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 […]
CEI-Iscte took part in another edition of the European Researchers’ Night, which took place on 25 September at the National Museum of Natural History and Science in Lisbon, joining the other Iscte Research Units for an evening dedicated to bringing science and society closer together. Throughout the afternoon and evening, the CEI-Iscte stand welcomed visitors […]
CEI-Iscte, a partner in the European project Ecoprise – Future Oriented Social Entrepreneurship through Ecovillage Design, participated in the consortium’s fourth in-person meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, from September 11 to 12, as well as in the International Study Visit, one of the final activities of the project’s pilot phase, which took place from September 7 […]
Manchester University Press recently published the book Grassroots Housing Models in Europe. Translocal Networks, Innovations, Community (2026), a work dedicated to the study of translocal networks that connect community-based housing initiatives in various European countries. This publication brings together contributions that analyze the social innovations developed by these initiatives, as well as the forms of […]
The book Teaching Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Activities for the Classroom, published by Edward Elgar Publishing and co-edited by Raquel da Silva, researcher at CEI-Iscte, and Alice Martini, is now available. The book brings together practical, classroom-tested activities for teaching terrorism and counter-terrorism, proposing critical approaches that encourage students to question assumptions, dominant narratives and established […]
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 […]
CEI-Iscte researcher Inês Marques Ribeiro, in collaboration with Maria Do Mar Faro, has published a new article in the Taylor & Francis journal European Politics and Society, focusing on the role of the European Commission in promoting solidarity amongst Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic. Entitled ‘Fostering unity in crisis: the European Commission’s commitment to […]
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 […]
The Centre for International Studies (CEI-Iscte) of Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation (Iscte Knowledge and Innovation Association – Centre for Technology Transfer and Valorisation) has launched a call for applications for a Postdoctoral Research Grant, reference CEI_BIPD01_2026, as part of Pluriannual Funding UID/03122/2025 funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The grant, which […]