Qualification criteria

1. An eligible candidate must hold a Master’s or an equivalent degree in the field of humanities, social sciences or in the arts.

2. The subject of a prospective doctoral dissertation may be related to the following research areas:

• History of art.
• Theory of art
• philosophy of art
• film studies
• theater studies
• design history 
• visual culture
• audiovisual culture

3. The recruitment procedure is competitive. Points are assigned for each stage of the evaluation process:

a) A research proposal (0-15 pts.), which may be an outline of the prospective PhD dissertation. The proposal should be written in Polish or English and should contain between 10,000 and 20,000 characters with spaces. The proposal is evaluated by two reviewers appointed by the chairperson of the selection committee from among researchers entitled to supervise PhD projects in the discipline. The average of points granted by each of the reviewers in the following categories constitutes the final evaluation of the research project:

• formulating the research objective – 0-3 pts.
• knowledge of the current state of research – 0-3 pts.
• proposed research methodology – 0-3 pts.
• originality and cognitive value – 0-3 pts.
• feasibility and validity of the project – 0-3 pts.

b) An interview (0-20 pts aimed at testing the candidate's preparation and knowledge of the humanities and social sciences, in particular art sciences, and research problems related to the prepared project and its content. The interview will be conducted in Polish or English. The final assessment of the interview is the average of the points awarded by each member of the Recruitment Committee in each category: 

• thematic knowledge of the research project (0-5 points), 
• methodological knowledge (0-5 points), 
• knowledge of the current state of research and the literature on the subject (0-5 points), 
• scientific conversation/discussion skills (0-5 points).

c) Evaluation of scientific activity in the last 5 years (0-7 pts.):

• publication in journals indexed in the Scopus/Web of Science database (0-1 pts.),
• publication in scientific journals from the list of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (0-1 point),
• authorship of a monograph or a chapter of a monograph in publications included in the MEiN list (0-1 point),
• participation in a national or international scientific conference with a paper presented (0-1 point),
• national, international or scholarship internship of at least 7 days (0-1 point),
• scientific projects (0-1 points),
• scientific awards or prizes (0-1 points).

Attachment of relevant certificates/confirmations and, in the case of publications, either a printout/scan of these or a certificate/scan of a certificate of acceptance for publication is required