On November 17, the public doctoral defense in Anthropology of Rodrigo Domenech de Souza will take place in the Jorge Gaspar Conference Room at IGOT-ULisboa. The candidate will defend the thesis Time, Experience, and Production in the Machambas of the Nhanombe Valley. The event will begin at 2:30 p.m.

The public defense of Ana Isabel Pires Fernandes’s PhD thesis will take place on December 9, in the Sala de Atos of the Rectory of the University of Lisbon and via videoconference.

On October 23, the Imprensa de Ciências Sociais will host the launch of the book Portugal e Brasil em Mudança by José Luís Cardoso. The book will be presented by Arno Wehling. The event will take place at 6 p.m. at the Livraria Almedina, Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo.

O Ciclo Ciências Sociais e Audiovisual, coordenado pelos investigadores do ICS-ULisboa Inês Ponte, Pedro Figueiredo Neto e Lavinia Pereira, organiza o lançamento do Caderno Miragaia foi à guerra. O evento terá lugar no dia 15 de outubro, no Museu do Aljube.

On October 16, the public defense of Gianmarco Marzola’s doctoral dissertation will take place in the Jorge Gaspar Conference Room at IGOT-ULisboa. The candidate will defend the thesis “Dublinings”: An Anthropological Analysis of How Migrants Confront and Navigate European Border and Asylum Regimes.

On September 25, ICS-ULisboa will host the launch of the book O "Reconhecimento" do Governo Angolano pelo Estado Português, authored by Domingos Cúnua Alberto, PhD candidate in History at ICS-ULisboa. The event will take place in the Sedas Nunes Auditorium, starting at 5:00 p.m.

On September 26, researcher Antje Disterheft will host an interactive space for creative minds as part of the 2025 European Researchers’ Night. Designed for participants of all ages, the activity will begin at 5:00 p.m. at Princípe Real in Lisbon.

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On September 26, researcher Roberto Falanga will lead a Legislative Theatre workshop as part of the Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2025. The workshop is open to participants of all ages and is organized in partnership with the projects INSPIRE, INCITE-DEM, and IDP. It will take place at the Jardim do Príncipe Real in Lisbon, starting at 9:00 p.m. Registration is required.

On September 26, researchers Andresa Ledo Marques, Olivia Bina, and Fiona Kinniburgh will host an interactive workshop as part of the Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2025. The activity, which invites children and young people to explore issues related to biodiversity in urban contexts, will take place at the Jardim do Príncipe Real, starting at 5:00 p.m.

On September 29, at 10:00 a.m., the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of candidate Hugo Ferrinho Lopes will take place in the Sala de Atos of the Rectorate of the University of Lisbon.

The candidate will defend the thesis Ties that Bind, Ties that Break: Ideological disagreement and member behavior in parties and youth wings. The defense will also be streamed online via Microsoft Teams.