The 5th edition of  The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies will take place at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, from 26 to 28 november. The event is organized by the Urban Transitions Hub - ICS-ULisboa and AESOP - Young Academics Network. Maan Barua (University of Cambridge) and Andrea Mubi Brighenti (University of Trento) will be the keynote speakers.

No próximo dia 15 de Julho, terá lugar a prova pública de Doutoramento em Antropologia, da Mestre Mayne Souza Benedetto. A candidata irá defender a tese Normal is Just Another Word for White: Autistic Experiences Beyond the Binary Burden.  A partir das 14.30h, exclusivamente online.

Next Tuesday, July 15th, at 15.30h, we are pleased to invite you to the next session in the INCITE-DEM Webinar Series: Democracy Reimagined: Historical Insights of Democratic Innovations in Europe

In this engaging session, we will trace the evolution of Democratic Innovations across Europe—from the mid-20th century to today—drawing on an extensive review of the academic literature, empirical data, and the newly developed INCITE-DEM database and timeline of DIs.

No próximo dia 16 de Julho, terá lugar a prova pública de Doutoramento em Alterações Climáticas e Políticas de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, de Joana Sá Couto Lomba Batista. A candidata irá defender a tese Ecologias do Trabalho da Pesca: uma Etnografia com Pescadores de Setúbal e Sesimbra.  A partir das 10h, na Sala de Conferências Jorge Gaspar do IGOT-ULisboa e online.

No dia 25 de julho, o Grupo de Investigação RIGOP organiza o seminário Governança em rede e financeirização da educação brasileira: A reconfiguração das políticas públicas e a influência dos organismos internacionais. Gleyce Assis (PUC-Rio e visitante no ICS-ULisboa) e Danyelle Vianna (UFF e Colégio Federal Pedro II) serão as oradoras convidadas. O seminário será online.

No dia 18 de julho, o Grupo de Investigação RIGOP organiza o seminário Arquivos Somáticos: fluxos pendulares, mal-estar docente e políticas públicas Gleyce Assis (PUC-RIO e Visitante ICS-ULisboa) e Mariana Meireles (FE-UFRB) serão as oradoras convidadas. O seminário será online.

On July 11, the Diversidades Research Group is organizing a seminar at the National Library on the theme Under Human Responsibility: Creation, Conservation, and Degradation of the World among the Chibcha. Juan Camilo Niño Vargas (Universidad de los Andes and member of the EDGES project team) will be the guest speaker. The event starts at 11:00 a.m., in the Multimedia Room and online.

The PhD candidate in Development Studies Daniel Tjarks will defend his thesis titled Who governs in and beyond the metropolis? A multilevel governance assessment of power in urban Angola on the 3rd of July, at the Rectorate of the University of Lisbon, starting at 2:30 pm. The event will be broadcast online.

The ICS-ULisboa Conference 2025 will take place on July 7, starting at 9:30 AM, in the Sedas Nunes Auditorium at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon. This year, the conference is organized as part of the ERA Chair (European Research Agency) for the Study of Imagination and Society. The theme will be Spaces of Imagination. The event will be live on youtube.