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Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

RESEARCH THEMES

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ECOLOGICAL 
AND DIGITAL TRANSITION

Socioeconomic and ecological impacts of climate change and the digital transition. These systemic and multidimensional transformations underpin contrasting effects upon the achievement of the objectives outlined by the Agenda 2030.

RELATED PROJECTS
NT NB

2018 — 2022

Nuno Bento - 'Norma Transitória' Individual Project

OceanTrans

2018 — 2022

Ocean energy technologies transformative potential

KM3D

2018 — 2022

Knowledge Management in Additive Manufacturing: Designing New Business Models

EXPL/IVC-ESCT/1435/2013

2014 — 2015

Technological platforms and emerging business models: new modes of value creation and appropriation in the biomedical industry

EIT-KIC/MPR/0025/2013

2014 — 2014

Inforest - Research and; Innovation Centre for "Non-wood forest raw materials"

MEMO PTDC/EMS-ENE/2197/2012

2013 — 2015

MEMO - Evolution of the Lisbon metropolitan area metabolism. Lessons towards a Sustainable Urban Future.

TESS

2011 — 2014

TESS - Transition to an environmentally sustainable energy system - The role of technology-intensive firms in the commercialisation

RELATED NEWS

News

Catalyst courses for an increasingly digital and sustainable world

02/04/2025

The DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte Catalyst project team has launched a comprehensive suite of eight new training courses within CATALYST network. Designed to foster professional development across varying stages of expertise, the new portfolio offers curriculum options at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

News

Florinda Matos interview to Vida Rural

17/02/2025

Florinda Matos was interviewed by Vida Rural regarding the CERERE European project.

Event

Transforming for Sustainability: Anticipating Future Skills

29/01/2025

This event, within the scope of the Catalyst project and CoVE - Future Skills Factory, will take place at Iscte and online. 

News

Ciberdireito - Liberdades, Direitos e Regulação na Era Digital Book from Maria Eduarda Gonçalves

29/08/2024

Maria Eduarda Gonçalves launched a new book addressing the response of European law to the digital revolution, analyzing the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights and the regulation of the digital economy in the context of cyberspace.

News

The CATALYST project launches the first issue of its digital journal, The CATALYST Prospectus

02/08/2024

The CATALYST project launched the first issue of its digital journal, The CATALYST Prospectus.


This publication's objective is to serve as a resource and a community for change agents who aim to transform their workplaces and personal lives through sustainable practices.

News

Diário de um Investigador Podcast featuring Nuno Bento

20/05/2024

Nuno Bento was our guest of episode #4 of the Diário de um Investigador podcast, which is already available on all streaming platforms.

News

A paper in the journal Science presents the findings of a study led by Nuno Bento on the energy crisis.

18/03/2024

An international team of researchers, including Sus2Trans project members, Nuno Bento and Tiago Alves, discovered that demand-side solutions possess a significantly greater potential to mitigate our vulnerability to energy crises compared with supply-side measures. The findings were published in the Science journal.

News

Catalyst Project in the 24th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2023)

15/12/2023

The Catalyst Project participated in the 24th European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM 2023)

News

O Acto Ciênsivel: Seniores e Arte Digital - Interdisciplinary Presentation

07/12/2023

O Acto Ciênsivel - Seniores e Arte Digital: Interdisciplinary Presentation

News

2nd International Sociodigital Lab Conference

06/12/2023

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.

Media

Nuno Bento in Expresso newspaper: 'Global Challenges Require a Paradigm Shift in the Energy and Climate Crisis'

07/11/2023

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

Newsletter

Editorial by Helena Lopes in D'C Newsletter Issue #81

26/10/2023

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

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