O Pavilhão do Conhecimento vai celebrar os 30 anos da Ciência Viva com um programa de dois dias de atividades (24 e 25 de julho), com entrada gratuita. As exposições do Pavilhão do Conhecimento terão ainda entrada livre no dia 25, das 10h00 às 19h00.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has released Issue 51 (July 2026). Available here. The Editorial Team at CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios Submissions are continually available online and conducted upon registration on the website. Please check our author guidelines for directions regarding format and presentation standards, and refer to our editorial policies for details on the peer-review process. Published materials are covered by a Creative Commons CC-BY licence. Auth

How can the housing crisis be solved? That is the question up for discussion tomorrow night on the RTP Açores programme 'Grande Debate'. Finding affordable housing is becoming increasingly difficult. The problem has worsened, particularly for youth and the middle class. In the Azores, bank valuations for the price per square meter of homes recently recorded the highest growth in the country. At the same time, the region has the highest rate of housing overcrowding, despite th

The DAViD Lab - Laboratório de Digitalização e Visualização Avançada de Dados (Advanced Data Digitization and Visualization Laboratory) is developing a set of innovative projects in the areas of digitization, 3D modeling, digital heritage, advanced visualization, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. In this context, they are looking for collaborators interested in joining multidisciplinary teams focused on developing technological solutions for the preservation, analy

Paulo Marques, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researcher and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, was interviewed by RTP1 for a special report on the challenges of youth unemployment in Portugal. The report addressed key issues characterizing entry into the Portuguese labor market, specifically the persistence of high unemployment rates among the less qualified, the over-qualification of a significant number of young graduates, and the need to strengthen vocational training po

The Best Paper Award was attributed to the article “Learning to Reconfigure Housing Provision: Industrialized Construction and Collaborative Governance in Times of Crisis”, by Emanuel Diogo and Alexandra Paio, presented at the EURA 2026 Conference. The award was announced during the closing dinner of the EURA 2026 conference, recognizing the originality, methodological robustness, and relevance of the article to contemporary urban challenges, particularly in the field of hous

Climate action can improve people’s quality of life, and strategies targeting how energy and resources are used may generate particularly broad benefits. Demand- and supply-side climate strategies compared across six dimensions of quality of life. Credit: Grubler et al. (2026) This is the main conclusion of a new study published in Communications Sustainability, a Nature portfolio journal, co-authored by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers Nuno Bento and Tiago Louro Alves. The rese

Photo by Rita Neves | DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte On the 7th and 8th of May, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon hosted the 8th Edition of the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte Workshop. Under the theme "Contemporary and Future Dynamics", this year edition provided a privileged space for the research community to reconnect and to promote in-person scientific debate over the course of two days. The pre-workshop event began on May 7th with strategic meetings for the Research Groups (Innovation and

Yolanda Díaz, Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister of Labour and Social Economy, and Ana Mendes Godinho, former Portuguese Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, presented the book Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets last Friday, 5 June, at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite to the launch of the publication on scientific research in architecture at LNEC, authored by Patrícia Bento d'Almeida (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte), Teresa Marat-Mendes (DINÂMIA'CET-ISCTE), and Michel Toussaint. This publication will be presented by Francisco Silva Dias and Helena Roseta, at Espaço Caleidoscópio / Quinta da Fonte do Anjo, on 9 June at 18:30. With the objective of publicizing the extensive knowledge preserved within LNEC and recogn

The Iscte-Knowledge and Innovation – Technology Transfer and Valorization Centre, through its Research Unit, the Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte), hereby announces that it is accepting expressions of interest for the recruitment of a Senior Technician to perform duties within the Unit. Interested applicants must demonstrate a professional background with consolidated experience in R&D Communication and Media. 1. Main Duties and Responsibili

DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte expresses its deep sorrow at the passing of Edgar Morin (1921–2026), who died on 29 May 2026. Edgar Morin was a leading intellectual figure and a constant source of inspiration for the scientific identity of the research unit. His work, particularly his reflections on the epistemology of complexity, transdisciplinarity, the ecology of action, and polycrisis, has provided an important conceptual framework for internal debate and for the strategic development

The 'Disappearing Urban' Seminar, organised by Andrea Pavoni (DINAMIA’CET-IUL), Salomé Honório (CECOMP-FLUL) e/and CADA, will take place on 8 June 2026 at Palácio Sinel de Cordes, Lisboa.

The European alliance PIONEER is launching a training programme (2026–2027) to support researchers in preparing competitive proposals for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Networks (MSCA DN). The series will focus on practical aspects of proposal preparation, resubmission, evaluation criteria, cross-cutting dimensions and experiences from current DN coordinators. All sessions will take place online. Upcoming Webinars: WEBINAR 1 How to prepare a re-submission 11 Ju

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to the 11th Colloquium 'Arquitetura dos Territórios Metropolitanos Contemporâneos' (Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories), which will take place on 28 and 29 May at CIUL – Lisbon Urban Information Centre. The initiative promoted as part of the collaboration between CIUL and ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, will present ongoing research developed within the Doctoral Programme in Architecture of Contemporary Met

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is proud to announce that researcher Lorenzo Stefano Iannizzotto has been invited to join the AESOP YA Coordination Team for 2026–2028. The AESOP Young Academics Network is a loosely structured branch of AESOP, which encourages the active participation and exchange of academic work from PhD students to Post-docs and those starting out in academic positions. The YA Network provides a platform through which the academic leaders can share ideas in an open and i

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. The series calls for an interdisciplinary perspective grounded in historical, political, institutional knowledge and imagination. It brings together

Following the successful defence of his doctoral thesis, DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Eduardo Corales has recently published a selection of his findings in the volume POWERPOINT: a hydroelectric inventory, issued by EXEMPLO Books. This research, developed between 2019 and 2025, documents thirty paradigmatic cases of Portuguese electrification through the first systematic graphic and audiovisual record of these structures. In light of the transformations of the Anthropocene, t

On 8 June, from 17:00 to 19:00, in the Silva Leal Auditorium, Building 3, Iscte, the seminar “AI and Job Quality in Italian Contact Centers: The Role of Workplace Regimes and Trade Union Power Resources” will take place, with Lisa Dorigatti, Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano. The session will discuss how the introduction of artificial intelligence systems is transforming job quality in Italian contac

As part of the PhD programme in Urban Studies (a joint degree between Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and NOVA-FCSH), DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite the entire academic community to the upcoming Open Lecture, which will take place on 26 May 2026, at 6:00 p.m., at Iscte, Building 2, Auditorium C1.04. This session will feature Professor Tugce Sanli (Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey), who will address the topic: 'Urban regeneration projects, and local c

The article 'Critical spatial agency in public space: towards a framework for collaboration and contestation through curatorial spatial practice', authored by DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Elian Stefa has been published by Taylor & Francis. Curatorial work has increasingly transcended the confines of traditional cultural institutions, intervening in diverse urban contexts, from prominent public squares to marginal and disused sites. This article positions ‘the curatorial’ as a