The seminar ‘Poverty and Territory, evoking the 50th anniversary of 25 April and reflecting on the future’ took place on 29 May.
The event featured several testimonies that brought back some nostalgia and were very enriching for the event.
We would like to thank all the participants who attended, both online and in person, as well as the speakers who took part and contributed to making this seminar as enriching as possible.
On July 19, the Center for Transdisciplinary Development Studies hosted a webinar entitled “Transdisciplinary Approaches for Territorial Development”. During the webinar, participants learned about several transdisciplinary projects carried out in different countries such as Austria, Georgia, and Brazil. Dr. Tamara Mitrofanenko (BOKU The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria) presented Living Labs…
The management of CETRAD, together with the management of DESG, is promoting a cycle of advanced training in the Advanced Short Courses model. The main target groups are doctoral students and researchers at CETRAD. The first will take place in a double session, on October 20 and 27, at 4pm in auditorium B0.02 of the…
Lívia Madureira attended the 14 th European Farming Systems Conference (IFSA – European Group), held at the University of Évora, Portugal from 10 – 14 April 2022. held at the University of Évora, Portugal, and hosted by the Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development (MED) The main focus of the conference was Farming Systems Facing Climate Change and Resource…
The CETRAD SummerSchool took place between 16 and 18 May on the UTAD campus.The summer school had several presentations aimed at innovating and generating impact from society-engaged science.The interventions allowed the participants moments of collective learning and proved to be very dynamic and interactive with the audience.
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…
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…
