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RELATED NEWS
Event
3rd Seminar of the Tecnopolíticas da Participação Project to take place on 2 - 3 December in Lisbon
06/11/2026
The 3rd Seminar of the Tecnopolíticas da Participação Project will take place on 2 and 3 December 2026. The programme will be spread over two days, with the first taking place at the Lisbon School of Architecture of the University of Lisbon (FA.ULisboa) and the second at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon.
The event will present the findings of the different working groups on housing policies and practices in Brazil and Portugal.
Media
Sandra Marques Pereira examines growing mobilisation around housing in Público
12/10/2026
Drawing on the concept of housing discontent, the researcher reflects on the social and political impacts of the housing crisis and examines the measures proposed by the Portuguese Government in this context.
News
Housing crisis report presented to the President of the Regional Government of the Azores
09/10/2026
The document was presented by Nuno Costa, President of the Secção Regional dos Açores da Ordem dos Arquitectos (Azores Regional Section of the Order of Architects, OA.SRAZO), Fernando Diogo, from the Universidade dos Açores (University of the Azores), and Lídia Fernandes, from DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, representing the report’s coordinating team.
Event
Housing Freedom project launch Seminar
8/10/2026
The seminar “Transições - Sair da Prisão, Habitar a Liberdade” (Transitions - Leaving Prison, Inhabiting Freedom) marks the launch of the project “Housing Freedom - Housing as a Tool for Freedom: A Future Away from Incarceration.” The event will take place on 20 October at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon, from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, in Building 4, Floor 3, Auditorium A302.
News
Vera Silva, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher, receives "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género"
29/09/2026
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".
Event
NEI2026 – European Researchers' Night
23/09/2026
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.
Media
Sandra Marques Pereira on Forbes Portugal
04/09/2026
DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher holds that the concept of home is changing because we are in a deep housing crisis.
Event
As Casas são do Povo exhibition opening
25/08/2026
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.
Media
Sandra Marques Pereira on Tudo é Economia
28/07/2026
DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira participated in the RTP Notícias programme 'Tudo é Economia'.
Event
Public defense of the Doctoral Thesis by Catarina Lopes Mateus
20/07/2026
On July 22, 2026, at 15:00, the public defense of Catarina Mateus' doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte Building 4.
Event
Public defense of the Doctoral Thesis by Ana Cravinho do Nascimento
17/07/2026
On July 24, 2026, at 14:30, the public defense of Ana Cravinho's doctoral thesis will take place at Iscte Building 4.
Event
11th Colloquium of the Doctoral Programme in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories
25/05/2026
DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to the 11th Colloquium of the Doctoral Programme in Architecture of Contemporary Metropolitan Territories, which will take place on 28 and 29 May at CIUL – Lisbon Urban Information Centre.