The seminar ‘Poverty and Territory, evoking the 50th anniversary of 25 April and reflecting on the future’ took place on 29 May.
The event featured several testimonies that brought back some nostalgia and were very enriching for the event.
We would like to thank all the participants who attended, both online and in person, as well as the speakers who took part and contributed to making this seminar as enriching as possible.
Alexandre Guedes, the coordinator of CETRAD’s Tourism & Sustainability research group, was present as a guest speaker at the 1st International Seminar on Gastronomic Tourism, which took place from 27-29 March, in Paraty, Brazil. The international seminar was organized by the Federal Institute of Brasília (IFB) and the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism (MTUR). Alexandre Guedes’ presentation focused on…
Lívia Madureira attended the 14 th European Farming Systems Conference (IFSA – European Group), held at the University of Évora, Portugal from 10 – 14 April 2022. held at the University of Évora, Portugal, and hosted by the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) The main focus of the conference was Farming Systems Facing Climate Change and Resource…
Two researchers from CETRAD participated in the University of Stavanger “Design Thinking for Transdisciplinary Research” course, aiming to implement methods for creative problem-solving geared towards fostering innovation by harnessing designers’ sensibility and methods. Through ‘frame creation’, Design Thinking (DT) seeks problem-solving by deeply understanding contextual values and themes related to tradition and innovation, paving the…
The Innovations and Transitions Study Group (GEIT) has been meeting since 2022. It is open to researchers from Brazil and Portugal who work on a wide range of topics related to innovations and transformations/transitions towards sustainability.It was only this year, however, that the presentations began to be recorded and made available on a YouTube channel…
The XXVI Seminário Luso-Espanhol de Economia Empresarial, organised by CETRAD/UTAD, took place between 6 and 8 November, bringing together senior and junior researchers in an event dedicated to the challenges of entrepreneurial economics in an Iberian context. Attended by more than 90 participants from Portugal, Spain and Brazil, the event featured the presentation and discussion…
On July 19, the Center for Transdisciplinary Development Studies hosted a webinar entitled “Transdisciplinary Approaches for Territorial Development”. During the webinar, participants learned about several transdisciplinary projects carried out in different countries such as Austria, Georgia, and Brazil. Dr. Tamara Mitrofanenko (BOKU The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria) presented Living Labs…
