Open House Europe Summit: Construir o Futuro em Conjunto featuring Sandra Marques Pereira and Mariana Sanchez Salvador

O Acto Ciênsivel - Seniores e Arte Digital: Interdisciplinary Presentation

The 2nd edition of the International Sociodigital Lab for Public Policy Conference promoted a cross-cutting debate, identifying the difficult challenges posed by 'green transition' policies and by inequalities and social justice.

TSF - Encontros com o Património radio programme dedicated its latest session to the 'Habitar Lisboa' Exhibition. Marta Sequeira (curator), Inês Lobo, and Paulo Tormenta Pinto were the guests of Manuel Vale-Boas in this episode, where they debated housing policies over the last 50 years and the role of architecture and architects in this context.

The Habitar Lisboa exhibition aims to make the current housing situation in the capital visible, showcasing the role of architects in the strategy for construction in the city. The exhibition will be on display at the Architecture Centre/Garagem Sul of the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) until 28 April 2024.

'Global challenges require a paradigm shift: prioritising the demand-side approach to the energy and climate crisis' — Opinion article by Nuno Bento in Expresso.

The Report Quem são os jovens desempregados? (who are the unemployed youth), produced for the IEFP by the Youth Employment Observatory at Iscte, reveals that low qualifications are the main barrier to starting professional careers.

Ouvimos os jovens. As universidades e os centros de investigação também devem fazer a sua transição ecológica (we listened to the youth: universities and research centres should also undertake their ecological transition) — Editorial by Helena Lopes for Issue 81 (September-October) of the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte Newsletter

The 11th PNUM Meeting, dedicated to the theme Urban Morphology – Planning, Recovery and Resilience, took place in Sintra on 13 and 14 September, with the participation of around one hundred Portuguese, Brazilian, and Spanish speakers.

Assunção Gato, Editor of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios, was invited to participate in the Meeting of Editors of Academic Journals in Social Sciences and Humanities.

The fourth edition of the Architectures of the Soul International Conference took place between 19 and 21 October, set against the backdrop of Batalha Monastery, which was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, exactly 40 years ago.

Fátima Suleman was a guest on the Sociedade Civil programme on RTP1. This edition was dedicated to the complex relationship between Universities and the labour market.

Ricardo Costa Agarez was the guest on the latest edition of the RTP programme Visita Guiada, focusing on the Modernist Architecture in Algarve in the 1950s and 1960s.

Alexandra Paio was elected Vice-President of the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Regional Section of the Ordem dos Arquitetos for the 2023–2026 mandate.

Rolando Volzone interviewed in Público: 'Investigador sugere usar alguns mosteiros e conventos para albergar pessoas sem casa'.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has just launched its Autumn 2023 Special Issue, edited by Sílvia Jorge and Vanessa Melo, entitled: O acesso a uma habitação condigna em Portugal: um olhar sobre os grupos mais vulneráveis (Access to decent housing in Portugal: an overview of the most vulnerable groups).

The DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte annual team meeting took place at the CCB – Centro Cultural de Belém to promote a broad debate in preparation for the Strategic Plan 2025–29.

The LXHabidata platform team is launching a new survey of the population on house renting in Lisbon

'Onde nos Encontramos? - Partilhar experiências positivas e testemunhos que gradualmente alteram o paradigma nacional é, sem dúvida, essencial para redesenhar o futuro da sustentabilidade na construção' (Where do we Meet? Sharing positive experiences and testemonies that gradually change the national paradigm is absolutelly essencial to redesigning the future of sustainable construction). — Opinion Article by Alexandra Paio in Jornal Economico

Sebastião Santos, a researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte will present his PhD Thesis, which identifies critical asymmetries and vulnerabilities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The doctoral defence will take place in Auditorium B104 at Iscte on 26 September at 10:00 AM.

The DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte strategic meeting will take place on Saturday, 23 September, starting at 10:00 a.m. at the CCB – Centro Cultural de Belém. Its objective is to promote a broad debate in preparation for the Strategic Plan 2025–29 to be submitted for the FCT 2023–24 R&D Unit Evaluation.

An article in IN Corporate Magazine about Eduardo Simões's latest publication, which will have a public presentation on 19 September 2023 at 6:30 PM in Auditorium B203 at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa

The first issue of the newsletter for the project A Bomba Relógio da Abstenção (The Abstention Time Bomb been launched. The project is coordinated by Divergente Journal and features the researchers Sebastião Santos and Margarida Perestrelo.

'Formas de habitar nos anos 1960: do campo à cidade' — Article by Sandra Marques Pereira in Público

'Arquitectura do Algarve: quando a tradição casava com o modernismo' (Architecture in the Algarve: when tradition met modernism): Article on the architect Ricardo Costa Agarez's latest book A Construção do Algarve –Arquitetura Moderna, Regionalismo e Identidade no Sul de Portugal (1925-1965)

Paula André, Aula Magna, Auditório Jayme Golubov, 4 September 202

Lecture 'Do Arquivo ao Atlas: infinitos sentidos dos valores culturais da arquitetura' (from the Archive to the Atlas: endless meanings of cultural values of architecture). 

Ana Vaz Milheiro has been awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant, valued at approximately two and a half million euros.

It is with profound sorrow that we inform the community of the passing of Professor Vítor Matias Ferreira (11/08/1938 – 30/06/2023), Emeritus Full Professor at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, of the Department of Sociology, where he taught for over thirty years and served as its President.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has just launched Issue 46/June 2023, which includes the thematic dossier edited by Elisabete Tomaz, Cristina Henriques, Chiara Tagliaro, and Uglješa Stankov, entitled: Transforming Work Environments: Unveiling the Dynamics and Impacts of Coworking Spaces.