We are delighted to announce that CETRAD researchers Prof. Carla Marques, Prof. Carmem Leal and Prof. Rui Silva represented CETRAD in Toledo at the 38th annual congress of AEDEM – European Academy of Management and Business Economics – and were awarded the prize for best research in entrepreneurship with their work “Lifestyle Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas: A systematic literature review“
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…
The 1st Meeting on Migrant Integration Challenges and Policies: An Atlantic vision will take place on 17 January 2025 at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real.Immigration is expanding in Europe. Measured through employment and education, the integration of migrants into European communities has been improving (OECD, 2023). It is assumed that…
CETRAD was represented by two PhD student researchers, Ana Fonseca and José Rosário, at the XV International Conference organized by the International Farming Systems Association (IFSA), held from June 30 to July 4 in Trapani, Sicily. The event focused on the necessary and possible changes in production systems towards a more sustainable future, highlighting the…
On May 31st, The Centre of Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) at the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (UTAD), organized a workshop on the implementation of transdisciplinary approaches to rural development. Several Ph.D. students, postdocs and university professors from different backgrounds participated in a discussion. Lívia Madureira, Professor at UTAD and Director of CETRAD, opened…
The AgroServ (Integrated Services Supporting a Sustainable Agroecological Transition) project is focused on developing a resilient and sustainable agrifood system by addressing the challenges and threats to agriculture in a holistic and systemic manner. Through extensive collaboration across research infrastructures (RI), AgroServ integrates services spanning from molecular science to societal impact, covering a wide range…
CETRAD participated in the 2024 edition of the International Symposium “Networks, Markets & People” (#NMP2024) under the umbrella theme “Communities, Institutions and Enterprises towards post-humanism epistemologies and AI challenges,” held from May 22 to 24, 2024, at Mediterranea University in Reggio Calabria, Italy.The NMP is organized to receive contributions from the national and international scientific…
