OUR PRIORITIES
Our research agenda is focused on 6 research themes through which we seek to advance a comprehensive understanding of contemporary social challenges
LATEST NEWS
News
New Policy Brief: Demand-Side Solutions for Tensions in Transitions
15.10.2025
Our new policy brief distills insights from the special session organized by EDITS — a global research network on Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations — at the IST’25 Conference.
Event
Mulheres, Terra, Revolução, by Rita Calvário and Cecília Honório at the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival
14.10.2025
The documentary Mulheres, Terra, Revolução (Women, Land, Revolution), by Rita Calvário (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) and Cecília Honório will be screened at the Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival on 28 October at 6 P.M., at the Aljube Museum, in Lisbon.
Media
Interview with Lucio Baccaro: Tourism should not be a country's sole engine of growth
13.10.2025
Lucio Baccaro, Director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, interview in Público, following his visit to Lisbon for the presentation of the lecture Comparative Political Economy and the Growth Model Perspective, at the Conferência Inaugural dos Programas de Mestrado e Doutoramento em Economia Política 2025/2026, held at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon.
News
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.
News
The PeX (FCT) Call selects 3 projects from DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers
23/09/2025
We are extremely proud to announce that three projects from DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers have been selected for funding by the FCT, within the 2024 Call for Exploratory Research Projects in all Scientific Domains.
SCIENTIFIC
OBSERVATION
STRUCTURES
YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
OBSERVATORY
The Observatory focuses on three key areas: youth unemployment, quality of youth employment, and labour market policies targeting young workers. Its main goal is to produce impactful publications—such as reports and policy briefs—and to provide regularly updated, accessible data for informed societal and policy discussions.
HABIDATA - Housing Observatory
The Observatory investigates current housing transformations, emphasizing production systems, affordability, housing conditions—especially indecent housing—and policies. It bridges academic research with policy and community involvement. Guided by a multidisciplinary team, it addresses a national gap and supports evidence-based decision-making, utilizing tools like LxHabidata to enhance analysis and outreach.
City-Region Transitions Observatory
The Observatory examines rapid transitions in city-regions by analysing their metabolic systems to promote sustainable human-environment relations. Through open data and interdisciplinary research, it maps socio-environmental dynamics and material flows, developing digital and spatial narratives that support better planning and decision-making for sustainable urban development.