UTH member Alda Botelho Azevedo is featured on the latest episode of 90 Segundos de Ciência, a program on Portugal national radio Antena 1 that provides short introductions to researchers and their work. Listen to the episode here. In the episode, in Portuguese, Alda talks of her work on the demography of housing, particularly on … Continue reading Alda Botelho Azevedo featured on 90 Segundos de Ciência
CfP: The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies, 5th ed. ICS-ULisboa. 26-28 Nov. 2025
Desassossego [disquiet]: reflecting on being academics during the Covid-19 pandemic
Another collective post by the UTH, published on the blog of AESOP YA: what it means to be (critical) scholars in times of pandemic?
Pandemia e inquietação nas ciências sociais: Uma reflexão do Urban Transitions Hub, no Instituto de Ciências Sociais
The UTH colelctively published a post, in Portuguese, which is a collective reflection on the personal and collective impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our personal and academic life.
Os membros do Urban Transitions Hub pretendem contribuir para o debate sobre o que significa, e o que pode representar a médio prazo, ser um/a académico/a nas ciências sociais face à pandemia que enfrentamos nos dias de hoje. Este texto apresenta-se como um exercício contínuo de autorreflexão em tempos de Covid-19, o qual não pretende esgotar as nossas inquietações, mas sim começar a dar-lhes voz.
(NOVA) CRISE
Aparentemente, parece que estamos perante uma tempestade perfeita. Uma tempestade que gera inquietação, mas também sentimentos de confusão e luta. Para muitos/as de nós, esta crise representa uma aceleração de padrões sociais já existentes, assim como de tendências que são críticas há já muito tempo. Problemas e contradições das nossas sociedades têm vindo a acumular-se nas últimas décadas, e a pandemia parece oferecer-lhes um novo e dramático desenlace ao mesmo tempo que novos “monstros em ascensão”, como alguns…
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UTH statement at the times of COVID19
Our feeling Unease, confusion, and a precarious equilibrium between hope and despair. We acknowledge the need to start bringing more care into academia - something we tend to put aside as if care belongs to our personal lives only. Our concerns We acknowledge our worldviews and biases while we observe the extraordinary barrage of opinions … Continue reading UTH statement at the times of COVID19
Webinar: Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times. 16 April 2020, 4pm CEST
UTH member Simone Tulumello organises, with Guya Accornero (CIES-IUL) and in collaboration with ISA Research Committee 47 (Social Classes and Social Movements) a webinar on the impact of lockdown measures over movements for housing and the right to the city. ‘Stay Home Without a Home’. The Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times Date: Thursday, … Continue reading Webinar: Right to Housing in COVID-19 Lockdown Times. 16 April 2020, 4pm CEST
From our colleagues at Mistra Urban Futures, a new open access book on co-production of knowledge
Comparative Urban Research from Theory to Practice: Co-production for Sustainability, edited by David Simon, Henrietta Palmer and Jan Riise (Policy Press, Bristol, 25 March 2020). Order online at https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/comparative-urban-research-from-theory-to-practice. Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Reporting on the innovative, transdisciplinary research on sustainable urbanisation undertaken by Mistra Urban Futures, a highly influential research centre based in … Continue reading From our colleagues at Mistra Urban Futures, a new open access book on co-production of knowledge
Update and new deadline. The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies
Due to disruptions caused by the global pandemics of Covid-19, we are constantly assessing the opportunity to mantain the Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies. At this stage (26 March 2020), we have decided to wait for developments: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 15 April 2020 and a final decision will … Continue reading Update and new deadline. The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies
Promover iniciativas culturais como forma de resistência
Neste novo encontro do ciclo Café com Luta, organizado pela Fundação Friedrich Ebert em colaboração com a Associação Transparência e Integridade e o Urban Transitions Hub (ICS-ULisboa), vamos juntar experiências diversas de resistência cultural na área metropolitana de Lisboa.A festa da Kola San Jon, a Tabacaria e a marca Bazofo na Cova da Moura, juntamente … Continue reading Promover iniciativas culturais como forma de resistência
The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies. 1st ed. 18-20/11/2020 ICS-ULisboa
EDIT: due to disruptions caused by the global pandemics of Covid-19, the organising committee is constantly assessing the opportunity to cancel the event. At this stage (26 March 2020), we have decided to wait for developments: the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 15 April 2020 and a final decision will be taken … Continue reading The Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies. 1st ed. 18-20/11/2020 ICS-ULisboa
Call for abstracts ESA RN37, Bologna, 2-4 September 2020, UTH co-organised sessions
Call for abstract aberta até 3 marco 2020, para a conferência “Urban Theory and Urban Praxis: Past, Present and Possible Futures”. A conferência que vai ter lugar na University of Bologna de 2-4 Setembro, 2020 e é organizada pela European Sociological Association Research Network 37: Urban Sociology (Rede de Investigação em Sociologia Urbana ESA RN37), … Continue reading Call for abstracts ESA RN37, Bologna, 2-4 September 2020, UTH co-organised sessions
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