CETRAD News

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 hosted, between May 30 and June 3, the CETRAD International Summer School, an initiative organized together with the INTEGRURAL project. The event received about 40 participants, of which 20 were international, from different countries, including Italy, Spain, Greece and Germany. During the five days of the International Summer School, the participants had the opportunity…

The presentation of AnaEE (Analysis and experimentation on ecosystems) took place last May 18-19 in Vila Real. It was an event that counted with the presence of the Vice-Rector of UTAD, with the international presence of Michel Boër (Director of AnaEE) where he spoke about opportunities for the Portuguese scientific infrastructures and three AnaEE responsibles….

Last May 12, Professor Tomaz Dentinho gave a course at UTAD on how to use the Q-Method and its importance and application in real cases.This course was attended by about 15 people, including several national and international students of the PhD in Development, Societies and Territories.

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…

CETRAD’s researchers Octávio Sacramento and Veronika Joukes and participated in the work meeting of the INTEGRURAL project – Capacity Building for Integrated Sustainable Development in Rural Areas, which took place in Cori (Italy) from 4-8 April. The INTEGRUPAL project consist of a network of entrepreneurs, universities, rural counties, social laboratories, computer experts and researchers from several European…

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…

After successful presentations at the Cultural Centre of the Instituto Camões in Vigo from September 30 th to October 30 th 2021, and at the University of Santiago de Compostela from November 10 th to December 22 nd , the exhibition entitled “The image of the Douro in postcards from the turn of the 20th century…