Cocoso Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Network 2025 - 2028

The doctoral research network “Co-Construction in the field of social welfare” COCOSO brings together 6 universities and 16 partners from the non-governmental and public sectors in Europe. This industrial doctoral network is dedicated to participation and co-construction as a core dimension of democracy and innovation in social welfare.  

The research will be fulfilled by 15 PhD candidates under close collaboration and supervision of senior academic and industrial / practice partners from different disciplines including social policy, education, sociology, communication sciences and history; as well as different sectors such as local authorities and non-profit social organisations. 
As an ‘industrial doctorate’, each PhD project has been designed together with a social sector organisation and the doctoral researcher will spend a minimum of 50% their time working there. Each PhD project will have one academic and one social sector supervisor. 
 
COCOSO researchers will be supported by an intensive training programme delivered by research and social sector partners. The training will include international study blocks every six months in a different European country, online work package meetings as well as individual training opportunities for each researcher. The ultimate aim of the training is to support research-related careers in the social sector, which could include consultancy, programme development, training and evaluation.
 
The COCOSO consortium looks for researchers who wish to work in a highly collaborative, international and mobile partnership between research and social sector. 
 
Before applying, lease look up MSCA conditions.

Please download the attached file for more details on individual PhD positions. Detailed profiles and information on applications can be found on the Euraxess website.

Doctoral candidate 1 : Compared Perspectives On Co-Construction For People With Disabilities (Denmark)
Doctoral candidate 2 : Power, Gender And Participation In The Global History Of The Social Work Profession (Austria / Romania)
Doctoral candidate 3 : Cross-National Comparison Of Young People’s Understandings Of Co-Construction (Portugal / Spain)
Doctoral candidate 4 : Multi-Actor Co-Construction In Local Welfare policies. Challenges, and critical factors in the post-covid period (Portugal)
Doctoral candidate 5 : Co-Constructive Leadership Approach In Ngo Social Service Sectors  (Poland / Portugal)
Doctoral candidate 6 : Social Services and Service Users in Family Foster Care Planning : Co-Designing and Co-Evaluating Long Term Placement (Greece)
Doctoral candidate 7 : Effective Dissemination Of Co-Construction Strategies (France)
Doctoral candidate 8 : Community Involvement In Combatting Stigma Of People With Mental Health Problems (Greece)
Doctoral candidate 9 : Co-Constructing Evaluation Of Services With Vulnerable People across Services (France)
Doctoral candidate 10 : Role Of Gender Factors In Co-Constructing Solutions With Homeless Citizens (Denmark)
Doctoral candidate 11:  Lived Experience Advocacy In Child Protection In East Sussex And Paris (France / UK)
Doctoral candidate 12:  Digital Volunteerism: The Tool And Space Of New Forms Of Social Inclusion And Exclusion (Poland)
Doctoral candidate 13: How can Older Adults Participate in Co-Construction when Contact to Carers is Mediated through Technology? (Denmark / Italy)
Doctoral candidate 14 : Universal Access And Diversity In Co-Constructed Digital Disability Communities (Austria)
Doctoral candidate 15: Digital Tools as enablers of Co-Construction to support Crisis Management In Organisations (Portugal)

Fore more information, please download the presentation for candidates.

Also watch the online information session (please click to follow the link) recorded in December 2024.