SELECTION NOTICE LULA INSTITUTE RESEARCH CHAIR LULA INSTITUTE - SELECTION NOTICE 002/2021 (International)
COORDINATION OF INTEGRATED ACTIONS Theme of the year: “Self-determination in the Digital Age”
The Chairmanship of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Institute, through its coordination of Coordination of Integrated Actions, in the use of its attributions, Invites academics and professionals to take part in the selection process for the “Cátedra Presidente Lula” Award, which will be held from December 1st 2021 to December 15th 2021, to undertake remote research, conferences and teaching activities for the Insituto Lula according to the following rules:
I - PURPOSE AND RULES Article 1 - Select one (01) Professor to undertake the activities listed in the schedule below which will be performed remotely during the first half of 2022 according to the Lesson Plan presented in Annex A and Research Project Plan in Annex B in order to develop the theme of "Self-determination in the Digital Age" as explained below:
Activity
Frequency
Dates
Type of Activity
Conference Award
Single Event
January 22 2022
Transmission through digital Networks
Teaching Activity
10 classes – one per week for the duration of the project
From January 29 2022 to March 2 2022
Virtual room for subscribers
Textual review of Book
Post-teaching
Up to April 2 2022
Publication
Launch of the Book
Single Event
May 11 2022
Transmission through digital Networks
Art. 2° - Applications must be submitted in English or Spanish, following the rules of this notice, by filling out the electronic form provided online by the Instituto Lula, with the attachment of the necessary and required documents by the deadline of December 15 2021. §1° - Candidates residing outside Brazil or candidates of nationalities other than Brazilian residing in Brazil will have priority. All proposals, conferences and papers must be submitted in English. §2° - Candidates must consult and respect the guidelines and mission of the Instituto Lula during the writing of their proposals. The guidelines and mission of the Instituto Lula are included in “Annex E” of this Notice. §3° - Proposals that contain premises that harm the exercise of citizenship, the defense of democracy, the rule of law and Human Rights, or which disrespect the legality, gender and ethnic-racial equality or any values recognized by the Organization's United Nations and ratified by the Brazilian Constitution will be disqualified.
II – APPLICATIONS Art. 3° - As shown in the schedule presented in Article 1 in addition to the activities in the 12 previously selected dates, the chosen candidate will be required to organize his personal schedule so as to prepare for classes, carry out book content review and prepare for the previously scheduled conferences. Art. 4° - Exceptionally, activities that are not foreseen in the schedule presented in Article 1 and in the Annexes may be solicited based on previous agreement between the project coordination and the chosen candidate.
III – REGISTRATION Art. 5° - Applications for this Selection Notice “Cátedra Presidente Lula” must be submitted between December 1 2021 and December 15 2021, through an online form (bit.ly/researchchair). All information must be complete, with the required documentation attached in PDF format and activity plans as per annexes A and B. They must necessarily include: ● A Copy of the Academic Curriculum; ● A Copy of the Master's and/or Doctor's diploma, duly registered in the country of origin; ● Declaration from the institution, school, faculty or university that the candidate is employed as a full time or part-time academic including an activity report; ● Lesson Plan (According to guidelines in the Annex A) ● Research Project for the Proposed Book “Self-determination in the Digital Age” ● Signed declaration granting image rights for online class purposes to the Instituto Lula under the terms of the declaration model in ANNEX C. §1° - The application form, curriculum, lesson plan and research project must be submitted in English. The diploma and documentation on academic relationship can be attached as copies of the original documents, with a signed declaration of veracity and guiding the possibilities of proof provided in Appendix D of this Notice. §2º - The lack of any of the required documents will result in the disqualification of the candidates.
IV - SCHEDULE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS Art 6º – Starting and final dates of the whole selection process: December 1 2021 to December 21 2021 Art 7°- Submission of documentations: December 1 to December 15 2021 Art 8°- Phase 1: analysis of submitted documentation eligibility: December 16 2021 Art. 9°– Phase 2: analysis of proposals: December 18 2021 Art. 10° – Publication of the results of the selection process: December 21 2021 Art. 11° - The Examining Board may, if deemed necessary, call the candidates classified for Phase 2 for an interview. Art 12° - Selection phases §1° Phase 1: Analysis of the candidates' submitted documentation. Application form and all documentation uploaded must be in accordance with the Regulation of the Selection Process to be eligible to the next phases. Candidates who either do not present the documentation in accordance with the rules of this Notice or who do not have the required qualification will be eliminated. §2° Phase 2: The Examining Board will carry out the selection in this phase taking into account the Title Criteria, Academic Production (publications, presentations at conferences, etc.), the lesson plan presented and the proposed project for the Book in order to allocate points according to maximum punctuation allocated below: 1. Profile (Maximum 10 points) A. Title: 2 points for Masters diploma; 5 points for Doctorate diploma B. Published Articles - Maximum score of 7 points: (0.5 points for any article published in an international indexed journal; 1 point for international Qualis A level journals according to the Brazilian CAPES academic journal classification system) and authoring of books and book chapters: 0.5 each. 2. Research Project and Lesson Plan A. Lesson Plan: 5 points B. Research Project: 5 points
§1°- All candidates will be notified by email about the selection process and the results presented through a report written by the Examining Board. §2° - The final classification of candidates will result from the analysis of the 2 (two) phases of the assessment. §3° - The award will be granted to the candidate with the highest score, if he declines, the candidate withsecond-highest score will be invited and so on. §5° - This selection is valid only for this Notice, and cannot be used for any other selection process by Instituto Lula
V - THE EXAMINING BOARD Art. 13° - The Selection Process will be conducted by an Examining Board composed of 05 (five) Members appointed by the Board of Directors of Instituto Lula, taking into account its partners and the board members’ commitment to citizenship. Once appointed, the Examining Board members will elect a Chairman. §1° - Candidates, their partners, co-authors and any participants in publications or conferences undertaken by the candidates will not be allowed to be a member of the Examining Board.
VI – THE AWARD Article 14° - The selected candidate will be granted the equivalent of US$ 10.000,00 (Ten thousand US Dollars) in Brazilian reals in two installments and according to the payment dates below: §1° - The selected candidate will receive the first part of the grant the equivalent to US$5,000.00 (five thousand US Dollars) on January 20 2022 - the conversion amount will be determined according to the official foreign exchange rate determined by the Brazilian Central bank or other financial institution from US Dollars to Brazilian real on this date and the second installment of the same amount on April 30 2022 after the delivery of the scheduled activities. Art. 15° - The Instituto Lula has the right to block the payment of the second part of the prize if the candidate does not comply with the schedule of activities proposed in Article 1 of this notice.
VII - GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 16° - The selected candidate must develop his work plan together with the Coordination of the Instituto Lula during the development of the activities foreseen in the award, according to selected candidate’s proposals for the lesson plan and project of search. Article 17° - Requests for revision of any phase of the Selection Process will not be accepted.
Article 18° - The issues allegedly not included in this Notice or any other alleged mission will be decided firstly by the Examining Board, and finally by the Board of Directors of the Instituto Lula in case of doubt. São Paulo, November 24th, 2021.
Prof. Dr. Marcio Pochmann President of the Lula Institute
ANNEX A – LESSON PLAN The Lesson Plan must contain the following Items: 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION 3. METHODOLOGY 4. EVALUATION CRITERIA 5. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES (Containing 10 lessons) 6. MANDATORY BIBLIOGRAPHY 7. COMPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANNEX B: RESEARCH PROJECT (the project would be the proposal of a study plan for the realization of 10 classes, 2 conferences and the production of a book based on these activities) THE RESEARCH PROJECT MUST HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 8 PAGES:
THE PLAN MUST CONTAIN A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
PROPOSAL SUMMARY THEME PRESENTATION (State of the Art): ARGUMENTATION FOR THE TOPIC: WORK METHODOLOGY: HYPOTHESIS WORK:
ANNEX C - DECLARATION OF ASSIGNMENT OF IMAGE RIGHTS TERM OF ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHT TO USE IMAGE AND VOICE
I _____________________________________________________, nationality ________________, marital status ________________, holder of Passport No. _____________DNI n°.___________, resident______________________________________________, municipality of ____________________________, country________________, by this instrument I AUTHORIZE INSTITUTO LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA, located at Rua Pouso Alegre, 21, São Paulo/SP, Brazil to USE, DISCLOSE AND DISPOSE OF THE IMAGE AND/OR VOICE for educational, informational, advertising, institutional and technical purposes, in activities carried out from the Notice 02/2021 – President Lula Chair “Self-determination in the Digital AGE” and of public character if I am selected in the selection process. I declare that I am aware that this authorization does not transfer to the Lula Institute any burden or civil or criminal liabilities arising from the content of the material made available on the institution's website or in other media, in full or in parts. This Term is irrevocably signed, irreversible and for an indefinite period, having been granted freely, spontaneously and free of charge, based on Law No. 9,610/98, the authorized party not incurring any cost or encumbrance, for whatever reason. As this information is the expression of the truth, in the best form of the Law and of my free will, I subscribe to this Term. City ______________, _____ December 2021. ________________________________ Name - DNI
ANNEX D - DECLARATION OF VERACITY OF INFORMATION TERM OF VERACITY OF INFORMATION AND COMMITMENT
I, _____________________________________________________________, the undersigned, bearer of Passport No. ________________ and DNI under No. ________________________, accept the conditions expressed in the President Lula Chair, Theme “Self-dertermination in the Digital Age”, of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Institute, ATTEST the veracity and accuracy of the documentation presented and COMMIT TO complying with the proposed activities and may make use of my own equipment and Internet connection and networking equipment compatible with the form of remote teaching activities, activities via computers and with adequate Internet connection; in order to conduct synchronous and asynchronous program activities. I further declare that the information contained in my application is truthful and that my diploma can be verified on the _________________ website through the identification number __________ and my Institutional link on the website_______________________ or by the number ____________________________. And because it is the expression of the truth, I hereby sign the present declaration, so that it may have its legal and legal effects in accordance with article 219 of the Brazilian Civil Code. City ______________, _____ December 2021. ________________________________ Name – DNI
ANNEX E - PRINCIPLES AND MISSION OF THE LULA INSTITUTE TO OBSERVE According to its statute, the Instituto Lula is committed to Brazil’s national development and the reduction of inequalities, aiming to promote the country's socioeconomic progress, as well as sharing public and private activities aimed at eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, promoting access to education, equality, to universalize of health care, as well as promoting development based on environmental sustainability, fostering political and social participation of citizens in all spheres of the national public life. Broadly and generally, the project requested in this Notice has a wide range of possibilities and can address the most diverse topics. There is no need to link to any specific policy. The Insituto Lula is independent of political parties or religious organizations. The work proposal must be in harmony with the principles and mission of the Insituto Lula as a promoter of human rights and gender equality, democracy, social justice, respecting the principles of legality, avoidance of self promotion, morality, publicity and efficiency . The Insituto Lula has among its objectives: to contribute to the elaboration of proposals to overcome hunger and poverty, the reduction of all types of inequality, the end of any type of violence, based on knowledge and public policies, and encourage , defend and promote Democracy, the Democratic Rule of Law, Justice and Human Rights. For more information, see: http://institutolula.org
