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Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

OUR PRIORITIES

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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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.

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.

RESEARCH THEME

01

ECOLOGICAL
AND
DIGITAL TRANSITION

RESEARCH THEME

02

TERRITORIAL
COHESION

RESEARCH THEME

03

HOUSING
AND
URBAN
DYNAMICS

RESEARCH THEME

04

labour 
regulation
and
inequalities

RESEARCH THEME

05

HISTORICAL
AND
POSTCOLONIAL
PERSPECTIVES

RESEARCH THEME

06

CREATIVITY
AND
SOCIAL
CHANGE
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