Dear students,

We invite you to participate in OPEN DAY 2026, the annual forum for discussion and socializing among ICS students, with a brief presentation of your work.

WHAT IS OPEN DAY?

The Open Day is an event organized by the ICS Pedagogical Council, in which students present their ongoing research, from the project phase to preliminary or more consolidated results.

WHAT IS IT FOR?

To train synthesis, public presentation and critical reflection skills. And, very important, to encourage academic discussion and mutual knowledge between master's students, doctoral students and researchers from all scientific areas of the ICS. At the same time, the Open Day seeks to stimulate or encourage inter-generational communication within the ICS community, fostering dialogue and contact between researchers and students. The Open Day will also feature a round table discussion with the participation of social scientists with different academic and professional backgrounds and experiences.

WHO PARTICIPATES?

All master's students, doctoral students and visiting students of the ICS, enrolled in the programs, can present communications.

HOW DOES IT GO?

In panels of 4 or 5 students, each of whom has up to 5 minutes to make their presentation, and a discussant, which is a researcher from the Institute, who has equal time to intervene, followed by an open discussion. The working languages are Portuguese and English.

WHEN WILL IT TAKE PLACE?

On 27 and 28 May, Wednesday and Thursday.

AND WHERE?

At ICS. In-person participation is worth half of the Open Day. Socializing during coffee and lunch breaks allows students and researchers to get to know each other and exchange views on their research, beyond the boundaries between disciplines and doctoral programs. It is up to us all to counteract, in these two days, the isolation that occurs in the process of academic life. It's a worthwhile effort!

In order not to exclude students who are outside the country or who are unable to attend in person for other reasons of force majeure from the meeting, it will also be possible to participate via video conference. This option must be indicated on the registration form.

HOW TO REGISTER?

By filling out the form available on FenixEdu until 13 May. You must access: myFenix > Services > Requisitions > Create > Open Day.

Title of the communication and summary (up to 1000 characters) in Portuguese or English, depending on the language used in the presentation.

We await your registrations!

The organising team,

Alice Ramos, António Pedro de Barros, Fábio Rafael Augusto, Katia Favilla, Ricardo Roque, Rita dos Reis Alpalhão (Pedagogical Council)