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New Governing Body of CEsA, elected for the 2025/2027 term
Professors Eduardo Moraes Sarmento, Jessica Falconi, and Alexandre Abreu have been re-elected to serve on the Board of the Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/ISEG Research/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa) for the 2025–2027 term. The election…
Recording of the DS Seminar “Slow Down or Perish: The Economics of Degrowth”, by Timothée Parrique, available on CEsA’s YouTube Channel
The presentation ‘Slow Down or Perish: The Economics of Degrowth’, delivered by French economist Timothée Parrique (Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland), was held on 23 June 2025 as part of the…
African and afro-descendant videomakers take part in intensive workshop on Storytelling, Narratives and Power led by New York filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG Research/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa) hosted an intensive training course in video documentary from 16 to 19 June 2025 — from 16 to 18 June at ISEG…
CEsA Working Paper No. 204/2025 analyses insecurity and terrorism in the Sahel Region
CEsA Working Paper No. 204/2025, entitled “Insegurança e Terrorismo na Região do Sahel” (Insecurity and Terrorism in the Sahel Region) examines jihadist groups that resort to coercive activities to pursue political and religious objectives Terrorism…
Development Studies Seminars 2025 | Beyond the Security-Development Nexus: The risks and consequences of militarizing aid in Post-Conflict Development Programs
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…
Filmmakers from New York, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster to lead a workshop and public film screenings in Lisbon
The award-winning filmmakers from RadaStudio New York, Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster—creators of acclaimed documentaries such as Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project—will be in Lisbon from 16 to 19 June 2025 to lead…
June session of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle to screen the Angolan drama Nossa Senhora da Loja do Chinês (‘Our Lady of the Chinese Shop’) at ISEG with free admission
The last session of the 2024/2025 season of the Cinema and Decolonisation Cycle will take place on 7 June (Saturday). The cycle has been running since November 2024, hosting cineclub-style sessions to explore the…
Development Studies Seminars 2025 | Slow Down or Perish: The Economics of Degrowth
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 | Diálogo sobre o Islão e Política em Moçambique
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…
Launch Event for the Second Edition of the Catalogue “Deconstructing Colonialism, Decolonising the Imaginary”
Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, the National Museum of Ethnology, CEsA – Centre for African and Development Studies (ISEG RESEARCH/ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa) and Edições Colibri are pleased to invite you to the Presentation Ceremony of…
