Livia Madurerira, director of CETRAD, was interviewed by the ECO newspaper in a special feature on Portuguese forests, highlighting the ECOFOR project of which CETRAD was a part. Livia Madureira warns of the need to invest in forest prevention and management in a sustainable and efficient way and emphasises the importance of solutions to guarantee the future of Portuguese forests.
On November 7th, the Permanent Seminar on Research and Development (SPID) delved into the theme “Douro, tourism, and wine – a look at the crisis”, offering an immersive experience that bridged practice, theory, and history in the heart of the Douro region. Featuring Paula Reis, from Turismo do Porto e Norte de Portugal, and Alfredo Silva,…
October 20 & 27 | Advanced Short Courses – Construction of questionnaires to measure latent variables | UTAD – Laboratory complex auditorium B0.02 – 16h-18hProf. Doutor Carlos P. Marques (UTAD/DESG/CETRAD) Registration: https://forms.gle/QemV7RcDCvbRvQbF9 22 | Conversations on N2 – Shaped by the landscape! How rocks condition biodiversity and the culture of territories | Cumieira km 72.7 – 15h:30mThe…
CETRAD was represented by two PhD student researchers, Ana Fonseca and José Rosário, at the XV International Conference organized by the International Farming Systems Association (IFSA), held from June 30 to July 4 in Trapani, Sicily. The event focused on the necessary and possible changes in production systems towards a more sustainable future, highlighting the…
On May 31st, The Centre of Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), organized a workshop on the implementation of transdisciplinary approaches to rural development. Several Ph.D. students, postdocs and university professors from different backgrounds participated in a discussion. Lívia Madureira, Professor at UTAD and Director of CETRAD, opened…
CETRAD researcher attended the 4th ESP Europe conference held in in Heraklion, Greece, 10-14th October 2022. Ecosystems services empowering people and societies in times of crisis was the broad conference theme. Lívia Madureira presented the communication “Ecosystems services supply by agriculture: using choice experiments to estimate trade-offs between monetary and non-monetary incentives”.
CETRAD organised a World Café event on the 20th of June at the inspiring environment of Quinta do Paço to evaluate the main strengths and weaknesses of the centre and identify the main priorities for the future. Over 30 participants, integrated and collaborative members, PhD students and researchers shared their views and ideas regarding 4…
