CETRAD researcher attended the 4th ESP Europe conference held in in Heraklion, Greece, 10-14th October 2022. Ecosystems services empowering people and societies in times of crisis was the broad conference theme. Lívia Madureira presented the communication “Ecosystems services supply by agriculture: using choice experiments to estimate trade-offs between monetary and non-monetary incentives”.
In the 2024 edition, the jury of the Centre for Iberian Studies – Research, Innovation and Territory (CEI-IIT) award distinguished the project ‘Evaluation of the potential of the Zamorano-Portuguese Jacobean Way’, by Xerardo Pereiro (UTAD; CRIA), Luís Vale (Instituto Piaget) and Octávio Sacramento (CETRAD-UTAD). The award ceremony took place on 31 October 2024 at the…
During the XXV Luso-Spanish Seminar on Business Economics, held at the University of Beira Interior on 9 and 10 September, UTAD’s Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) was highlighted with the participation of eight researchers, including four lecturers and four PhD students. The event promoted the sharing of knowledge and debate on relevant topics in…
On 8 October, ECO held a debate on the role of the economy in defending and valuing the forest, at the Belém Cultural Centre. The event, which was attended by the Secretary of State for Forests Rui Ladeira, also saw the presentation of the ECOFOR.PT study – Economic Valorisation of the Goods and Services of…
CETRAD researchers Lívia Madureira, Patrícia Martins and Teresa Sequeira participated in the 29th Congress of APDR (Portuguese Association for Regional Development), under the umbrella title “Islands and peripheral territories: challenges in a moving geography and changing “climate” patterns”, held in June 29-30th of 2022, at University of Madeira, in the city of Funchal The researchers…
Researcher Alberto Akiki is developing an innovative study on einkorn wheat, promoting healthy food and sustainable agricultural practices. 🍞🌱The project was selected to receive support from the Research Infrastructures (RI) services of the European consortium AgroSERV, which promotes research into agri-food sustainability and the agro-ecological transition. UTAD SocioEconomics, through CETRAD, is collaborating in this initiative,…
The 31st APDR Congress, which took place from 26 to 28 June 2024 at the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, brought together experts to debate ‘Regional Innovation Ecosystems and Sustainable Development’. The talks addressed regional strategies to promote collaborative innovation and sustainability. One of the Keynote Speakers was Lívia…
