A new article by Inês Ascenso and Marcelo Moriconi examines how people justify corrupt practices that they condemn

A new article by Inês Ascenso, a PhD student at CEI-Iscte, and Marcelo Moriconi, also a researcher at CEI-Iscte, co-authored with Luís de Sousa, analyses the social and psychological mechanisms that help to explain why people may engage in corrupt practices even though, in principle, they condemn them. Published in the International Journal of Public […]

The Portuguese edition of the Democracy Report 2026 is now available

The Iscte Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) releases the Portuguese version of the annual report by the Varieties of Democracy Institute (V-Dem), entitled Democracy Report 2026: Unravelling the Democratic Era?. As a member of the international V-Dem network, through the Regional Centre for Southern Europe, CEI-Iscte is responsible for translating and disseminating the Portuguese edition […]