scientific knowledge of qualified professionals, enhancing their ability to apply research skills autonomously and innovatively in activities related to exact sciences, engineering, as well as social and political sciences.
Mode of Study
Full time with class attendance.
Access to Further Studies
Doesn’t apply.
Admission Requirements
The access to the PhD programme is open to students with a Master degree or, in exceptional cases, with professional or scientific curriculum vitae of great merit.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Recognition of prior learning is enacted by the Programme Scientific Committee and by request of the candidates, originating the enrollment in the regular or research branches.
Qualification Requirements and Regulations
The legal framework for the qualification is established by the decrees: Decree-Law no 74/2006, de 24 th March, amended and republished by the decree: DL no 107/2008, 25th June; ordinance no 782/2009, 23th July.
Professional Goals
The students with the PhD degree in Territory, Risk and Public Policies can work in the publico or private sector in the following fields: - regional and spatial planning - risk evaluation - risk cartography - social vulnerability and public policies - civil protection and population safety - emergency planning
Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading
Full time with class attendance.
Graduation Requirements

The doctoral programme is composed of a lecturing component concentrated in the first year of the studies cycle(both normal and research project branches), which is completed by a research component that occurs in the last three years or, according to exceptional adaptations, begins at the first year of the programme. The students in the research project branch have to choose in the first year three curricular units from the programme core and have toenroll in the Research Seminar, completing 30 lecturing credit units. For qualification all students must obtain a total of 240 ECTS.