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

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 the 9th PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, with a screening on 26 April at 3:15 PM., at the Batalha Centro de Cinema. The documentary, developed within the project Gendered power relations in agriculture: how rural women are facing gender inequality and struggling for more jus

The Dinâmicas Workshop returns at a significant moment, shaped both by profound socio-economic transformations and by a new stage in the life of DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte (DC). As a research centre with more than 240 researchers, specialising in the study of socio-economic change and territory, and rated Excellent in the latest FCT evaluation, DC faces new ambitions and a renewed collective responsibility: to create more opportunities for scientific exchange, to increase the visibili

The study was led by Nuno Bento, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte. A new study published in Science argues that governments must adopt three integrated targets for energy demand by 2035, stating that climate policy will fall short if it focuses solely on how energy is produced and continues to neglect how it is utilized. The article, "New demand goals for energy and climate resilience", authored by researchers Nuno Bento (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte), Arnulf Grubler, and Nebojsa Nakicen

Several funding opportunities for doctoral students are now open at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon for the 2026/2027 academic year. These opportunities include grants funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the PIONEER Alliance, as well as merit-based scholarships promoted by Iscte. PIONEER Research Fellowship (FCT) Within the framework of the PIONEER Alliance, applications are open for the Pioneer Research Fellowships for Doctoral Studies. T

Iscte-Knowledge and Innovation Center CVTT and DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte invite researchers interested in applying for the Marie-Sklodowska Curie PostDoctoral Fellowships 2026 - HORIZON-MSCA-2026-PF-01-01 . Applications are welcome from researchers with outstanding CV in the following scientific areas: Social Sciences and Humanities, Management and Economics, Public Policy, Psychology, Sociology, International Studies, Anthropology, Information and Communications Technology, crossc

Ana Oliveira , researcher at DINÂMIA'CET – ISCTE and coordinator of the Sonic Paradise project , has been invited to moderate the roundtable "What a Healthy Lisbon Nightlife Looks Like" at the Lisbon Dance Summit 2026 . The session will take place on 29 April at Fábrica de Unicórnios, in Marvila , bringing together ten professionals from across the nightlife, electronic music, and cultural sectors — including artists, promoters, cultural producers, photographers, and night

Location: Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 2, Auditorium B302 Date: 20 April 2025 Time: 3:00 PM Admission: Free DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to participate in the Research Seminar of the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories “Epicurus’ Letter to Pythocles and Celestial and Meteorological Phenomena. On Architecture” , to be held on April 20, 2026, at 3:00 PM, at Iscte, Building 2, Auditorium B302. The storms of February

The exhibition Lucio Costa Archive draws on the personal collection of the renowned urban planner, which was donated by his family to the Casa da Arquitetura in 2021. Curated by Ana Vaz Milheiro in collaboration with Leonor Matos Silva (both researchers at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte), Lucio Costa Archive opens on 18 April at Casa da Arquitetura, featuring two days of free activities, and will run until 13 September 2026. Organised into six sections – "Family", "Writings", "Portuga

On 4 April, DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Alexandra Saraiva was interviewed on the SIC Notícias programme ‘Expresso Imobiliário’ to present the exhibition ‘Habitar Portugal 74|24’ on behalf of the curatorial team (Alexandra Saraiva, Célia Gomes, and Rui Leão). The exhibition, on display at the CCB until 26 April, presents a panoramic overview in tribute to half a century of democracy in Portugal, thus serving as an important document for our country's contemporary history. It

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and the publisher Tinta-da-China are pleased to announce the launch of the book Mulheres, Terra e Revolução , authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH). The event will take place on 24 April 2026 at 7:00 PM , at Casa Capitão in Lisbon, and will be preceded at 6:00 PM by the screening of a documentary of the same name, directed by the authors. Following the screening, the book will be presented by Fernando Oliveira

The II International Conference Mulheres, Mundos do Trabalho e Cidadania – Diferentes Olhares, Outras Perspetivas , with the objective of deepening knowledge on issues inherent to women’s work, employment, and activism, will take place from 22 to 25 October 2025, at the Alcântara Library – José Dias Coelho, in Lisbon. The conference will be held in person. However, so that everyone who wishes to may join, the Organizing Committee foresees, on an absolutely exceptional basis,

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). João Loureiro hosted the session "Youth Employment in Portugal: Rights and Indicators", which featured an interactive

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 P

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 Revolution and the values of democracy. In Porto, it will compete in the Official Selection of the 9th PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, with a screening on 26 April at 3:15 PM., at the Batalha Centro

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 an Editor-in-chief, Deputy Editor and editorial board, as well as a strategic project for the development of the journal. Please read through the attached document for more

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. The team's strong engagement reflects the organizational capacity, dynamism and interdisciplinary collaboration th

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

The article ' The Paradox of Trust: How Leadership, Commitment, and Inertia Shape Sustainability Behavior in the Workplace ’ , co-authored by Winston Silvestre (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher), Sérgio Begnini and Isabel Abreu has been published by MDPI in the Journal of Administrative Sciences. This study explores the factors driving employees’ sustainability-switching behaviors by integrating the Push, Pull, and Mooring (PPM) model with the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA).

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to an Open Lecture of the Master's programme in Urban Studies, entitled "The Arrival Grid: Public Space as Migrant Social Infrastructure in Central Lisbon" The event will take place on 30 March at 18:00 at Iscte, Building 3, Room AA2.29 and will feature a presentation by Professor Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, examining how central urban public spaces in Lisbon function as infrastructures of arrival that mediate migrant integration in ever

Ana Vaz Milheiro , integrated researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, was interviewed in the 19 March 2026 edition of Visão magazine regarding the research project ArchLabour: Architecture, Colonialism and Labour. The role and legacy of mass labour in the design, planning and construction of Public Works in former African territories under Portuguese colonial rule . In this interview, the researcher discusses the objectives and preliminary findings of the project, which received €2