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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

LATEST NEWS

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Vera Silva, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher, receives "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género"

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8º Encontro “Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos no Contexto Ibero-Americano”

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Ana Vaz Milheiro on Público

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Doron Altaratz will discuss The Wall as Interface on 23 September

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Sandra Marques Pereira on Forbes Portugal

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As Casas são do Povo exhibition opening

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Vera Silva, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher, receives "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género"

Event

8º Encontro “Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos no Contexto Ibero-Americano”

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Ana Vaz Milheiro on Público

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Doron Altaratz will discuss The Wall as Interface on 23 September

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Sandra Marques Pereira on Forbes Portugal

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As Casas são do Povo exhibition opening

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News

Vera Silva, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher, receives "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género"

29/09/2026

The "Prémio Maria Lamas para Estudos sobre a Mulher e o Género (PML)" was awarded ex aequo to DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte integrated researcher Vera Silva for her work "Configurações de Género nas Prisões Femininas: Permanências, Continuidades e Variações".

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8º Encontro “Cidades, Arquitetura e Arquivos no Contexto Ibero-Americano”

28/09/2026

The 8th edition of the event dedicated to “Cities, Architecture and Archives in the Ibero-American Context” will take place at the Lisbon School of Architecture - University of Lisbon (FA.ULisboa) on 9–10 October 2026.

Media

Ana Vaz Milheiro on Público

15/09/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher Ana Vaz Milheiro wrote about architect Fernão Lopes Simões Carvalho on the September 9th edition of Público newspaper.

Event

Doron Altaratz will discuss The Wall as Interface on 23 September

15/09/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte associate researcher Doron Altaratz will present a talk on the Wall as Interface.

A wall is not a neutral carrier of the marks left on it. It is an interface: it determines what a body can do to it, under whose authority, and what trace survives. This talk follows that claim across three sites and three kinds of surfaces: the physical wall, human traces, and the digital surrogate.

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Sandra Marques Pereira on Forbes Portugal

04/09/2026

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte researcher holds that the concept of home is changing because we are in a deep housing crisis.

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As Casas são do Povo exhibition opening

25/08/2026

The exhibition, which results from the research project Homes2Live | Inhabiting the Revolution: Perspectives on social transformations and spatial productions from occupied houses in Bairro das Amendoeiras, in Lisbon, will be open from September 15th to 19th 2026.

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

DINÂMIA'CET-Iscte - Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies

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