CETRAD News

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…

CETRAD researcher Lívia Madureira participated in the kick-off meeting on Agroecology DemeterWatch Working Group, held in July 12-13th, organised by the RI (research infrastructure) LifeWatch ERIC ICT-CORE Premises in Seville, Spain. DemeterWatch, cementing Agroecology as one of the infrastructure’s key activities run through many projects including AgroServ (Integrated SERVices supporting a sustainable AGROecological transition, funded under the…

The second session of the Territory Talks | O(S) FUTURO(S) DO(S) TERRITÓRIO(S) cycle took place on Wednesday, 6 July, from 6 to 7 p.m., with a focus on the territorial impact of the demographic crisis. For this session, CETRAD invited professor and researcher Teresa Ferreira Rodrigues, from the Department of Political Studies IPRI- NOVA/CIDIUM, to…

It has just been released at the scientific journal EuroChoices the Special Issue Designing Evidence-based Farm Advisory Policies for Sustainable Transition organised by the multi-actor team of AgriLink H2020 project (2017-2021). UTAD, through CETRAD researchers contribution, including PhD students, had a significant participation in this project, coordinating the working package on the “Innovation case studies…

CETRAD researcher Tigran Keryan participates in the CISTI’2022 – 17th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, held between June 22nd and 25th, 2022, at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain. CISTI is a scientific event aiming to present and discuss knowledge, new perspectives, experiences and innovations in the field of science, information…

Three CETRAD researchers, belonging to the Innovation Ecosystems and Markets Research Group, were present in Ankara, Turkey, between the 20th and 24th of June, to participate in the group meetings of the Energy Transition Entrepreneurs in Action (ETEIA) project. The researchers Carla Marques, Carmem Leal and Carlos Marques represented UTAD in these meetings, which had…

On 14 June the first talk of the cycle of Territory Talks – Talks about the Territory’s Future(s) took place.The first guest was the Economist and Foresight Specialist José Félix Ribeiro and was moderated by Professors Luís Ramos and Lívia Madureira.The aim is, over the coming months, to launch the challenge of outlining a prospective…

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…

CETRAD hosted, between May 30 and June 3, the CETRAD International Summer School, an initiative organized together with the INTEGRURAL project. The event received about 40 participants, of which 20 were international, from different countries, including Italy, Spain, Greece and Germany. During the five days of the International Summer School, the participants had the opportunity…