Clara Moura – founder of Home Hunting – and DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Teresa Marat-Mendes debated the subject of urban planning, the Restelo neighbourhood and a sustainable self-sufficient Lisbon.

CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios has released this Spring's special issue on the subject of sustainability and urban planning. This piece includes 11 original articles and 2 interviews.

There will be a screening of the documentary Chelas Nha Kau on 23 April at Cinema São Jorge within the Festival Política, a cinema festival taking place in Lisbon, Braga and Évora. This documentary was co-directed by Bagabaga Studios e collective Bataclan 1950.

The second episode of 'Desatar o Nó' Podcast is out. Carolina Henriques spoke with DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher and Iscte professor Maria de Fátima Ferreiro, about her project Ruraction and the importance of the rural milieu in contemporary Portugal.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Lídia Fernandes integrates the research team of a project by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos on poverty in Portugal.

The e-book edited by Carla Duarte and Anita Strasser following the International Symposium Walking Places (CIUL - Centro de Informação Urbana de Lisboa, 2019) has been released.

Opinion article by Helena Lopes in Público newspaper: 'The word "democracy" is absent from the PRR, as is the word "regulation". "Inequality" shows within the contexts of housing and gender.'

Researcher Gustavo Sugahara was interviewed for portal 'The Age Buster' on the role of economics and public policy in the issue of ageing.

A DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte team of researchers presented a report on the pandemic impacts in Local Housing.

Issue #41 (December 2020) of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios is now online. It included the thematic dossier 'For a more sustainable urban planning', edited by Teresa Marat-Mendes and Patrícia Bento d’Almeida, along with the usual free submission original articles.

Opinion article by Helena Lopes for Público on the impacts of the pandemic in economic policy.

Sandra Marques Pereira wrote in Público about 'Lisboa, alojamento local e renda acessível: do wishful thinking à realidade'. This researcher is about to publish a report following a survey to Local Housing owners in lisbon.

Ana Brandão was invited to speak at the 6th session of the Conference Cycle 'Encontro de Urbanismo: COVID 19 - Preparar as Cidades para Riscos Globais organizado pela Câmara Municipal de Lisboa'. This session debated the importance of spaces for families, generations, consumption and leisure, and whether they should coexist of specialize.

Nuno Bento was featured in an episode of 'Sociedade Civil' dedicated to the homes of the future and how new digital technologies and sophisticated home appliances convey greater energy efficiency at a time when buildings contribute with a third of global energy consumption.

'Corda Bamba' is a new podcast by DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ana Oliveira approaching different artistic work pathways. Her guests from an array of artistic domains speak about working conditions and the day-to-day life of an artist in Portugal. The first guest was Salvador Menezes, a musician from the project You Can't Win Charlie Brown.

The world premiere of Chelas Nha Kau will be screened at DocLisboa 2020, with co-director Ricardo Venâncio Lopes of DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte.

A session cycle organized by Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra will present Financialisation in the European Periphery: Work and Social Reproduction in Portugal. This work includes contributions from several DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researchers.

For the second time in a row, DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Maria José dos Santos, was awarded the Diploma de Mérito nos Prémios Científicos IPL/CGD, in the Social Sciences category.

Florinda Matos, participated in the YouTube channel Sociedade 5.0, from the Mais Ribatejo website, where she spoke about upcoming challenges for companies in the next months: 'Only the resillient ones will survive'.

Fernando Alves conducted an interview to DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Helena Lopes, kicking-off the new season of TSF - Rádio Notícias programme Rede Social.

Alexandra Saraiva, who is part of the editorial team at Archivoz magazine, has recently interviewed architect Carlos Carvalho Dias.

Nuno Dias constributed towards an Expresso article by Hélder Gomes reflecting on why the term "social distancing" has been favoured over "physical distancing" since the beginning of the pandemic. Nuno Dias offered a few clues.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Nuno Bento answered a few questions on climate to TSF - Rádio Notícias: The pandemic gave us a chance to adequately think about climate change. Will there be a new era for energetic components? Can decarbonization be linked to the dematerialization of consumption?

Sandra Marques Pereira and Madalena Matos co-ordinated a DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte research team working on the impacts thet the lockdown had on housing dynamics.

The pandemic crises brought up some national economy weaknesses that can originate other sorts of crises. What will be the consequences of our dependence on tourism? How can we prepare for upcoming uncertainties? DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ricardo Paes Mamede offered a few answers.

Nuno Bento published an article in the French journal Revue de l'Énergie, where he critically analyzed the evolution of hydrogen technologies in the past decade, their current status and a few lessons for the future.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher and ISCTE professor Helena Lopes, was attributed an award for the best article published at Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais between 2018 and 2019.

Issue #40 of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios (Cities, Communities and Territories), DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte’s journal in Urban Studies, is now available online. It includes the thematic dossier 'Work without borders' by Nuno Dias, Inês Brasão and Manuel Abrantes.

3 years of collaboration through '4H-CREAT - Hélice quádrupla para estimular a inovação nas PMEs Culturais e Criativas do Atlântico', now coming to an end, will be celebrated through a podcast series interviewing several stakeholders from different counties and regions in the Atlantic Area.

Opinion article by Glória Rebelo for Jornal Económico: 'Covid-19 e teletrabalho: a urgência de responder a um regime complexo'