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Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

RESEARCH THEMES

03

HOUSING
AND URBAN DYNAMICS

Housing dynamics and their socioeconomic and urban effects. The political response to the recent crisis in this area requires a comprehensive debate on new territorialities, habitat quality and forms of organising and producing public and domestic spaces.

RELATED PROJECTS
RUC

2026 — 2027

Radical Urban Cultures. Exploring the political ecologies of urban-food-soil entanglements in the Anthropocene through Natural Wine

Homes2live

2025 — 2025

Inhabiting the Revolution: Perspectives on social transformations and spatial production from the squatted houses of Amendoeiras neighbourhood, in Lisbon

All@Cityscape

2025 — 2029

All@Cityscape

GEBALIS

2025 — 2025

GEBALIS - Impact evaluation

HAT

2025 — 2028

Hyping Agriculture and Transit (HAT) in 15-minute Cities (15mC) – Food-growing public transport-oriented communities driving urban transitions as green Proximity Oriented Developments (PODs)

Technopolitics

2024 — 2026

Technopolitics of Participation - Overview of counter-hegemonic housing policies and practices in the Brazilian and Portuguese contexts

2023.07870.CEECIND

2024 - 2031

Displaced Survival and Neoliberalism from below. The Nexus of Migration, Labour, and Housing Struggles of Migrant Women in Portugal and Angola

HybGen

2024 — 2024

Young generations trapped in hybrid lifestyles: Challenges in ways of living and working towards the urban green care in Lisbon and Oslo

SOLVE-H

2024 — 2027

SOLVE-H - Mapping social value of
participation in collaborative housing: From
a knowledge-based to evidence-based
perspective

RESTART

2023 — 2025

Making visible public space in the extensive city: mapping challenges and opportunities for the urban transition

N.A.

2022 — 2023

Socioeconomic characterization of households residing in the neighborhoods of Portugal Novo, Horizonte and Cooperativas do Beato

Sandra Marques Pereira - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project

2022 —

Sandra Marques Pereira - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project

RELATED NEWS

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The Arrival Grid: Public Space as Migrant Social Infrastructure in Central Lisbon

24/03/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte is pleased to invite you to an Open Lecture of the Master's programme in Urban Studies, entitled "The Arrival Grid: Public Space as Migrant Social Infrastructure in Central Lisbon".

The event will take place on 30 March at 18:00 at Iscte, Building 3, Room AA2.29 and will feature a presentation by Professor Duygu Cihanger Ribeiro, examining how central urban public spaces in Lisbon function as infrastructures of arrival that mediate migrant integration in everyday life and space.

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Rede Tagus Research Cycle: Talk #6 – Climate Transition and Sustainability

12/03/2024

The sixth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #6 – Transição Climática e Sustentabilidade" (Talk #6 – Climate Transition and Sustainability), will take place on 24 March at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon.

Media

‘Portuguese homes have democratized — from the maid's room to open-plan kitchens’- Público's article features researcher Sandra Marques Pereira.

05/03/2026

Marking the 36th anniversary of the Público newspaper, a new article by Andreia Sanches, titled 'As Casas Portuguesas Democratizaram-se – do quarto da criada às cozinhas abertas', highlights an analysis by Sandra Marques Pereira (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) on the relationship between the evolution of architecture and changing modes of dwelling in Portugal.

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CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios Spring Special Issue 2026

04/03/2026

The latest issue of CIDADES, Comunidades e Territórios is out, with 9 original articles and 2 essays on the subject of Urban Rivers.

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Rede Tagus Research Cycle: Talk #5 dedicated to Landscape and Urban Ecologies

02/03/2026

The fifth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #5 - Paisagem e Ecologias Urbanas" (Talk #5 - Landscape and Urban Ecologies), will take place on 10 March at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon.

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Rede Tagus Research Cycle: Talk #4 dedicated to Urban Governance and Public Policies

16/02/2026

The fourth session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #4 - Governança Urbana e Políticas Públicas" (Talk #4 - Urban Governance and Public Policies), will take place on 24 February at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon.

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Rede Tagus Research Cycle: Talk #3 dedicated to Inclusion and Spatial Justice

05/02/2026

The third session of the Rede Tagus Research Cycle, entitled "Conversa #3 - Inclusão e Justiça Social" (Talk #3 - Inclusion and Spatial Justice), will take place on 10 February at 18:30, at the Nuno Teotónio Pereira Auditorium, at the Ordem dos Arquitectos headquarters, in Lisbon.

Media

Entrecampus 11 is out now, featuring Teresa Marat-Mendes

07/01/2026

The 11th edition of Iscte's magazine Entrecampus is now out, featuring DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte Integrated Researcher Teresa Marat-Mendes.

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The European commitment to affordable housing. An urgent challenge? Sandra Marques Pereira on TSF

05/01/2026

In the 23 December edition of TSF’s ‘Na ordem do dia’ programme, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researcher Sandra Marques Pereira examined the European Affordable Housing Plan and its impact on national and local housing policies, with an emphasis on the Portuguese context

Media

Essay by Sandra Marques Pereira: “Build-to-rent: a panacea for the housing crisis or its accelerator?”

12/12/2025

In today's edition of Expresso, Sandra Marques Pereira, authors a feature essay in the Ideias supplement, critically analysing the build-to-rent housing policies.

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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation

10/12/2025

We invite you to the Final Presentation of the Care(4)Housing project – A care through design approach to address housing precarity, funded by FCT (PTDC/ART-DAQ/0181/2021). The presentation will be held on 15 December at 16:30, at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Building 4, Floor 3, Auditorium A302.

News

DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen

09/12/2025

DINÂMIA’CET marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry on December 5 by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023) at the International Congress “Grand Projects – Urban Legacies of the Late 20th Century” (2019).

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