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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
NT SMP

2018 — 2022

Sandra Marques Pereira - 'Norma Transitória' Individual Project

The Grand Projects

2018 — 2022

Architectural and Urbanistic Operations after the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition

MCMH

2018 — 2022

Middle Class Mass Housing in Europe, Africa and Asia

National Fund for Building Rehabilitation

2018 — 2018

National Fund for Building Rehabilitation

Ana Silva Fernandes - Pós-Doc

2017 — 2020

Common Spaces. Between public works and self-produced housing: collective mobilization for urban qualification in Mozambique

SPLACH

2017 — 2021

Spatial planning for change

REV

2014 — 2015

Rester en Ville

Transformação da estrutura social e urbana das áreas Metropolitanas de Lisboa e do Porto no período de 1950 a 2011

2014 — 2024

Transformação da estrutura social e urbana das áreas Metropolitanas de Lisboa e do Porto no período de 1950 a 2011

PERIURBAN

2012 — 2015

Peri-urban areas facing sustainability challenges: scenario development in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon

RELATED NEWS

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7th Meeting Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos em contexto Ibero-Americano

21/10/2025

The 7th Meeting Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos em contexto Ibero-Americano, coordinated by Paula André, Paulo Batista, and Ricardo Trevisan, will take place on 24 and 25 October at the Casa da Arquitectura in Matosinhos.

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Opening Session of the PhD Programme in Urban Studies, 2025–2026

10.10.2025

Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon will host the Opening Session of the PhD Programme in Urban Studies (a joint Doctoral programme between Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon and NOVA FCSH). The session will take place on 16 October, at 6:00 PM, in Auditorium C1.04, Building 2.

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Immaterial Matters: a Projet involving 4 DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers in an exhibition at MAC/CCB

06/09/2025

Following the participation of DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers Inês Nascimento, Raquel Lopes, Lorenzo Stefano Iannizzotto, and Elian Stefa, under the scientific coordination of Alexandra Paio, in the Lisbon Architecture Triennale Millennium BCP Universities Award, the project Immaterial Matters was selected for the final shortlist of six projects and is currently on display at Garagem Sul – CCB, as part of the Lighter exhibition.

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Call for Entries – Arquiteturas Film Festival

06/10/2025

The Arquiteturas Film Festival will take place from 1–4 July 2026 in Porto, Portugal. Organised by INSTITUTO and directed by architect Paulo Moreira, the festival was founded in 2013 and has since become a platform for debating and disseminating architecture in dialogue with the visual and spatial arts, critical thought, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Media

Joana Pestana Lages on Público newspaper on housing precarity in the Lisbon area.

01/10/2025

Joana Pestana Lages participated in the infographic report Barracas na área de Lisboa - o regresso de um problema que nunca desapareceu, (Shantytowns in the Lisbon area - the return of a problem that never went away) in the 28 september 2025 issue of Público.

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The book Os territórios da arquitetura e dos seus arquivos no contexto ibero-americano, is available online.

29/09/2025

This publication is the result of a collaboration between the Câmara Municipal de Cascais, CIDEHUS – Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora, PPG-FAU-UnB – Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de Brasília, and DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte.

Media

Joana Pestana Lages interview in Diário de Notícias 

18/09/2025

Joana Lages was featured in an article about the Housing Freedom project, in Diário de Notícias.

Event

Conference Sob o Mesmo Teto 2025

17/09/2025

On October 21, 2025, at Fundação Oriente, the conference Sob o Mesmo Teto (Under the same Roof) will take place, addressing the topic of housing poverty and health.

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Seminar: A crise da habitação nos Açores

08/09/2025

The Seminar A Crise da Habitação nos Açores (Housing Crisis in the Azores) will take place on September 10th, 11th, and 12th in Ponta Delgada. The event will include a conference, workshops, and visits.

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Joana Pestana Lages awarded ERC Starting Grant.

04/09/2025

Joana Pestana Lages, integrated researcher at DINÂMIA’CET, won an ERC Starting Grant worth 1.5 million euros, funded by the European Research Council (ERC) to develop the Housing Freedom project for the next 5 years.

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Collaborative Laboratory: Dinâmicas Urbanas, Património, Artes. XI Seminário de Investigação, Ensino e Difusão

30/07/2025

The Collaborative Laboratory: Dinâmicas Urbanas, Património, Artes. XI Seminário de Investigação, Ensino e Difusão (Urban Dynamics, Heritage, Arts), coordinated by Paula André (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte), will hold its 11th edition on August 28 and 29, 2025, at Mackenzie Presbyterian University (São Paulo, Brazil).

Media

Lugar Comum - A Documentary, coordinated by Ana Brandão

30/06/2025

Lugar Comum is a DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte research project, coordinated by Ana Brandão, that focuses on public spaces and public life in the metropolitan and extensive city. It examines how these places are formed, used, managed, and transformed, giving visibility to everyday practices and spaces to understand the production of the built environment and to debate future challenges.

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