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Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território

RESEARCH THEMES

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TERRITORIAL
COHESION

Regulation and governance in a situation of polycrises. The production of important and longlasting socioeconomic impacts combined with the expansion of financial markets, digitalisation, and war scenarios continue to challenge European welfare state regimes.

RELATED PROJECTS
Rede Probreza

2025 — 2025

Acquisition of research services on community responses to situations of poverty and exclusion

N.A.

2025 — 2027

Articulations and challenges of Brazilian researchers in the production of knowledge and international cooperation in the areas of Social Sciences and Humanities at universities in Portugal

Articul_desaf

2024 — 2026

Articulations and challenges of Brazilian researchers in the production of knowledge and international cooperation in the areas of social sciences and humanities in Portuguese universities

FEED

2024 — 2025

Fighting for Gender and Food Justice: Rural Women’S Struggles in Portugal, Galicia, and the Basque Country

INITIATE

2024 — 2027

Supporting European R&I through stakeholders collaboration and institutional
reform

COM-BOOST

2024 — 2024

Public Value and Communicational Boost of European Funds

Network for Equality

2024 — 2025

Equality Local Authorities Network Training

TransHERITAGE

2023 — 2024

Transformative Religious Heritage. Bridging Northern and Southern Europe Approaches

Relatórios Metodológicos PRR

2023 — 2023

Relatórios Metodológicos PRR

Ex post Evaluation

2023 — 2024

Ex post evaluation of Cohesion policy programmes 2014-2020

Diagnóstico de Maturidade da Dinamização Territorial e Sustentabilidade Integral - Vila do Conde

2023 — 2023

Diagnóstico de Maturidade da Dinamização Territorial e Sustentabilidade Integral - Vila do Conde

Territorial Marketing Plan for Mangualde

2023 — 2023

Service provision under the Territorial Marketing Plan for Mangualde.

RELATED NEWS

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

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte in the International Chair on Ageing, presented at UNESCO

09/10/2025

The International Chair project on Ageing, developed in collaboration with various Francophone and international partners, will be officially presented at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, on October 13.

Event

GEC à Conversa (GEC Talks)

06/05/2025

Presentation and discussion of diverse works by researchers from DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte's Governance, Economy, and Citizenry Research Group.

Media

Interview with Gustavo Sugahara

10/09/2024

Gustavo Sugahara was a guest on the YouTube channel O que rola na Gerento, one of the leading forums in the debate on ageing in Brazil. In this interview, he discussed his project concerning age-friendly cities and communities in Cascais.

News

Policy Responses to Ageing in Cascais

26/07/2024

Project developed by a DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte research team with an impact on the creation of active ageing promotiion policy in Cascais.

News

Diário de um Investigador Podcast featuring Gustavo Sugahara

04/06/2024

Gustavo Sugahara was the guest on the latest episode of the Diário de um Investigador podcast. He discussed ageing in the urban context, detailing how his interest in the subject developed, what motivates his research, and the impact of his work on our lives

News

Sebastião Santos: PhD Thesis on Vulnerabilities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area 

20/09/2023

Sebastião Santos, a researcher at DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte will present his PhD Thesis, which identifies critical asymmetries and vulnerabilities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The doctoral defence will take place in Auditorium B104 at Iscte on 26 September at 10:00 AM.

News

Alexandra Castro at the OSCE event on gender and minorities

23/03/2023

Alexandra Castro was rapporteur for Gender Equality at the FCNM Advisory Board at the event 'Intersectionality of Gender and National Minorities' organized by OSCE, in Vienna, on 28 march.

Media

Lídia Fernandes on Grande Debate - RTP Açores

14/02/2023

The show Grande Debate on RTP Açores included the participation of Lídia Canha on recent INE data that place the Azores once again at the top of poverty and social inequality rankings.

News

Study reveals 493 homeless people in the Azores

01/02/2023

'Study found 493 people experiencing homelessness in the Azores' is one of the conclusions in the final report of project À Margem – A condição de sem abrigo nos Açores.

News

Irina Gomes discussed trust in Public Institutions

27/09/2022

'É a participação determinante para a Confiança nas Instituições Públicas? Depende', defended Irina Gomes (DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte) in a webINAr with Mariana Prats (OCDE) and Nelson Dias (Oficina), promoted by INA. The video is now available.

News

Eduardo Medeiros speaker at the EURegionsWeekUniversity

19/09/2022

Eduardo Medeiros was keyword speaker at an academic workshop within the European Week of Cities and Regions: EURegionsWeekUniversity - European border cities for territorial development and cohesion.

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