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Development Studies Workshops 2025 | Conflict and Development

The Development Studies Seminars are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MCDI) of ISEG and the PhD Programme in…

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Guided Tours of the Exhibition Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary

The National Museum of Ethnology in Lisbon is organising guided tours of the exhibition Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary. Portuguese Colonialism in Africa: Myths and Realities, in collaboration with the Executive Committee. The tours take…

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Partner with the travelling exhibition ‘Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary’ to bring this debate to new audiences

The exhibition ‘Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary. Portuguese Colonialism in Africa: Myths and Realities’ is open to the public until 2 November 2025 in the largest temporary exhibition hall of the National Museum of Ethnology…

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#DemocracyinAction! CEsA joins a European consortium in a €3 million Horizon Europe project to investigate political expression and participation through grassroots culture and the arts

The CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG RESEARCH/ISEG – University of Lisbon), under the coordination of Dr. Iolanda Évora and Dr. Jessica Falconi, hosted a group of over 20 European researchers on…

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Development Studies Workshops 2025 | Ambiente, Alterações Climáticas e Desenvolvimento

The Development Studies Seminars are an initiative that, since 1991, promotes research carried out in the areas of study of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MCDI) of ISEG and the PhD Programme in…

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Development Studies Seminars to kick off on 26 February with a series of presentations, workshops, a book launch and international scholars

The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/ISEG RESEARCH/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa), in collaboration with the coordination of the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) and the PhD in Development Studies (PDED/Universidade de Lisboa), invites…

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Development Studies Workshops 2025: Conflict and Development Development Studies Workshops 2025
Topic: Conflict and Development
Date: 24 April 2025, 2 p.m.
Venue: Novo Banco Room, ISEG (Quelhas Building, 4th Floor) ... Apr 24 View Event International Colloquium "50 Anos de Dipanda. A imprensa africana e a democracia" International Colloquium 50 Anos de Dipanda. A imprensa africana e a democracia
Date: 28 and 29 May, 2025
Venue: TBC - Luanda, Angola ... May 28-29 View Event Clube de Leitura Development Studies: "Terra Sonâmbula" Development Studies Book Club on African Literatures: “Terra Sonâmbula”
Date: 23 April, 2025, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Room 209 – Francesinhas 1 Building, ISEG (Lisbon) ... Apr 23 View Event Conference ’50 Years of Mozambican Literature' Conference ’50 Years of Mozambican Literature: Trajectories and Creative Practices’
Date: October 9-10, 2025
Venue: Room 1, congress area, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation ... Oct 2025 View Event Exhibition 'Deconstructing colonialism, Decolonizing... Exhibition 'Deconstructing colonialism, Decolonizing the imagination'
Exhibition: October 29, 2024 to November 2, 2025
Venue: Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisbon
... Nov 2025 View Event International Colloquium at University of Évora International Colloquium “O Português e as Línguas Nacionais nos Países Africanos e em Portugal (1975-2025). Meio Século do 25 de Abril em Portugal e da Independência das ex-Colónias Africanas”
Date: July 2nd to 4th, 2025
Venue: University of Évora ... Jul 2025 View Event

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Working Paper 202/2025: Manual básico SPSS: como o utilizar de forma rápida e fácil Working Paper 202/2025: Manual básico SPSS: como o utilizar de forma rápida e fácil Abstract:
This manual aims to explain a quick and effective way to use IBM SPSS Statistics for data entry, management and analysis. In other words, the way in which data can be approached in the field of social sciences using descriptive statistics, demystifying its use.
Cite this View Publication A Opinião Pública e a Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento Portuguesa A Opinião Pública e a Cooperação para o Desenvolvimento Portuguesa Abstract:
Almost 20 years after the first public opinion poll on the role of Development Cooperation, particularly Portuguese Cooperation, we have launched a new study to find out what Portuguese society thinks about this sector, at a time when a new strategic cycle of Portuguese Cooperation View Publication Working Paper 201/2025: A Glance at International Challenges of Refugee Crises in the New Millenium Working Paper 201/2025: A Glance at International Challenges of Refugee Crises in the New Millenium Abstract:
This study investigates the intricate relationship between forced displacement and human development. By examining refugee outflows from key regions, this paper seeks to comprehend the factors driving these movements and their development implications. Employing a qualitative case study methodology, the research focuses on the five View Publication Entre eu e Deus by Yara Costa: An Unprecedented Representation of the Island of Mozambique Entre eu e Deus by Yara Costa: An Unprecedented Representation of the Island of Mozambique Abstract:
This article aims to dissect the documentary Entre eu e Deus with the primary objective of demonstrating that the director sets out to challenge images, representations and crystallized perceptions of the Island of Mozambique, Mozambican cultural identity and Islamic fundamentalism, and that she succeeds in View Publication Claude Meillassoux em Moçambique: a propósito de uma carta a Marcelino dos Santos Claude Meillassoux em Moçambique: a propósito de uma carta a Marcelino dos Santos Abstract:
Claude Meillassoux, the founder of French economic anthropology, and Marcelino dos Santos, an important leader of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo), met in Paris in the 1950s, when they were both studying with the Africanist Georges Balandier. In 1977, the year of Meillassoux’s first visit View Publication African women’s trajectories and the Casa dos Estudantes do Império African women’s trajectories and the Casa dos Estudantes do Império Abstract:
This article compares the trajectories of different women who crossed the Casa dos Estudantes do Império (CEI), a formal institution created in Lisbon by students from the colonies with the support of the Portuguese dictatorial regime in 1944, that became a platform for anti–colonialism. Due View Publication

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