PARPLE - The sequence of party pledges: From deciding what to promise to the consequences of (un)fulfilling the mandate
Duration: 01/01/2026-11/12/2028
Research team: Ana Maria Belchior (Coordinator), Theres Matthieß, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Emmanouil Tsatsanis, Pedro Silveira, Susana Rogeiro Nina, Elisa Deiss-Helbig, Filipe Pacheco
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more COTRASO - Co-education in social work: challenges and practices
Duration: 01/12/2025-30/11/2028
Research team: Jorge Manuel Leitão Ferreira (Iscte Coordinator), Elsa Justino, Filomena Miguel Gomes, Maria João Pena
Funding: European Commission - Erasmus+
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, BUC Ressources, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Université Paris Nanterre/CNRS, Ocellia - École des métiers Santé Social, AFRIS Paris Parmentier
Read more The paths to power: determinants of the electoral success of women candidates for political office in Brazil
Duration: 06/10/2025-30/10/2028
Research team: Paula R. Cajaty Lopes (PhD Fellow), Ana Espírito-Santo (Supervisor)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Critical infrastructures and digital sovereignty: a study on submarine internet cables
Duration: 01/10/2025-30/09/2029
Research team: Ana Haddad (PhD Fellow), Maria Luísa Veloso (Supervisor), Ricardo Paes Mamede (Co-supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology) / SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more CIPO - Public opinion in the Iberian Peninsula: a political realignment?
Duration: 15/02/2025-14/08/2026
Research team: João Carvalho (Principal Investigator), José Santana Pereira
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (ICS-ULisboa), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Read more Revhiscon - Revolution, towards the history of a concept. Analysis of Portuguese parliamentary debates, 1821-2024
Duration: 01/01/2025-30/06/2026
Research team: Goffredo Adinolfi, João Mineiro, Tiago Fernandes
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: Institute of Contemporary History, CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, CEI-Iscte - Centre for International Studies, CRIA-Iscte - Centre for Research in Anthropology, Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra, NOVA Information Management School, Complutense University of Madrid, CHAM - Centre for the Humanities
Read more The implementation of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in four countries: what role for the European Union?
Duration: 01/10/2024-30/09/2027
Research team: Catarina Neto (PhD Fellow), Filipe Nunes (Supervisor), Teresa Pina (Co-supervisor)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Caregivers in Movement: Collective Action and Care Regimes in Portugal and Spain in the 21st century
Duration: 01/09/2024-31/08/2028
Research team: Madalena Ferreira (PhD Fellow), Tiago Carvalho (Supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Candidate Survey (MPs and non-elected candidates) for the 2024 Legislative Elections
Duration: 02/04/2024-31/12/2026
Research team: André Freire, Filipa Alves Raimundo, Guya Accornero, Helena Belchior Rocha, José Santana Pereira, Maria Asensio, Livino Neto, Viriato Queiroga
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more The dynamics and mobilisation of the Policy Advisory System in Portugal
Duration: 01/03/2024-30/04/2026
Research team: Marcelo Conceição (PhD Fellow), Maria Asensio (Supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more TRANSPACE - The Emergence of Global Administrative Spaces in Transnational Climate Policymaking
Duration: 15/01/2024-14/01/2027
Research team: Helge Jörgens
Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, University of Potsdam
Read more STUDIES-DIG - Models and Instruments for Transforming Higher Education Systems through Transnational Multi-Sector Links
Duration: 01/12/2023-30/11/2027
Research team: David Ferraz (Iscte Coordinator), António Raimundo, Helena Belchior Rocha, João Salis Gomes, Maria José Sousa, Sérgio Moro, Tiago Lapa
Funding: European Commission - Horizon Europe / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, BRU-Iscte, ISTAR-Iscte, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, University of National and World Economy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Middle East Technical University, ESPAP, Agentsia Po Zaetostta, Obshtina Rudozem, C.School, Novarge, Associação 101010 Portugal / Escola 42
Read more QUALREP - The Quality of Women's Political Representation
Duration: 01/10/2023-30/09/2028
Research team: Ana Espírito-Santo (Iscte Coordinator), Sofia Oliveira
Funding: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) / Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, King’s College London, University of Edinburgh, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, London South Bank University, Stockholm University
Read more The Second Wave of Digital Democracy in Portugal — Networked Political Participation Across Online Platforms
Duration: 01/09/2023-31/08/2026
Research team: Rafael Pinheiro Lopes (PhD Fellow), Vania Baldi (Supervisor), Guya Accornero (Co-supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Agenda-Setting of Gender Parity Policy: the case of Cabo Verde 1990-2019
Duration: 01/09/2023-01/09/2026
Research team: Pedro Brito (PhD Fellow), Ana Espírito-Santo (Supervisor), Isabel Flores (Co-supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more The Veil of Climate Action. The Gaps between Science and Portuguese Environmental Policy
Duration: 01/09/2023-31/08/2025
Research team: João Almeida (PhD Fellow), Helge Jörgens (Supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Affective Polarisation among Young Europeans: Evolution, determinants, and effects on voting for radical right parties and on democratic backsliding
Duration: 01/09/2023-01/09/2026
Research team: Filipe Pacheco (PhD Fellow)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Parliamentary Recruitment and Family Capital in Portugal: family ties in the political careers of elected representatives, from the Constituent Assembly to the 15th legislature
Duration: 01/12/2022-01/12/2026
Research team: Ludmila Andrade (PhD Fellow), Ana Espírito-Santo (Supervisor), Danusa Marques (Co-supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Humanitarian reform in international relations - motivations, limitations and threats - The case of Cabo Delgado
Duration: 01/10/2022-01/10/2025
Research team: Susana de Deus (PhD Fellow), Raquel Freitas (Supervisor), Clara Carvalho (Co-supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Political-institutional reforms in EU countries in response to the crisis of representation systems
Duration: 01/09/2022-01/09/2025
Research team: Daniel Adrião (PhD Fellow), André Freire (Supervisor)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more GreenDeal-NET - The European Green Deal: Governing the EU’s Transition towards Climate Neutrality and Sustainability
Duration: 01/09/2022-31/08/2025
Research team: Helge Jörgens (Iscte Coordinator), Inês Rocha Trindade
Funding: European Commission - Erasmus+ / Jean Monnet
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Dublin City University, Ghent University, Masaryk University, University of East Anglia, Heidelberg University, Maastricht University, University of Trento, University of Eastern Finland, University of Oslo
Read more The Politics of International Migration in Western Europe
Duration: 01/07/2022-30/08/2028
Research team: João Carvalho (Coordinator)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Party in Movement: Movement and Parties in 21st century Southern Europe
Duration: 16/06/2022-15/06/2028
Research team: Tiago Carvalho (Coordinator)
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Candidate Survey (MPs and non-elected candidates) for the 2022 Legislative Elections
Duration: 01/01/2022-31/12/2024
Research team: André Freire (Coordinator), Guya Accornero, Helena Belchior Rocha, Helge Jörgens, José Santana Pereira, Livino Neto, Viriato Queiroga
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Mechanisms and Impacts of Electoral Abstention in Portugal
Duration: 01/09/2021-30/04/2023
Research team: José Santana Pereira (Coordinator), João Cancela (Coordinator), João Sousa, Ludmila Andrade
Funding: Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Portuguese political system, in comparative perspective
Duration: 14/12/2020-31/03/2022
Research team: Ana Maria Belchior (Coordinator), José Santana Pereira, Nuno Filipe Andrade Martins, Tiago Nunes Aníbal Sousa Brás
Read more Barriers to recruitment in the Armed Forces (2020-2021)
Duration: 03/12/2020-31/12/2021
Research team: Maria Luísa Macedo Ferreira Veloso (Coordinator), Nuno Alexandre de Almeida Alves (Coordinator), Margarida Lino de Sousa Estevão
Read more Applying Sustainability Transition Research in Social Work tackling Major Societal Challenge of Social Inclusion (2020-2024)
Duration: 01/10/2020-30/09/2024
Research team: Amy Terese Shackelford, Helena Belchior Rocha, Jorge Manuel Ferreira, Maria João Pena
Read more The reality of professional work in organ and tissue donation and transplantation (2020-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2020-31/03/2022
Research team: Jorge Manuel Leitão Ferreira
Read more Enhance and Stimulate Trust while Exploring new form of Entrepreneurship Modules (2020-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2020-30/09/2022
Research team: Cátia Miriam da Silva Costa, Marcelo Moriconi
Read more ParticipAção (2020-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2020-30/09/2022
Research team: Maria Inês Martinho Antunes Amaro (Coordinator), Antonela Filipa Spínola Rodrigues Pereira Jesus
Read more The Microfoundations of Legislative Behavior in European Democracies: Parliamentary Committees and Administrative Procedures (2020-2026)
Duration: 01/09/2020-31/08/2026
Research team: Patrícia Calca (Coordinator)
Read more SKILLS by SPORT 4 MED: Sport as a vehicle for developing skills for the labor market and promoting employability and entrepreneurship (2020-2023)
Duration: 02/01/2020-02/01/2023
Research team: Cátia Miriam da Silva Costa (Coordinator), Marcelo Moriconi (Coordinator)
Read more The training challenges of interprofessionality in social work (2019-2022)
Duration: 01/11/2019-31/08/2022
Research team: Jorge Manuel Ferreira (Coordinator), Helena Maria Barroso Carvalho, Maria João Pena, Pablo Álvarez Pérez
Read more Security Forces Cadets (2019-2021)
Duration: 03/04/2019
Research team: Fernando José da Conceição Bessa (Coordinator)
Read more Candidate Survey (MPs and non-elected candidates) for the 2019 Legislative Elections
Duration: 01/01/2019-31/12/2022
Research team: André Freire (Coordinator), Viriato Queiroga, Livino Neto
Funding: FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology)
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology
Read more A pan-European field experiment during the EP elections 2019
Duration: 01/01/2019-31/12/2019
Research team: José Santana Pereira (Iscte Coordinator), Frederico Ferreira da Silva, Joana Ramalho, Tiago Silva
Partner institutions: CIES-Iscte - Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology, Universidade Europeia, Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, University of Lucerne, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies / European University Institute
Read more Liberal representative democracies and authoritarian regimes in Southern Europe (2018-2024)
Duration: 01/11/2018-31/10/2024
Research team: Goffredo Adinolfi (Coordinator)
Read more Impact of far-right parties on immigration policy (2018-2024)
Duration: 01/11/2018-31/10/2024
Research team: João Carvalho (Coordinator)
Read more The employment crisis and the Welfare State in Portugal: halting the production of social vulnerabilities and inequalities (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2018-31/03/2022
Research team: Renato Carmo (Coordinator), Frederico Manuel Pincho Cantante, Jorge Manuel Alves Caleiras, Luís Capucha, Nuno Nunes, Paulo Pedroso, Pedro Adão e Silva, Pedro António da Silva Abrantes
Read more The Euro-American New Radical Right in Portugal: A Comparative Perspective (2018-2021)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/09/2021
Research team: João Carvalho, José Pedro Silveira, Riccardo Marchi
Read more Assessing and Explaining the Outcomes of Transitional Justice in the World: a Typology (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/09/2022
Research team: Filipa Alves Raimundo (Coordinator)
Read more HOPES - Housing perspectives and struggles. Movements, policies and residential dynamics in and beyond Lisbon (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/09/2022
Research team: Guya Accornero (Coordinator), Lucca Barros Silva, Otávio Ribeiro Raposo, Renato Carmo, Tiago Carvalho
Read more Youth and the arts of citizenship: creative practices, participatory culture and activism (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2018-31/05/2022
Research team: Gabriela Pereira de Oliveira Leal, Guya Accornero, Otávio Ribeiro Raposo
Read more The right to social security and the crisis - Social regression as the normalisation of the state of financial exception (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/05/2022
Research team: Frederico Manuel Pincho Cantante, Paulo Pedroso, Pedro Adão e Silva, Renato Carmo, Rodrigo Vieira de Assis
Read more The impact of political leaders' characteristics and campaign tone on voting behaviour: a multimodal approach (2018-2021)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/09/2021
Research team: José Santana Pereira
Read more Local government in Portugal: social and political responsibility for the sustainable development of unequal territories (2018-2024)
Duration: 01/10/2018-30/09/2024
Research team: Maria Antónia Pires de Almeida (Coordinator)
Read more Rebellion and Resistance in the Iberian Empires, 16th-19th centuries (2018-2022)
Duration: 01/06/2018-31/05/2022
Research team: José Joaquim Vicente Serrão (Coordinator), Andreia Lopes Fidalgo, Catarina Sales Barbas de Oliveira, Daniel Malet Calvo, Maria Antónia de Figueiredo Pires de Almeida, Maria de Fátima Sá e Melo Ferreira, Maria Sarita Cristina Mota, Paulo dos Mártires Lopes Teodoro de Matos
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