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Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

RESEARCH THEMES

04

LABOUR REGULATION
AND INEQUALITIES

Job quality, labour market solidarity and employment policies in times of spreading inequalities. Globalisation, digitalisation and flexibilisation policies implemented recently require study of the labour market risks facing young people, migrants, and women.

RELATED PROJECTS
OEJ

2025 —

Observatório do Emprego Jovem

IEFP

2025 — 2026

Cooperation Project between the Youth Employment Observatory and the Portuguese Public Employment Services (IEFP)

OSHA

2024 — 2024

The role of labour inspection and prevention services in supporting compliance with OSH requirements in Portugal

TRANSFORM

2024 — 2026

The Future of Human Workforce: Embracing Change, Challenges, and Opportunities

Municipal Marketing Plan

2024 — 2024

Market studies for the Municipal Marketing Plan - Arruda dos Vinhos, Campo de Ourique and Alcântara

Matéria de Avaliação da Implementação dos Sistemas de Incentivos à Inovação Empresarial na Concorrência

2021 — 2022

Elaboração de Estudo em Matéria de Avaliação da Implementação dos Sistemas de Incentivos à Inovação Empresarial na Concorrência

SOLID-JOB

2021 — 2024

Rebuilding solidarity in an age of job dualisation

M_CPInovP

2021 — 2021

Mercado da contratação pública de inovação em Portugal

BRIGHET

2018 — 2022

Bringing together Higher Education, Training, and Job Quality

REVAL

2018 — 2022

From internal devaluation to revaluation of work: the case of Portugal

EurWORK

2018 — 2022

Provision of Scheduled and on-request services - network of Eurofound correspondents - Portugal

BANCA

2018 — 2018

Gender Equality in Banking

RELATED NEWS

Event

Mulheres, Terra, Revolução officially selected to compete by the Porto Femme International Film Festival

22/04/2026

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH), has been officially selected to compete at the 9th PORTO FEMME International Film Festival, with a screening on 26 April at 3:15 PM., at the Batalha Centro de Cinema.

Event

Book launch of 'Mulheres, Terra e Revolução', authored by Rita Calvário and Cecília Honório

14/04/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and the publisher Tinta-da-China are pleased to announce the launch of the book Mulheres, Terra e Revolução, authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH).

The event will take place on 24 April 2026 at 7:00 PM, at Casa Capitão in Lisbon, and will be preceded at 6:00 PM by the screening of a documentary of the same name, directed by the authors.

Event

Mulheres, Terra, Revolução officially selected to compete in two major film festivals.

08/04/2026

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), authored by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório (CHAM-NOVA FCSH), has been officially selected to compete at two major film festivals, with April screenings honouring the legacy of the 25 April Revolution and the values of democracy.

Event

Seminar Series on Political Economy – Master’s and PhD Programs in Political Economy: Session #2 with Tiago Mata

06/04/2026

This spring, the Political Economy Master’s programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon) and PhD programme (Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, ISEG – University of Lisbon, and FE – University of Coimbra) are hosting a seminar series on pressing issues in capitalist societies. 


The upcoming session "Consumer price indexes and reproduction numbers, towards a history of public numbers", presented by Tiago Mata (University College London), will take place on 14 April 2026, at 18:00, at Iscte, Building 2, Auditorium B2.03.

News

'The Paradox of Trust: How Leadership, Commitment, and Inertia Shape Sustainability Behavior in the Workplace': an article co-authored by Winston Silvestre

31/03/2026

The article 'The Paradox of Trust: How Leadership, Commitment, and Inertia Shape Sustainability Behavior in the Workplace’, co-authored by Winston Silvestre (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher), Sérgio Begnini and Isabel Abreu has been published by MDPI in the Journal of Administrative Sciences.

Media

'Mujeres y Migraciones': Soil Sisters Podcast Episode produced by Rita Calvário

19/03/2026

Rita Calvário, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, produced the episode ‘Mujeres y Migraciones’ for the Soil Sisters podcast series, developed within the framework of the SWIFT project – Supporting Women-led Innovation in Farming Territories.

News

'Financialisation of workers and the erosion of trade union density in the European Union': Working Paper by Ricardo Barradas

12/03/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte has published the working paper entitled 'Financialisation of workers and the erosion of trade union density in the European Union', authored by Ricardo Barradas. This publication examines the erosion of trade union density for the last five decades all over the world, which has been contributing to a strong deterioration of labour conditions, a dizzying loss of labour rights, a proliferation of exploitative labour practices and a persistence of high levels of income inequality.

News

New Book 'Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets', co-edited by Paulo Marques

25/02/2026

Routledge has published the book entitled Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets: Atypical Employment and Minimum Wage Reform in Spain and Portugal, edited by Paulo Marques — researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory — in collaboration with researchers Rui Branco, Óscar Molina, and Renato Miguel Carmo.

News

'Aligning active labor market policies with national growth strategies: a comparative study of Portugal and Spain', an article by Paulo Marques and Pedro Videira

09/02/2026

The article ‘Aligning active labor market policies with national growth strategies: a comparative study of Portugal and Spain’, co-authored by Paulo Marques (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory) and Pedro Videira (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher) has been published by Cambridge University Press in the Journal of Public Policy.

Event

'Dar o Couro'(D'Arrache Corps): A Scenic Reflection on Contemporary Labour Dynamics

04/02/2026

The El Salto company presents the production 'Dar o Couro' (D'Arrache Corps) on 5 and 6 March 2026, at Teatro Avenidas – Um teatro em cada bairro.

Event

Screening of the documentary 'Mulheres, Terra, Revolução', by Rita Calvário and Cecília Honório.

30/01/2026

The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), authored by Rita Calvário (resarcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório, will be screened at Sede do Grupo Coral “Os Papa Borregos de Alvito, at Rua das Pereiras, 6, Alvito, on February 28th, at 2:30 p.m.

Event

'Precarization of Labour and Obstetric Racism' -Work Meeting coordinated by Carolina Magalhães Heringer and Ana Cristina Oliveira de Oliveira

30/01/2026

The working meeting titled 'Precarization of Labour and Obstetric Racism' will take place on 9 Februray 2026, at Iscte, Building 4, Room A104, from 3.00 PM to 6.00 PM.

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