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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

21 de May, 2024

The book Contesting Austerity: Social Movements and the Left in Portugal and Spain (2008-2015), by Tiago Carvalho (CIES-Iscte), has been…

Guya Accornero comments on the election campaign on Antena 1 radio

27 de February, 2024

Guya Accornero, professor at Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and sub-director of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation,…

How the fire in the Brazilian Amazon was discussed on Jair Bolsonaro’s official Twitter account (now X) is the subject of an article by Laara Carneiro, Livino Neto, Juliana Lima and Gleice Luz.

27 de February, 2024

The article “”The sovereignty of the region and its wealth is what really is at stake”1 Amazon fires in Jair…

Call for papers for the Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference

4 de December, 2023

The Council for European Studies (CES) is calling for abstracts for the Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference, themed “Researching social…

“Stop Border Violence – Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices” workshop

25 de October, 2023

On Tuesday, November 28, the “Stop Border Violence – Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices” workshop will…

A new article by Guya Accornero and Tiago Carvalho discusses marginal gentrifiers, mobilization networks and new collective identities of contestation.

16 de October, 2023

The new article by Guya Accornero and Tiago Carvalho seeks to understand the potential and limits of the contribution of…

Photo gallery of the Politics and Citizenship Group meeting

13 de October, 2023

Check in the photo gallery the participation of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation in the Brown Bag Seminars…

New article discusses Europeanization in the context of the crisis, focusing on the relationship between social movements and institutional politics

21 de July, 2023

Check in the photo gallery the participation of the Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation in the Brown Bag Seminars…

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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 comments on the election campaign on Antena 1 radio

How the fire in the Brazilian Amazon was discussed on Jair Bolsonaro’s official Twitter account (now X) is the subject of an article by Laara Carneiro, Livino Neto, Juliana Lima and Gleice Luz.

Call for papers for the Social Movements Research Network Pre-Conference

“Stop Border Violence – Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices” workshop

A new article by Guya Accornero and Tiago Carvalho discusses marginal gentrifiers, mobilization networks and new collective identities of contestation.

Photo gallery of the Politics and Citizenship Group meeting

New article discusses Europeanization in the context of the crisis, focusing on the relationship between social movements and institutional politics

Photo Galery of the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data 2023

Contract was signed for “The Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Representation”

The launching of the collection of books I-IV on the Portuguese Parliament

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