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Development Studies Book Club on African Literatures celebrates 50 years of African Independences
The CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG Research) will launch its first book club in March 2025, under the Development Studies theme and coordinated by Susana Brissos, assistant Professor at ISEG –…

April session of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle to screen the documentary ‘Fogo no Lodo’ at the National Museum of Ethnology with free admission
The 2024/2025 season of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle has been running since November 2024, hosting cineclub-style sessions to explore the legacies and memories of decolonisation. The next session, scheduled for 5 April, will feature…

Recording of the DS Seminar “Tourism Competitiveness and Sustainability in Cape Verde: 2 paths, 1 destination” available on CEsA’s YouTube Channel
The Development Studies Seminar “Tourism Competitiveness and Sustainability in Cape Verde: 2 paths, 1 destination” (A Competitividade e a Sustentabilidade Turísticas em Cabo Verde: 2 caminhos, 1 destino, original title, in Portuguese) took place on…

Development Studies Seminars 2025 | A Competitividade e a Sustentabilidade Turísticas em Cabo Verde: 2 caminhos, 1 destino
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…

Development Studies Seminars 2025 | 30 Years of TICAD Through the Lenses of Self-Reliance and South-South Cooperation
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…

Luís Pais Bernardo presents a seminar at the 2nd Research Workshop on the Global Gateway Initiative at the Technical University of Munich
CEsA researcher, PhD in Sociology, and Political Science specialist Luís Pais Bernardo delivered the seminar Connecting Markets: Business Power and the EU Global Gateway at the 2nd Workshop on the Global Gateway Initiative, held on…

Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle to screen award-winning Mozambican documentary “A Memory in Three Acts” on 8 March at ISEG, with free admission
The 2024/2025 season of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle has been running since November 2024, hosting cineclub-style sessions to explore the legacies and memories of decolonisation. The next session, scheduled for March 8, will…

CEsA Working Paper investigates the complex relationship between forced displacement and human development
The research concludes that the most urgent factors driving forced migration are political violence, particularly civil conflicts, and climate change—both exacerbated by economic crises, food insecurity, and infrastructure damage. How has refugee outflow evolved internationally?…

Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle to screen award-winning documentary “48” by Portuguese filmmaker Susana de Sousa Dias on 8 February, free admission
The 2024/2025 season of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle has been running since November 2024, hosting cineclub-style sessions to explore the legacies and memories of decolonisation. The next session, scheduled for February 8, will…

Application period open for the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation and the PhD in Development Studies – 1st Phase, 2025/2026
The first phase for applications to the Master’s in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI) and the PhD Programme in Development Studies (PDED) – academic year 2025/2026 – is now open. Both programmes maintain a close…