Ecoprise Course – Eco-entrepreneurship, Regenerative Design and Social Innovation

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 and systems. Over 12 weeks, students develop skills in eco-entrepreneurship, regenerative design, circular economy, permaculture principles and ethics, and a […]

Researcher Luís Mah publishes article about African agency in relations with the EU and China

Foto dos líderes africanos que participam na cimeira China-Afrca 2024 juntamente com o panfitrião o presidente chinês Xi Jinping e a esposa Peng Liyuan, 4 setembro 2024

CEI-Iscte researcher Luís Mah has published the article ‘African agency in geopolitical times: playing with EU and Chinese ontological security’ with Taylor & Francis, co-authored with Niall Duggan, Toni Haastrup, John J. Hogan and Luís Bernardo. The article analyses the role of African agency in the context of the Global Gateway (GG) strategy, launched by […]

Researcher Luís Bernardino publishes article on the EU mission in Mozambique

CEI-Iscte researcher, Luís Bernardino, has recently published, in co-authorship with Ana Carina Santos Franco (NOVA University Lisbon), the article “The contribution of the European Union’s Common Security and Defence Policy to a peace enforcement partnership in Mozambique” in the journal South African Journal of International Affairs, coordinated by the South African Institute of International Affairs […]

Researcher Ana Margarida Esteves publishes article on community innovation and sustainable transition

Researcher Ana Margarida Esteves, in co-authorship with André Girardi, Lasse Kos, Rebeca Roysen and Nadine Bruehwiler, has recently published the article “Grassroots Innovations and Projectification: Diffusion Processes of the European Ecovillage Movement” in the scientific journal Environmental Policy and Governance (ERP Environment & John Wiley & Sons Ltd). The study analyses the role of community-based […]

Pedro Seabra and Ana Lúcia Sá publish article in Contemporary Politics (Q1)

CEI-Iscte researchers Pedro Seabra and Ana Lúcia Sá are the authors of the article entitled ‘International organisations and arrested democratisation: Equatorial Guinea and the accession to the CPLP’, recently published in the scientific journal Contemporary Politics, a reference publication classified Q1 in the field of Political Science. The article analyses the impact of authoritarian states […]

Researcher Cátia Miriam Costa with new article on the evolution of Africa-EU relations

CEI-Iscte researcher Cátia Miriam Costa co-authored the article ‘Evolving Africa-EU relations: Changes in discourse from the Cotonou Agreement to the Samoa Agreement’, published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies, with Li Yichao. The article analyses the transformation of political discourse in relations between the European Union and the states of the Organisation of African, […]

The Social Observatory of “la Caixa” Foundation Opens Applications

The Social Observatory of “la Caixa” Foundation announces the opening of a call for proposals to fund research projects that promote innovation and social impact. Proposals must generate new knowledge to broaden our understanding of today’s society’s main challenges, using quantitative methods.  Call deadlines and details Submission Process The researchers must submit their application affiliated […]

Call for Exploratory Research Projects in All Scientific Fields 2024 – FCT

FCT has launched the Call for Exploratory Research Projects in all scientific fields, with a focus on original projects for early career researchers, or on ideas or concepts with a high degree of innovation that demonstrate disruptive potential compared to previous work by more experienced researchers. The deadline for applications is 25 February at 5pm […]