In a quality liberal and representative democracy, a fundamental axiom is that public policies reflect the will of at least the majority of voters.
In the last decade, Portugal and Europe have faced profound economic and social crises, impacting the political landscape of many countries affected by the long-term effects of the 2008 financial crisis, austerity measures (the Great Recession), and more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and its social and political effects.
To discuss the consequences of the Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic and attempt to find answers to these issues through the inclusion of various disciplinary perspectives (particularly political science, public policy, social work, and sociology), especially regarding social and political innovations, members of the ‘Politics and Citizenship’ research group at CIES-Iscte were invited to a conference held at Iscte – Lisbon University Institute on June 17 and 18, 2021, and subsequently, to contribute to the elaboration of this book.
This book is fully written in Portuguese.
We are sharing in our site some calls from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in February until June
From June 16 to 18, 2025, the conference “Contested Solidarities: Contentious Politics Between Resistance, Backlash and Change” will take place…
We are sharing in our site some calls from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) in January and February
This report offers a comprehensive synthesis of the main global democracy reports, including the Democracy Report 2023, the Global State…
Organized by Marina Costa Lobo and Ana Espirito-Santo, “O eleitorado português no século XXI” analyzes the significant political changes resulting…
Democratic Quality in Southern Europe, edited by Tiago Fernades, analyzes the democratic trajectories of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain…
André Freire, in addition to being a brilliant scholar and leaving an indelible legacy in Portuguese political science, stood out…
The Monthly Seminar Social Movements and Political Action celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 15, 2024, with a special edition…
The book Contesting Austerity: Social Movements and the Left in Portugal and Spain (2008-2015), by Tiago Carvalho (CIES-Iscte), has been…
Guya Accornero, professor at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and sub-director of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation,…
The article “”The sovereignty of the region and its wealth is what really is at stake”1 Amazon fires in Jair…
The Council for European Studies (CES) is calling for abstracts for the Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference, themed “Researching social…
On Tuesday, November 28, the “Stop Border Violence – Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices” workshop will…
The new article by Guya Accornero and Tiago Carvalho seeks to understand the potential and limits of the contribution of…
Check in the photo gallery the participation of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation in the Brown Bag Seminars…
Check in the photo gallery the participation of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation in the Brown Bag Seminars…
Check in the photo gallery the participation of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation in the Brown Bag Seminars…
In the end of May 2023, a contract was signed for “The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation”, posed to be…
The launching of the collection of books I-IV on the Portuguese Parliament, from the Ancien Regime and the Constitutional Monarchy…
The launching of the collection of books I-IV on the Portuguese Parliament, from the Ancien Regime and the Constitutional Monarchy…
Do Portuguese political parties respond to voters during the campaign and when taking office? An answer to this question is…
On February 7, 2023, at 3 pm, the presentation of the book “Governments’ Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic in Europe”
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The PhD in Political Science at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa holds the conference “Another electoral earthquake? A preliminary…
Part of Routledge’s “South European Society and Politics” book series, the new publication entitled “A Generational Divide? Age-related Aspects of…
the “Seminário Mensal Movimentos Sociais e Ação Política” returns with Professor Naim Bro’s presentation of his latest published article, “The…
The HOPES, SmarTour and SustainLis projects start the seminar cycle: “The changing city: transformations, politics and movement”
Publishing of the new book: “A Generational Divide? Age-related Aspects of Political Transformation in Post-crisis Southern Europe”
Check out the photo gallery for some of the highlights of the 28th International Conference of Europeanists
To celebrate the advances we have made in the last period, and to integrate the team even further, we went,…
Based at Iscte the 28th International Conference of Europeanists will take place between June 29 and July 1
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Within the scope of the ODRP and with the support of CIES-Iscte, André Freire’s book Left and Right was recently…
Welcome to the website of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation. As our Observatory is quite recent, it is…
Democratic political representation concerns the incorporation of citizenship into the political process and political decision-making…
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The “Survey of Candidates for Deputies in the 2019 Legislative Elections (elected and non-elected)” was conducted by the Observatório da…
The ODRP is currently carrying out the “Survey of Candidates for Deputies in the 2022 Legislative Elections (elected and non-elected)”…
