Rita Calvário, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, will join the 9th Annual Meeting of Political Economy, as guest speaker, within the framework of the SWIFT - Supporting Women-led Innovation in Farming Territories research project.

In the chapter devoted to employment within the IPPS-Iscte report Panorama 2026 - Politics, Economics, and Society in Portugal, researcher Paulo Marques (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte) warns that the labour legislation reform proposed by the Government could reverse the trend of recent years regarding the reduction of fixed-term contracts, potentially leaving an additional 13,000 people in Portugal unable to escape a more precarious employment regime.

Paulo Marques, researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory was interviewed by Associated Press News, about the workers General Strike and the Government's proposals to change the Labour Legislation

The chapter 'Salários dos Jovens em Portugal' (Youth Wages in Portugal), by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão has been published in the book Salário Digno em Portugal, (Living Wage in Portugal) coordinated by José António Pereirinha and Elvira Pereira.

Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market Graduates: Between Employability and Employment, organized by Fátima Suleman, Pedro Videira, and Pedro N. Teixeira, has been chosen as the Iscte Library’s Book of the Month for December.

Paulo Marques, researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, was interviewed in Jornal Público, about the Government's proposals for changing Labour Legislation.

Paulo Marques, researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, was interviewed on Fórum TSF, about work flexibility and the Government's proposals for changing Labour Legislation.

The researcher Ricardo Paes Mamede, in an interview to CNN Portugal, argues that the labour market in Portugal is not rigid and that the Government’s proposed amendments to labour legislation will result in an "enormous reduction of the negotiating power" of workers, which has implications not only for their income but also for their living conditions.

Paulo Marques, coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory, was interviewed on the November 10th edition of Negócios on Now channel, dedicated to the topic of labour legislation.

Paulo Marques was interviewed on the September 9th edition of the Fórum TSF dedicated to the topic of the government's proposed labour legislation reform.

An article by Raquel Martins in Público, in collaboration with Paulo Marques, a researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte and coordinator of the Youth Employment Observatory.

Paulo Marques was one of the invited speakers at the Conference The Future of Labour: 50 Years After the 25 April, an initiative organized by Público newspaper and INATEL.

Paulo Marques participated in the discussion panel dedicated to the theme 'Youth and Labour: Attitudes, Behaviours, and Opportunities'.