The Youth Employment Observatory and the City-Regions Transitions Observatory participated today at the Iscte Open Day 2026. The activities, designed for highschool students, were organized and led by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers João Loureiro (Youth Employment Observatory), and Teresa Marat-Mendes, (Coordinator of the City-Regions Transitions Observatory).

DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte thanks the involved researchers for their participation and commitment to bringing scientific research closer to a younger audience, inspiring and enlightening future generations of university students.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the book Transgressive City-Making and Governance: Housing Struggles, Occupations and Evictions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, authored by the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte's researcher, Saila-Maria Saaristo.

The event will be part of the International Conference 'Portuguese/Global Urban Studies', organized by the Urban Transitions Hub, ICS-ULisboa, CIES-Iscte, Iscte-IUL, and CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria, and will take place on 22 April 2026, at 4:00 PM, in the ICS-ULisboa auditorium (ground floor).

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH), has been officially selected to compete at two major film festivals, with April screenings honouring the legacy of the 25 April Revolution and the values of democracy.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has opened an internal call for expressions of interest to form a new editorial team. DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researchers with contractual link to Iscte for a period of at least one year, are invited to submit an editorial proposal that includes the nomination of a Editor-in-chief, Deputy Editor and editorial board, as well as a strategic project for the development of the journal.

This spring, the Political Economy Master’s programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon) and PhD programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, ISEG – University of Lisbon, and FE – University of Coimbra) are hosting a seminar series on pressing issues in capitalist societies. 

The upcoming session "Consumer price indexes and reproduction numbers, towards a history of public numbers", presented by Tiago Mata (University College London), will take place on 14 April 2026, at 18:00, at Iscte, Building 2, Auditorium B2.03.

DINÂMIA’CET congratulates all researchers involved in the submission of R&D projects across the unit’s various scientific domains funded by the FCT. In this edition, a total of 20 applications were submitted with DINÂMIA’CET as the lead institution, of which 12 correspond to Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects and 8 to Exploratory Projects.