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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
SIZA_3CITY

2022 — 2024

Álvaro Siza’s collective housing: projects, contexts and experiences (Porto-Lisbon-New York)

Care(4)Housing

2022 — 2025

A care through design approach to address housing precarity in Portugal

NUTRIMOVERE

2021 — 2022

Bairros Saudáveis

RIZOMA

2021 — 2022

Rizoma - Bairros Saudáveis

Habitar Siza

2021 — 2024

Habitar Siza: a experiência e interacção dos residentes com a arquitectura e as micro-tecnologias de Álvaro Siza

RE-DWELL

2020 — 2024

Delivering affordable and sustainable housing in Europe

Covid Gender: Projeto 121.

2020 — 2020

Como ficar em casa? Intervenções imediatas de combate à Covid-19 em bairros precários da AML

LXHABIDATA

2020 — 2020

LXHABIDATA - Públicos vulneráveis

Joana Lages - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project

2020 — 2026

(Re)housing. exploring innovative solutions to accommodate the urban poor

LXHABIDATA

2019 —

LXHABIDATA

COST ACTION 18137

2019 — 2023

European Middle Class Mass Housing

Andrea Pavoni - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project

2019 — 2025

Uncomfortable Commons: the paradigm of comfort and the promise urban commons: a conceptual, critical and empirical exploration

RELATED NEWS

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Alexandra Saraiva on ‘Expresso Imobiliário’ – SIC Notícias on behalf o the curatorial team of the ‘Habitar Portugal 74|24’ exhibition

15/04/2026

On 4 April, DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Alexandra Saraiva was interviewed on the SIC Notícias programme ‘Expresso Imobiliário’ to present the exhibition ‘Habitar Portugal 74|24’ on behalf of the curatorial team (Alexandra Saraiva, Célia Gomes, and Rui Leão).


The exhibition, on display at the CCB until 26 April, presents a panoramic overview in tribute to half a century of democracy in Portugal, thus serving as an important document for our country's contemporary history.

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Book Launch of 'Transgressive City-Making and Governance: Housing Struggles, Occupations and Evictions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area', authored by Saila-Maria Saaristo

08/04/2026

We are pleased to announce the launch of the book Transgressive City-Making and Governance: Housing Struggles, Occupations and Evictions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, authored by the DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte's researcher, Saila-Maria Saaristo.


The event will be part of the International Conference 'Portuguese/Global Urban Studies', organized by the Urban Transitions Hub, ICS-ULisboa, CIES-Iscte, Iscte-IUL, and CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria, and will take place on 22 April 2026, at 4:00 PM, in the ICS-ULisboa auditorium (ground floor).

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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.

Media

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.

Event

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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Alexandra Saraiva, representing the curatorial team of Habitar Portugal 74|24, at the conference 'Urbe: que caminho para Portugal?'

10/02/2026

Alexandra Saraiva, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, has been invited by the newspaper Público, representing the curatorial team of Habitar Portugal 74|24, to the closing session of the conference ‘Urbe: que caminho para Portugal?’, which will take place on 12 February at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB).

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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.

Media

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

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