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.
From June 16 to 18, 2025, the conference “Contested Solidarities: Contentious Politics Between Resistance, Backlash and Change” will take place at the Central European University, Vienna.
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 of Democracy 2023, and the Democracy Index 2022. Additionally, it provides a specific focus on Portugal, Southern Europe, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP).
Organized by Marina Costa Lobo and Ana Espirito-Santo, “O eleitorado português no século XXI” analyzes the significant political changes resulting from the most recent election results
Democratic Quality in Southern Europe, edited by Tiago Fernades, analyzes the democratic trajectories of France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain over the last 50 years, based on data from the Varieties of Democracy project.
André Freire, in addition to being a brilliant scholar and leaving an indelible legacy in Portuguese political science, stood out for the knowledge he shared with generations of students and researchers. We had the pleasure of sharing moments of intense iteraction and affection with him at the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation.
The Monthly Seminar Social Movements and Political Action celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 15, 2024, with a special edition entitled “Where Does Democracy Live?”.
The book Contesting Austerity: Social Movements and the Left in Portugal and Spain (2008-2015), by Tiago Carvalho (CIES-Iscte), has been awarded the João Ferreira de Almeida prize
Guya Accornero, professor at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and sub-director of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation, comments on the Portuguese legislative election campaign on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Antena 1 radio.
The article “”The sovereignty of the region and its wealth is what really is at stake”1 Amazon fires in Jair Bolsonaro’s discourse on Twitter”, by Laara Carneiro, Livino Neto, Juliana Lima and Gleice Luz, analyzes how the event of the fires in the Brazilian Amazon in 2019, reported by the media as “Day of Fire”, by becoming a media event in a context of deep mediatization, is discussed by Jair Bolsonaro on his official Twitter account.
The Council for European Studies (CES) is calling for abstracts for the Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference, themed “Researching social movements: methodological, ethical and political challenges”, which will be held on July 1-2, 2024, in Lyon, France. Submissions should be sent by January 15 to SMRNCES@gmail.com and luisa.rossini@ics.ulisboa.pt.
On Tuesday, November 28, the “Stop Border Violence – Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices” workshop will be held at the Palácio Galveias Library in Lisbon, with free admission and online streaming via ZOOM (bit.ly/BorderViolence).
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The “Biographies of Portuguese MPs” are sociodemographic files of each Member of the Portuguese Parliament (MP), produced after…
The “Surveys of Candidates for Legislative Elections” are currently in their 6th edition (referring to the 2022 Legislative Elections)…
The “Survey of Candidates for Deputies in the 2019 Legislative Elections (elected and non-elected)” was conducted by the Observatório da Democracia…
The ODRP is currently carrying out the “Survey of Candidates for Deputies in the 2022 Legislative Elections (elected and non-elected)”…
