DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher Ana Vaz Milheiro has received the Special Mention for Teaching and Research at the 2026 FORMA Awards.

The article “Strategic pathways for decarbonization: a data-driven typology to strengthen climate policy”, co-authored by D’C researchers Nuno Bento and Margarida Fontes, was recently published in Climate Policy. 

The "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género (PML)" was awarded ex aequo to DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher Vera Silva for her work "Configurações de Género nas Prisões Femininas: Permanências, Continuidades e Variações".

The 8th edition of the event dedicated to “Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context” will take place at the Lisbon School of Architecture - University of Lisbon (FA.ULisboa) on 9–10 October 2026.

DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte welcomes visiting researchers Julia Rabelo and Çiğsem Yağmur Yüksel for two ArchLabour talks exploring Urban Heritage and Archival Research: Research Trajectories and the Bairro do Zambujal Case and also, A Socio-Ecological Sensory Mapping Framework Using Human-in-the-Loop AI and MAXQDA

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte will be at NEI2026 – European Researchers' Night with the activity “What Is Prison For? Abolition for a World Without Prisons!”, organized by researchers Joana Pestana Lages, Vera Silva and Ricardo Loureiro.

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).

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 present a talk on the Wall as Interface.

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.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher holds that the concept of home is changing because we are in a deep housing crisis.

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).

"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, which results from the research project Homes2Live | Inhabiting the Revolution: Perspectives on social transformations and spatial productions from occupied houses in Bairro das Amendoeiras, in Lisbon, will be open from September 15th to 19th 2026.

"Do convento para o cabaré: quando uma igreja vazia se enche de outros fiéis" is a recent article published in the "Vícios" section of Expresso newspaper, by João Diogo Correia, following an online conversation with DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Rolando Volzone.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ana Mehnert Pascoal featured in an interview in the latest issue of Sábado magazine. 

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira participated in the RTP Notícias programme 'Tudo é Economia'.

On July 22, 2026, at 15:00, the public defense of Catarina Mateus' doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte Building 4.

The A+I Working Paper Series has opened a call for submissions for its fourth issue, edited by Guest Editor Nuno Tavares da Costa (Dinâmia'CET-Iscte). The abstract deadline (300 words) is 19 October 2026.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Glória Rebelo will be the speaker at the conference 'Labor Law: Digital Transition, Artificial Intelligence and Teleworking'.

On July 24, 2026, at 14:30, the public defense of Ana Cravinho's doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte Building 4.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researchers contribute to the 2026 edition of The The State of the Nation and Public Policies report.

Sandra Marques Pereira comments on the recent Portuguese Government proposal for rental reform, along with other issues concerning housing challenges in Portugal.

On July 24th and 25th, Pavilhão do Conhecimento celebrates the 30th anniversary of Ciência Viva (Living Science) with a two-day programme. DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Joana Pestana Lages will be at the Generations Stage starting at 2:30 PM (July 25th), to participate in the session 'Science: from the past to the future - Three researchers, three presentations and a journey from antiquity to what is to come!'

Full programme available here.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has released Issue 51 (July 2026).

Available here.

How can the housing crisis be solved? That is the question up for discussion tomorrow night on the RTP Açores programme 'Grande Debate', with contributions from DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Lídia Fernandes as part of an expert panel.

DAViD Lab welcomes expressions of interest to integrate teams to carry out activities related to the development of immersive experiences, three-dimensional modeling, digital reconstruction of heritage, interactive applications and other initiatives within the DAViD Lab mission.

DINÂMIA’CET researcher and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, Paulo Marques, was interviewed by RTP1 for a special report on the challenges of youth unemployment in Portugal.

Climate action can improve people’s quality of life, and strategies targeting how energy and resources are used may generate particularly broad benefits.

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 research combines energy-system modelling across 18 countries with representative surveys in Brazil, China and the Netherlands, assessing impacts on health, energy security, employment, household income, environmental conditions and equity.

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 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.