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The Heterogeneity of Capitalism in Crisis-ridden Europe
The heterogeneity of European capitalisms seems to be one of the causes of the current crisis. Differences in terms of competitiveness and institutions are huge. With the crisis as point of departure I will analyse this heterogeneity. First, I describe the comparative (dis-)advantages of selected EU-member states. The differences are big, particularly in terms of econoic speci- alisation and innovation capacity. In the second part the paper concentrates on institutional development in the past decade.
Class Polarization and Fragmentation in Britain: Some Results from the Great British Class Survey with the BBC
Conferência ICS 2014 - 25 de Abril 40 anos depois
Em 2014 celebram-se 40 anos do 25 de Abril. Para marcar esta ocasião, o Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa, o Expresso, a SIC Notícias e a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian unem-se para apresentar aos portugueses um balanço sobre esse momento de viragem política que deu início à democratização em Portugal. Esta parceria pretende realizar um cruzamento de olhares interdisciplinares universitários com perspectivas jornalísticas sobre a transição para a democracia em Portugal.
UFSC2050 Conference 'Urban Futures-Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the World in 2050'
The Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, the Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems (ISIS), and the Institute of Future Cities of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (IfC-CUHK) - are organizing an International Conference on “Urban Futures-Squaring Circles: Europe, China and the World in 2050” [10-11 October 2014] under the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme: URBACHINA (European Project on Sustainable Urbanisation in China. Historical and Comparative Perspectives, Mega-trends towards 2050).
EDITAL N.º 8/2014 BOLSA DE INVESTIGAÇÃO - LICENCIATURA
CHANGE - Mudanças climáticas, costeiras e sociais
The sciences between technical demiurgy, economic états de fait and democratic regulations. Historical overview, current situation and normative questions
Dominique Pestre
Gendercit - Gender and citizenship
The social life of medical technology in Africa
University of Amsterdam



