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 […]
CEI-Iscte researcher Raquel da Silva recently published the scientific article ‘Care and counterterrorism: a scoping review’ in Critical Studies on Terrorism, an international scientific journal published by Taylor & Francis. The article analyses the intersection between counterterrorism practices and ethics of care, exploring how security policies have been instrumentalising care relationships and institutions — such […]
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon will host the IPSA RC04 Workshop: Visual Politics of Protest, a three-day international workshop dedicated to analysing the visual politics of contemporary protests, which will take place between 14 and 16 July 2026, in Lisbon. Organised by the Research Committee on Visual Politics (RC04) of the International Political Science […]
Researcher Ana Margarida Esteves is one of the featured authors in issue no. 11 of Entrecampus Magazine (only available in portuguese), with a reflection on how major social transformations emerge from the margins and gradually infiltrate the mainstream. In the article, the researcher explores the transformative potential of the knowledge developed in the ecovillage movement […]
MOOC on Future-Oriented Social Entrepreneurship through EDE Ecovillage Design Education The Ecoprise course is the first international MOOC that equips participants with the mindset and skills necessary to create and design regenerative and sustainable projects or systems. Over 12 weeks, students develop skills in eco-entrepreneurship, regenerative design, circular economy, permaculture principles and ethics, and a […]
Applications with CEI-Iscte as the host institution The Centre for International Studies of Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon (CEI-Iscte) announces that it is accepting expressions of interest for institutional hosting within the scope of the 8th edition of the Individual Scientific Employment Stimulus call, promoted by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), aligned […]
The Ecoprise course is the first international MOOC created to prepare students, trainers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and organisations to innovate with the skills necessary for the design and development of regenerative and sustainable projects. As part of its first edition, study visits to leading initiatives began in November and December 2025, allowing participants to observe the […]