The 6th International Conference on Social and Solidarity Economy and the Commons has launched a call for contributions for its 2026 edition, which will take place from 4 to 6 November at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon. Under the theme “Hacking Our Common Future: Transnational cooperation between community-led initiatives in a fragmented world”, the […]
A number of funding opportunities are currently available for PhD students at Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon for the 2026/2027 academic year. As part of the PIONEER Alliance, applications are now open for the Pioneer Research Fellowships, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), with a deadline of 24 June 2026. These […]
The journal Ler História, published by CEI-Iscte and CIES-Iscte, has begun making its content available in First View format, allowing early access to academic papers before the full publication of each issue. The first five articles and eight reviews included issue 88 of the journal are now available online. This early release provides the academic […]
The second edition of the Specialization Course in Security, Defense, and Climate Change (CESDAC) took place between January 15 and March 19, 2026. This joint initiative by CEI-Iscte and the National Defense Institute (IDN) reinforces the center’s commitment to key issues on the contemporary global agenda. Over the course of 10 weekly sessions, the course […]
CEI-Iscte has been selected as a partner of the Digital Innovation Summit Bucharest (DISB), one of Europe’s largest events dedicated to digital innovation, which will take place between 10 and 12 March in Bucharest, Romania. Organised by the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics – ICI Bucharest, the event brings together decision-makers, experts […]
The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the Call for Applications and the Evaluation Guide for the 2026 PhD Scholarships in All Scientific Domains, namely under the General Application Track and the Specific Application Track in a Non-Academic Environment. Applications will be open from 12:00 pm on March 2 to 5:00 pm on March 31, 2026. To apply, candidates must indicate a host institution and should contact their […]
Researcher João Ferreira Dias recently published two new works that address key challenges facing contemporary democracies. In the policy paper Opening the Political Pipeline: Transparency and Civic Access to Party Lists as an Antidote to Populist Distrust, published by the European Centre for Populism Studies (2026), the author analyses the erosion of trust in liberal […]
Professor Franz-Wilhelm Heimer, an undisputed pioneer of African Studies in Portugal and one of the main architects of its institutionalisation in Portuguese higher education, has passed away. Arriving in Portugal in 1980, after an academic and political career that took him to Brazil and Germany, where he obtained his doctorate at the University of Freiburg […]