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 Portugal’s Forest Ecosystems, by UTAD university professor and CETRAD director Lívia Madureira.
Last May 12, Professor Tomaz Dentinho gave a course at UTAD on how to use the Q-Method and its importance and application in real cases.This course was attended by about 15 people, including several national and international students of the PhD in Development, Societies and Territories.
On Friday, April 4th 2025, AgroServ had its second annual review meeting in Brussels! The AgroServ Management Board wishes to thank our Project Officer Gustavo Naumann and Dóra Drexler, Managing Director of the Hungarian Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (ÖMKi) who is providing her expertise in evaluating the advancements of our project. The meeting provided…
On May 22nd, UTAD hosted the 2nd Seminar of the VINE & WINE Portugal Agenda, a PRR initiative that brought together experts and partners from the wine sector to discuss innovation, sustainability, and technology applied to vineyards and wine production. CETRAD was represented by researchers Cibele Souza, José Vitorino, who actively engaged in the discussions…
Research on the reception of refugees in low-density territories (TBD, 2017-2024), carried out at CETRAD, was presented at the 1st Meeting on Challenges and Policies for the Integration of Migrants, held at UTAD on 17 January 2025. Four central ideas can be deduced from this research: (i) the existence of structural problems, especially at the…
The National Institute of Administration, I. P. (INA) organised the webINAr ‘INA Prize – Best Research in Public Administration’ on 20 November. (INA) held the webINAr ‘INA Award – Best Research in Public Administration’ on 20 November, an online event that highlighted studies that won awards in the first three editions of the prestigious recognition.Paulo…
On the 24th of October, CETRAD also joined the celebration of the International Regional Information Day aiming to raise awareness of the importance of regional information for local development. CETRAD’s team organised an event entitled “Green Transition and Regional Well-being in the Interior of Portugal: the Perspectives of the Local Stakeholders” at UTAD. The roundtable…
