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Our research agenda is focused on 6 research themes through which we seek to advance a comprehensive understanding of contemporary social challenges
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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
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‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
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DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen
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Legislating the organics of entities under the central oversight of Culture: article by Tiago Mendes and Pedro Costa published in Análise Social

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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
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‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
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DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen
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Legislating the organics of entities under the central oversight of Culture: article by Tiago Mendes and Pedro Costa published in Análise Social
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'Salários dos jovens em Portugal': A chapter by Paulo Marques, Rita Guimarães and Alexandre Mergulhão
10/11/2025
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.
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Care(4)Housing: Final Presentation
10/12/2025
We invite you to the Final Presentation of the Care(4)Housing project – A care through design approach to address housing precarity, funded by FCT (PTDC/ART-DAQ/0181/2021). The presentation will be held on 15 December at 16:30, at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Building 4, Floor 3, Auditorium A302.
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‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’: A chapter by Andrea Pavoni
09/12/2025
Andrea Pavoni’s chapter ‘Un-mastering Life: Law, Value and Locality in Natural Wine Ontology’ has been published by Springer in the book Uncorked: Negotiating Science and Belief in the Natural Wine Movement.
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Book of the Month: 'Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market Graduates: between employability and employment'
09/11/2025
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.
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DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen
09/12/2025
DINÂMIA’CET marks the passing of architect Frank Gehry on December 5 by sharing the lecture “Frank Urbanism: Gehry Takes Up Cities” delivered by Jean-Louis Cohen (1949–2023) at the International Congress “Grand Projects – Urban Legacies of the Late 20th Century” (2019).
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Legislating the organics of entities under the central oversight of Culture: article by Tiago Mendes and Pedro Costa published in Análise Social
02/12/2025
The article ‘Legislar a orgânica das entidades sob a tutela central da Cultura: evolução do panorama legislativo no período democrático em Portugal’ (Legislating the organics of entities under the central oversight of Culture: Evolution of the legislative landscape in the democratic period in Portugal), by DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte researchers Tiago Mendes and Pedro Costa, has been published in the Journal Análise Social.
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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.