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Our research agenda is focused on 6 research themes through which we seek to advance a comprehensive understanding of contemporary social challenges
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Paulo Marques interviewed in Associated Press News about the General Strike
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Essay by Sandra Marques Pereira: “Build-to-rent: a panacea for the housing crisis or its accelerator?”
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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
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‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
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Paulo Marques interviewed in Associated Press News about the General Strike
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Essay by Sandra Marques Pereira: “Build-to-rent: a panacea for the housing crisis or its accelerator?”
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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
News
‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
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Paulo Marques interviewed in Associated Press News about the General Strike
12/12/2025
Paulo Marques, researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory was interviewed by Associated Press News, about the workers General Strike and the Government's proposals to change the Labour Legislation
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Essay by Sandra Marques Pereira: “Build-to-rent: a panacea for the housing crisis or its accelerator?”
12/12/2025
In today's edition of Expresso, Sandra Marques Pereira, authors a feature essay in the Ideias supplement, critically analysing the build-to-rent housing policies.
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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
10/11/2025
The chapter 'Salários dos Jovens em Portugal' (Youth Wages in Portugal), by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão has been published in the book Salário Digno em Portugal, (Living Wage in Portugal) coordinated by José António Pereirinha and Elvira Pereira.
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
10/12/2025
We invite you to the Final Presentation of the Care(4)Housing project – A care through design approach to address housing precarity, funded by FCT (PTDC/ART-DAQ/0181/2021). The presentation will be held on 15 December at 16:30, at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Building 4, Floor 3, Auditorium A302.
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‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
09/12/2025
Andrea Pavoni’s chapter ‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’ has been published by Springer in the book Uncorked: Negotiating Science and Belief in the Natural Wine Movement.
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Book of the Month: 'Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market Graduates: between employability and employment'
09/11/2025
Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market Graduates: Between Employability and Employment, organized by Fátima Suleman, Pedro Videira, and Pedro N. Teixeira, has been chosen as the Iscte Library’s Book of the Month for December.
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OBSERVATION
STRUCTURES
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
OBSERVATORY
The Observatory focuses on three key areas: youth unemployment, quality of youth employment, and labour market policies targeting young workers. Its main goal is to produce impactful publications—such as reports and policy briefs—and to provide regularly updated, accessible data for informed societal and policy discussions.
HABIDATA - Housing Observatory
The Observatory investigates current housing transformations, emphasizing production systems, affordability, housing conditions—especially indecent housing—and policies. It bridges academic research with policy and community involvement. Guided by a multidisciplinary team, it addresses a national gap and supports evidence-based decision-making, utilizing tools like LxHabidata to enhance analysis and outreach.
City-Region Transitions Observatory
The Observatory examines rapid transitions in city-regions by analysing their metabolic systems to promote sustainable human-environment relations. Through open data and interdisciplinary research, it maps socio-environmental dynamics and material flows, developing digital and spatial narratives that support better planning and decision-making for sustainable urban development.