CETRAD organised an Open Class entitled The Various Dynamics in Rural Well-being Research on the 27th of January at UTAD. The session clarified what the multifaceted concept of well-being means and explained why it is an important policy focus today. The speakers from CETRAD’s Data for Low-density (D4LD) project discussed the state of the art…
AgroServ – Integrated SERVices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition (https://agroserv.eu/) The contribution of Social Sciences (SOC) to the AgroServ project (visit https://isia.cnrs.fr/catalog/service/list/agroserv) European scientific infrastructures are called for the Horizon research funding framework to accelerate agroecological transitions through the creation of novel knowledge and its delivery as services to a diversity of users, including researchers,…
May 15-18, 2024 @ CETRAD, Transdisciplinarity Summer School, Vila Real, Portugal In our societies, we are confronted with a growing number of complex challenges. For example: Climate change exacerbates droughts, making water management, food production, health, and biodiversity conservation more difficult. Rapidly expanding cities struggle to provide services, opportunities, and healthy living conditions for their…
CETRAD invites As part of CETRAD’s PhD Programme, Development, Societies and Territories, CETRAD is organizing a Doctoral Conference on the theme: Regional Science: Research gaps and opportunities for PhD students. Next January 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in auditorium B0.02 of the UTAD Laboratory Complex. The Doctoral Conference will offer the contribution of two editor-in-chiefs of reference scientific journals contributing to the international advances…
CETRAD started the new year with a rural well-being forum on the 6th of January. This latest event in our Rural Well-being Discussion Series was organised in Raiva, a small mountain village in Oliveira do Arda, Castelo de Paiva, Portugal. Our CETRAD team met with an enthusiastic group of residents in the local theatre building,…
The next stop in CETRAD’s Public Discussion Series on Rural Well-being was Torneiros, a rural suburb of Vila Real. A diverse group of people, old and young, students and professors, business owners and employees, former and current residents took part in a morning discussion hosted in the local Junta de Freguesia. An authentic perspective, honest…
Cumieira is a small village in the vicinity of the town of Vila Real. While the whole region counts as low-density territory according to the prevalent categorisation of Portuguese territories, Cumieira has the advantage of both realities. It is located close to a relatively big urban centre with developed infrastructure and it also managed to…
This Wednesday is the last GEIT session of 2023.Once again, we will be welcoming colleagues from Brazil: Andréia Tecchio, Valdete Boni and Giovana Paludo Giombelli, from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, who will be speaking on:Basket of territorial goods and services: theoretical and methodological frameworkDate:…
The 24th of November, the anniversary of the renowned Portuguese scientist, Rómulo de Carvalho, has been celebrated as the National Day of Scientific Culture. This year, CETRAD’s team also joined the nationwide Science and Technology Week by organising a public discussion on rural quality of life. A wide variety of stakeholders, from local business owners…
CETRAD organises a discussion event about the quality of life in the low-population density region of Portugal. The event will take place on November 24 from 10:00 to 12:30 in room C1.13 of the UTAD laboratory complex. Registration at: https://forms.gle/71FDTW6rEw2DpFaW7 This event aims to collect the various stakeholders of low-density regions and engage them in…
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