On Monday, 21 September, at 10:00, the lecture “The Construction History of Modern Rio de Janeiro (1921–1937)”, will take place at CVTT – Iscte, Building 4, Room A104, in Lisbon. The lecture will present research conducted by Professor Niuxa Drago and her team at the Laboratory of Narratives in Architecture (LANA), part of PROARQ at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). The research focuses particularly on data concer

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ana Vaz Milheiro wrote about architect Fernão Lopes Simões Carvalho on the September 9th edition of Público newspaper.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte associate researcher Doron Altaratz will give a talk on this subject on 23 September 2026, from 2 to 6 PM, room 104 (Building 4 Iscte). Abstract: A wall is not a neutral carrier of the marks left on it. It is an interface: it determines what a body can do to it, under whose authority, and what trace survives. This talk follows that claim across three sites and three kinds of surfaces: the physical wall, human traces, and the digital surrogate. In the Chape

In preparation for the upcoming ECIE 2026 conference, the INITIATE project and the CERERE project are organizing two pre-conference webinars, to be held on 16 September (2-3 PM and 3-4 PM, respectively).

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira was interviewed for the Future Living Dossier of Forbes Portugal (August/September 2026). This piece explored scenarios for housing in Portugal.

"Raul Lino and The City", by DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Paulo Manta Pereira, published as a preprint in 2016, has been shortlisted for the Popular Preprints of the Decade Award. This paper, which was later published on Enq journal, focuses on architect Raul Lino's work, eleven case studies encompassing architectural projects, urbanistic plans and technical advice in the first half of the 20th century in Portugal.

The exhibition “As Casas são do Povo” — A portrait of house occupations in Zone I of Chelas, Bairro das Amendoeiras, in Lisbon is the result of the research project Homes2Live | Inhabiting the Revolution: Perspectives on social transformations and spatial productions from occupied houses in Bairro das Amendoeiras, in Lisbon. This project is supported by the competition line “The 25th of April and Portuguese democracy”, an initiative of the Commemorative Commission for the 50t

Religious heritage is increasingly at the center of an important European debate: how can we breathe new life into historic religious buildings while preserving the values, memories, and meanings they contain? This question is at the heart of an article published in the "Vícios" section of Expresso newspaper, by João Diogo Correia, following an online conversation with DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Rolando Volzone during his research exchange at the University of Extremadura i

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ana Mehnert Pascoal was interviewed by Sábado magazine about Oliveira Salazar's move to the official residence of the President of the Council in the São Bento Palace in the 1930s, focusing on state spending and the work involved in the building's reconversion. The article "Dinheiro, gastos e benesses do Estado. Os segredos da vida financeira de Salazar" is available here.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira participated in the RTP Notícias programme 'Tudo é Economia', on 27 July 2026. Focusing on Rental Reform in Portugal, the suitability of the proposed measures in relation to the severity of the current housing crisis was discussed. Available on RTP Play.

On July 22, 2026, at 15:0, the public defense of Catarina Mateus' doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte. The project is titled Práticas de democracia económica para outras urbanidades: O caso de duas cooperativas em Portugal e no Equador. The session will be held in Room 327 of Iscte's Building IV.

On July 24, 2026, at 14:30, the public defense of Ana Cravinho's doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte. The project is titled Espaço Público: As Dinâmicas do Conflito. The session will be held in Room 327 of Iscte's Building IV.

A+I Working Paper Series, Issue #04 | Guest Editor: Nuno Tavares da Costa (Dinâmia'CET-Iscte)Abstract Deadline (300 words): 21 September 2026 This issue proposes un certain regard for the construction site, approaching it as an object of inquiry rather than merely the stage following the project before buildings’ completion. In a certain way, one could start asking if something changes in architectural history when the construction site overcomes the building as the object

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Glória Rebelo will be the speaker at the conference 'Labor Law: Digital Transition, Artificial Intelligence and Teleworking', which will take place on July 17, 2026, starting at 6 PM. The session will take place at the Lisbon Regional Council of the Bar Association, in Lisbon, with online transmission. Registrations at crlisboa.org

The The State of the Nation and Public Policies report, an IPPS-Iscte initiative, aims to promote a qualified discussion on public interventions that affect the country's structural development. The 2026 edition, 'Governar com um parlamento fragmentado' (Governing with a fragmented parliament), features contributions from DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researchers João Vasco Lopes, Luísa Teixeira Alves, Sandra Marques Pereira, Sérgio Lagoa, and Tiago Mendes, focusing on the challenges of

Público has just published an opinion article by DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira on housing challenges and current government initiatives in Portugal.

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