DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte will host the book launch conference for Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets: Atypical Employment and Minimum Wage Reform in Spain and Portugal on 5 June 2026, from 11:00 to 13:00, at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, Building 4, Auditoriums A306 and A302.

Yolanda Díaz, Second Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Labour and Social Economy, and Ana Mendes Godinho, former Portuguese Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security will present the book 'Governing Solidarity in European Labour Markets: Atypical Employment and Minimum Wage Reform in Spain and Portugal' this Thursday, 5 June, at Iscte-University Institute of Lisbon.

The upcoming session "The fearful Fed: Fifty years of policing employment and fiscal policy", presented by Benjamin Braun (London School of Economics and Political Science), will take place on 28 May 2026, at Iscte, Building 4, Auditorium A306, at 18:00.

On 8 June, from 17:00 to 19:00, in the Silva Leal Auditorium, Building 3, Iscte, the seminar “AI and Job Quality in Italian Contact Centers: The Role of Workplace Regimes and Trade Union Power Resources” will take place, with Lisa Dorigatti, Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Political Sciences at the Università degli Studi di Milano.

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, held at Iscte from March 3 to May 28, 2026.

The upcoming session "Housing accessibility and class: missing links?", presented by Ismael Yrigoy Cadena (University of the Balearic Islands), will take place on 14 May 2026, at Iscte, Building 4, Auditorium A306, at 18:00.

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Paulo Marques has published a new opinion article titled "A rigidez que dá jeito" (The convenient rigidity) in the Portuguese newspaper Público, on May 2, 2026. The piece critically analyses the current political debate surrounding Portugal's labour legislation.

The article 'The political economy of ultra-activity in collective bargaining: explaining divergent post-crisis trajectories in Portugal and Spain', co-authored by Paulo Marques (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, Rui Branco, Óscar Molina and Madalena Ferreira has been published by Routledge in the New Political Economy Journal.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.