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Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

OUR PRIORITIES

Our research agenda is focused on 6 research themes through which we seek to advance a comprehensive understanding of contemporary social challenges

LATEST NEWS

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Call for Papers - VI Lusophone International Meeting All the Arts | All the Names

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New Book 'Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets', co-edited by Paulo Marques

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Seminar Series Culturas do Habitar: celebrando os 100 anos da Cozinha Frankfurt (1926)

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Seminar Series on Political Economy – Master’s and PhD Programs in Political Economy, Spring 2026

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Qualitative Evaluation of Innovation Ecosystems: Example Portugal, a Policy Paper coauthored by Isabel Salavisa

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Nuno Grancho on his new book chapter: An interview by the Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen

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Call for Papers - VI Lusophone International Meeting All the Arts | All the Names

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New Book 'Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets', co-edited by Paulo Marques

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Seminar Series Culturas do Habitar: celebrando os 100 anos da Cozinha Frankfurt (1926)

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Seminar Series on Political Economy – Master’s and PhD Programs in Political Economy, Spring 2026

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Qualitative Evaluation of Innovation Ecosystems: Example Portugal, a Policy Paper coauthored by Isabel Salavisa

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Nuno Grancho on his new book chapter: An interview by the Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen

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26/02/2025

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25/02/2026

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19/02/2026

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Call for Papers - VI Lusophone International Meeting All the Arts | All the Names

26/02/2025

Bringing together Brazilian, Portuguese and other national researchers, the 'VI International Meeting of the All the Arts Network | All the Names', which will take place in the city of Porto, on July 13th and 14th, 2026, proposes to reflect on the place of popular culture and the aesthetics of "bad taste" in contemporary cultures. Abstract Submission - from November 10 to March 15, 2026

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New Book 'Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets', co-edited by Paulo Marques

25/02/2026

Routledge has published the book entitled Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets: Atypical Employment and Minimum Wage Reform in Spain and Portugal, edited by Paulo Marques — researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory — in collaboration with researchers Rui Branco, Óscar Molina, and Renato Miguel Carmo.

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Seminar Series Culturas do Habitar: celebrando os 100 anos da Cozinha Frankfurt (1926)

25/02/2026

Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon will host the Seminar Series Culturas do Habitar: celebrando os 100 anos da Cozinha Frankfurt (1926) — integrated into the Theory and History of Architecture V curricular unit and coordinated by DINÂMIA'CET researcher Paula André in the Integrated Master's in Architecture at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon, from 3 March to 19 May 2026

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Seminar Series on Political Economy – Master’s and PhD Programs in Political Economy, Spring 2026

25/02/2026

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, held at Iscte from March 3 to May 28, 2026.

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Qualitative Evaluation of Innovation Ecosystems: Example Portugal, a Policy Paper coauthored by Isabel Salavisa

24/02/2026

DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte announces the publication of the Policy Paper entitled Qualitative Evaluation of Innovation Ecosystems: Example Portugal, co-authored by Isabel Salavisa, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researcher, in collaboration with Bernardete Ribeiro, José Ferreira Machado, Martin Zadražil, Vito Di Noto, Ralf B. Wehrspohn, and Ehrenfried Zschech.

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Nuno Grancho on his new book chapter: An interview by the Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen

19/02/2026

To mark the publication of his new chapter “Public Shared Places and Private Absent Divides. Identity and Space of Colonial Urbanism under Portuguese, French, and Danish Rules: Diu, Pondicherry, and Tranquebar” in the Routledge Companion to Art and Challenges to Empire, the Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen interviewed Nuno Grancho, researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte.

SCIENTIFIC
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.

RESEARCH THEME

01

ECOLOGICAL
AND
DIGITAL TRANSITION

RESEARCH THEME

02

TERRITORIAL
COHESION

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03

HOUSING
AND
URBAN
DYNAMICS

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04

labour 
regulation
and
inequalities

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05

HISTORICAL
AND
POSTCOLONIAL
PERSPECTIVES

RESEARCH THEME

06

CREATIVITY
AND
SOCIAL
CHANGE

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte - Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

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