Dear REPORT(H)A network members:

Just a brief message regarding this Corona pandemic. Nowadays, we are not just environmental researchers! We are actors on the international scene!

Remember! The good of all is the best of each of us. LET'S BE TOGETHER!

 31 March 2020, Porto, UP/ CITCEM/Portugal

Inês Amorim, Sara Pinto, Luís Pedro Silva (editors of REPORTHA)

Call for Applications for the

ESEH Next Generation Action Team 2020-2021

The Board of the European Society for Environmental History is seeking applications by doctoral student and post-doctoral researchers to join the second cohort of the ESEH’s Next Generation Action Team 2020-2021 (NEXTGATe).

NEXTGATe’s mission is to strengthen the presence and influence of next generation scholars on the environmental history field in Europe and beyond and to offer a space for frank and open discussion and collaboration among junior scholars.

The work of the newly appointed Team will build upon previous discussions on professional and financial uncertainty (lack of tenured jobs, prevailing short term contracts), the lack of visibility of the field in specific geographical contexts and an inadequate professional network.

Here you can find the first collective report – Pál V., Biasillo R., Kochetkova E., Meredith T., Schleper S., Spinney E., Emerging Scholars in the Age of Uncertainty: Goals and Plans of ESEH Next Generation Action Team in 2018–19, Environment and History 2018. Vol. 24. No. 4. P. 579-581 – and a second statementwill be published soon.

Successful applicants will collaborate with the new ESEH’s Next Generation Coordinator, Roberta Biasillo (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), and jointly plan pre-conference and on-site activities primarily for doctoral and post-doc researchers at the ESEH 2021 biennial conference in Bristol, UK. Activities will include Junior Researcher dedicated spaces in other conferences,social media campaigns, virtual and live events, outreach activities, co-authored publications, as well as career planning and publishing industry related events.

Depending on the strength of applications, three to five NEXTGATe members will be selected by the selection committee. Successful candidates who fill their tenure with NEXTGATe will be offered personalized travel grants to participate in the ESEH 2021 Conference in Bristol.

NEXTGATe  was created and initiated by the former president of the ESEH PéterSzabó in 2018. The first cohort was composed by Viktor Pál, Elena Kochetkova, Tayler Meredith, Simone Schleper, and Erin Spinney

How To Apply:

To apply, please send the following documents to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

1) CV and possible list of publications

2) A short text describing the goals that you think NEXTGATe should tackle in 2020-2021 and how you could contribute to these activities. (max 1 page)

Deadline for applications is April 10, 2020.

Questions regarding the application should be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Selection Committee:

1. Roberta Biasillo, (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)

2. Małgorzata Grodzińska-Jurczak (Jagiellonian University, Kraków)

3. Péter Szabó (Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno)

4. Nina Vieira (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

A FCT informa que as datas de candidatura do Concurso de Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento 2020 e do Concurso de Projetos de IC&DT em todos os Domínios Científicos foram prorrogadas até 28 de abril de 2020 e 30 de abril de 2020, respetivamente. Acresce também que a data para a entrega da declaração de compromisso no âmbito do Concurso de Projetos foi igualmente prorrogada, passando a ser o dia 15 de maio de 2020 a data limite.

Esta necessidade de adiamento decorre dos recentes desenvolvimentos relacionados com a pandemia SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19, que está a condicionar o trabalho da comunidade científica, assim como de todos os outros sectores da nossa sociedade. A FCT procura desta forma responder às solicitações enviadas pelos candidatos, que nas suas exposições manifestaram constrangimentos para a concretização dos processos, nomeadamente ao nível de tempo e de acesso à documentação necessária para submeterem as candidaturas.

Recordamos que este ano a submissão de candidaturas para o Concurso de Bolsas de Investigação para Doutoramento é feita no portal myFCT, o novo sistema online para gerir o processo de candidatura, avaliação e aprovação das bolsas. Para o Concurso de Projetos de IC&DT, as candidaturas devem ser submetidas através do Portal de Concursos de Projetos de I&D da FCT.