Special Highlight

The CETRAD team is leading the setup and implementation of the five territorially-based living labs being established by the LivingSoiLL — Healthy Soil to Permanent Crops Living Labs project. LivingSoiLL brings together 50 partners from Portugal, France, Spain, Italy, and Poland. The project will be developed across 54 months, based on a transdisciplinary approach, involving…

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…

The University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) hosted the ISCBE 2024, an event that established itself as a great success in sharing knowledge about the social and economic challenges that mark the current landscape. Bringing together researchers and experts from around the world, the event, co-organized by the Faculty of Business and Economics of…

Rui Silva, Professor at UTAD and researcher at CETRAD– Centre for Transdisciplinary Studies for Development, was interviewed for the 90 Seconds of Science programme.The Professor is developing tools to better prepare accounting students for the labour market. More information at: https://tinyurl.com/ybykx33z

We are thrilled to share the first meeting of Intrepid Lab, a pioneering research center with the mission of producing ethical and rigorous scientific knowledge, in close alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals and the principles of Open Science. This center seeks to boost economic and management sciences, contributing significantly to the advancement of society….

CETRAD was represented by four researchers (Tânia Gonçalves, Sofia Gouveia, João Rebelo, and Alexandre Guedes) at the 3rd Conference of the European Association of Wine Economists, which took place in Lecce (Italy) between 11 and 14 June. The results of four ongoing studies related to the fields of wine economy and wine tourism were presented,…

We are delighted to announce that CETRAD researchers Prof. Carla Marques, Prof. Carmem Leal and Prof. Rui Silva represented CETRAD in Toledo at the 38th annual congress of AEDEM – European Academy of Management and Business Economics – and were awarded the prize for best research in entrepreneurship with their work “Lifestyle Entrepreneurship in Rural…

José Rosário, a PhD student at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro and a researcher at Cetrad – Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies, is developing a model to facilitate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices in sub-Saharan Africa.https://www.90segundosdeciencia.pt/…/ep-1818-jose-rosario/ ‎

CETRAD participated in the 2024 edition of the International Symposium “Networks, Markets & People” (#NMP2024) under the umbrella theme “Communities, Institutions and Enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges,” held from May 22 to 24, 2024, at Mediterranea University in Reggio Calabria, Italy.The NMP is organized to receive contributions from the national and international scientific…

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…