On 18 November 2025, Ricardo Costa Agarez will present and discuss the Arquitectura Aqui initiative ( https://arquitecturaaqui.eu/ ) at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Building 4, Auditorium 306, at 6 P.M., marking the conclusion of the first semester of the Doctoral Programme in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories 2025/2026. We all live, work, study and enjoy ourselves in spaces about which we know little. If we know more and better, and if this

The Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development has published the article: Connecting adaptive reuse with cultural resilience frameworks: assessing monastic and conventual heritage in Southern Portugal. Developed by researchers from DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and CIES-iscte, from Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, the article explores how adaptive reuse of monastic and conventual heritage in low-density rural areas—specifically in the Alentejo region—

Location: Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 2, Auditorium B302 Date: 12 November 2025 Time: 3:00 PM Admission: Free As part of the PhD Programme in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon is pleased to host the conference: O Jardim de Epicuro e o Realismo da Nova Arquitetura Portuguesa ( The Garden of Epicurus and the Realism of the New Portuguese Architecture). The session will take place on 12 November

Location: Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 1, Auditorium 0NE02 - Caiano Pereira Date: 11 November 2025 Time: 6:00 PM Admission: Free To mark the 50th anniversary of the Biophsyical and Landscape Planning Course, which began on 11 November 1975 at the University of Évora, and as part of Transnational Thematic Laboratories of the PhD in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Landscape Architect Aurora

Rita Calvário , researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, will join the ‘Socio-Ecological Transformation in Times of Regression’ Symposium, as guest speaker. The symposium will be hosted by the University of Kassel on December 4 th and 5 th , 2025. In the context of multiple ecological, political-economic, and social crises, the question of socio-ecological transformation has taken on growing importance in both activist and scholarly debates in recent decades. However, recent globa

The 7th Meeting Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos em contexto Ibero-Americano , coordinated by Paula André (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte), Paulo Batista (Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo/DGLAB-CIDEHUS), and Ricardo Trevisan ( Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de Brasília ), will take place on 24 and 25 October at the Casa da Arquitectura in Matosinhos. Information and registration at: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/7o-encontro-cidades-arquitetura-e-arquivos-no-contexto-

We are happy to share the new publication 'Comparative Approaches of Fast 360-degree Video-Based Survey of Inaccessible Heritage,' by the researchers Rolando Volzone (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Francesca Galasso (Università di Pavia). In this work, the authors explored innovative 360-degree video-based survey methods for documenting fragile and inaccessible heritage sites, aiming to test how different camera paths (from simple perimeter walks to more complex trajectories) can in

Our new policy brief distills insights from the special session organized by EDITS — a global research network on Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations — at the IST’25 Conference (Lisbon, 24–26 June 2025), together with the four EDITS Awarded papers, translating cutting-edge research into concrete actions for policy and practice. It focuses on four pressure points in sustainability transitions — trade-offs (speed–scale–scope), resistance, tech

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório, will be screened at the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival on October 28th at 6:00 p.m., at the Museu do Aljube. The documentary, which is part of the project Gendered power relations in agriculture: how rural women are facing gender inequality and struggling for more just and sustainable agri-food systems – the case of Portuga

Lucio Baccaro, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, was interviewed in the October 13th, 2025 edition of the Público , during his visit to Lisbon for the presentation of the lecture "Comparative Political Economy and the Growth Model Perspective" at the Inau gural Conference of the Master's and Doctoral Programmes in Political Economy 2025/2026 , held at the Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Read the interview here

Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa will host the Opening Session of the Doctorate in Urban Studies (a joint programme between Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and NOVA-FCSH) on October 16th at 18:00 (6:00 p.m.) in Auditorium C1.04, Building 2. The session will feature a presentation by Professor Carlos Fortuna, Emeritus Professor of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Coimbra and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimb

The Cátedra Internacional sobre o Envelhecimento ( International Chair on Ageing) project, developed in collaboration with several...

Following the participation of DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers Inês Nascimento , Raquel Lopes , Lorenzo Stefano Iannizzotto and Elian Stefa , under the scientific coordination of Alexandra Paio , in the Prémio Universidades da Trienal de Arquitetura de Lisboa Millennium , the project Immaterial Matters was selected for the final shortlist of six projects and is currently on display at Garagem Sul – CCB, as part of the exhibition Lighter . Lighter charts a path through e

The 13th edition of the Arquiteturas Film Festival, themed “Urban Age”, turns its attention to the lived experience of urbanisation – from the material forms of architecture to the social and cultural dynamics that define contemporary cities. This edition seeks films that explore the many dimensions of urban life: housing, infrastructure, public space, informality, environmental change, and social reproduction. The Arquiteturas Film Festival has interest in works that expose

Three news articles — published by CNN Portugal, TSF, and Observador — highlight the topic of free public transport, featured in a chapter authored by Nuno Bento (researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte) and João Pereira for the report O Estado da Nação e as Políticas Públicas 2025 (The State of the Nation and Public Policies 2025). The report is an initiative of IPPS-Iscte, coordinated by Pedro Adão e Silva. “Gratuitidade do transporte público pode ser eficaz a vários níveis” CNN P

The online edition of the book, Os territórios da Arquitetura e dos seus Arquivos no contexto ibero-americano ( The territories of architecture and its archives in the Ibero-American context ), is now available. This publication is the result of a collaboration between the Câmara Municipal de Cascais, CIDEHUS – Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora, PPG-FAU-UnB – Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo d

We are extremely proud to announce that three projects from DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers have been selected for funding by the FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) within the 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects in All Scientific Domains. The approval of these projects demonstrates the relevance of the research developed at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, thereby strengthening our position in the national scientific landscape. The selected projects are: . “Urbanização W

Paulo Tormenta Pinto , director of DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte, will participate in the tribute session for Nuno Portas, which will take place at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto on September 23, between 15:00 and 20:00. Professors from various Portuguese universities will take part in the event, providing testimonials on Nuno Portas' influence in building the most relevant theoretical foundation of urbanism developed in Portugal during the democratic period. The

Open call for one (1) Research Grant (BI_06_2025) as part of the Scientific Research project titled "Hyping Agriculture and Transit (HAT)...

Date: October 21, 2025 Location: Fundação Oriente, Lisbon Duration: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM On October 21, 2025, at the Fundação Oriente, the conference "SOB O MESMO TETO" (UNDER THE SAME ROOF) will take place, addressing the topic of housing poverty and health. Housing poverty is a critical, yet often ignored, factor that directly affects physical, mental, and social health. Living in homes with dampness, extreme cold, lack of ventilation, or unsanitary conditions contributes to

The seminar Campus with a Future: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Transition to Sustainability will take place on September 23rd, as part of Sustainability Week 2025, at Iscte. The seminar will feature representatives from various universities across the country, who will share and discuss their experiences in the field of sustainability. It will also include representatives from other official entities like ADENE and the Energy Transition Training Center, a