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Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território

RESEARCH THEMES

01

ECOLOGICAL 
AND DIGITAL TRANSITION

Socioeconomic and ecological impacts of climate change and the digital transition. These systemic and multidimensional transformations underpin contrasting effects upon the achievement of the objectives outlined by the Agenda 2030.

RELATED PROJECTS
EDITS IV

2025 — 2026

EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) Project (stage 4)

CERERE

2024 — 2027

Cereals resiliency revolution for agile supply chain management in the Mediterranean

EDITS III

2023 — 2024

EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) Project - stage 3

Nuno Bento - Scientific Employment Stimulus Individual Project

2022 —

The ability to adopt energy innovations in Portugal: Historical evidence and future perspectives

Evaluation plans for RRP measures

2022 — 2022

Evaluation plans for RRP measures - C05 Business Innovation Agendas and C11 Decarbonization of Industry

EDITS II

2020 — 2023

EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) Project - stage 2

N.A.

2022 — 2022

Avaliação Ex Ante do Programa Operacional Inovação e Transição Digital

EDITS

2021 — 2022

EDITS (Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) Project

Sus2Trans

2021 — 2024

Sustainable Transformative Transitions (Sus2Trans)— Conciliate Accelerated Low Carbon Transitions with System Transformations

IA-INCENTIVOS

2020 — 2021

Artificial Intelligence in Incentive Management

NT NB

2018 — 2022

Nuno Bento - 'Norma Transitória' Individual Project

OceanTrans

2018 — 2022

Ocean energy technologies transformative potential

RELATED 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 EDITSa global research network on Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations — at the IST’25 Conference.

Media

'A Gratuidade nos Transportes Públicos' - Nuno Bento and João Pereira's IPPS-Iscte Report chapter findings feautured on national media 

01/10/2025

3 national newspapers (CNN Portugal, TSF Rádio Notícias and Observador), have featured the subject of fare-free public transport, based on the chapter by Nuno Bento (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte) and João Pereira, included in the report O Estado da Nação e as Políticas Públicas 2025, an IPPS-Iscte initiative coordinated by Pedro Adão e Silva.

Event

Campus with a Future Seminar: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Transition to Sustainability

16/09/2025

The seminar Campus with a Future: The Role of Higher Education Institutions in the Transition to Sustainability will take place on September 23rd, as part of the Sustainability Week 2025, at Iscte.

Event

Conference: Transição Digital nas Organizações - Que Impacto?

19/08/2025

On September 15, 2025, from 2:30 to 5:15 PM, the Conference Transição Digital nas Organizações - Que Impacto? (Digital Transition in Organizations - Which Impact?) will take place at Iscte, in Building 4 - Auditorium A302. The event is organized by Glória Rebelo (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte).

Event

Rita Calvário at the International Workshop Transforming Agri Food Systems in Rural/Urban Contexts

04/07/2025

Rita Calvário, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, will participate as guest speaker at the International Workshop ‘Transforming Agri Food Systems in Rural/Urban Contexts', which will take place at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, in Berlin, on July 10th and 11th, 2025.

Event

Rita Calvário at the International Summer School of Political Ecology 2025 Strategies for a Just Green Transition

26/06/2025

Rita Calvário, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, will participate as a guest lecturer at the International Summer School of Political Ecology 2025 'Strategies for a Just Green Transition', which will take place at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, from June 30 to July 4.

Event

IST 2025 Kicks Off in Lisbon with Global Experts on Sustainability

20/06/2025

Hosted by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, the event is the flagship scientific conference of the Sustainability Transitions Research Network (STRN), bringing together leading international researchers and practitioners to explore the theme 'Tensions and Trade-Offs in Structural Changes for Sustainability Transitions'.

Event

4th Political Ecology Meeting

13/05/2025

The fourth edition of the Political Ecology Meeting will take place in Coimbra and Lisbon in May and June 2025, with the participation of DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Rita Calvário.

News

Daniela Silva selected for the FORMA2025 Awards

05/05/2025

The paper Digitally Fabricated Future was one of the selected works for this year's FORMA Awards, the National Architecture Awards in Portugal, an initiative of the IF.

News

Florinda Matos interview to Vida Rural

17/02/2025

Florinda Matos was interviewed by Vida Rural regarding the CERERE European project.

Event

Transforming for Sustainability: Anticipating Future Skills

29/01/2025

This event, within the scope of the Catalyst project and CoVE - Future Skills Factory, will take place at Iscte and online. 

News

Ciberdireito - Liberdades, Direitos e Regulação na Era Digital Book from Maria Eduarda Gonçalves

29/08/2024

Maria Eduarda Gonçalves launched a new book addressing the response of European law to the digital revolution, analyzing the protection of fundamental freedoms and rights and the regulation of the digital economy in the context of cyberspace.

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