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Emili Santos, PhD student and CETRAD fellow, participated in the 1st EBEN Portugal Conference – Creating Value with Values: Ethics in Organizations, organised by the European Business Ethics Network Portugal, where she presented the paper “The Ethical Compass of Co-Creation: Facilitators as Guardians of Responsible Innovation” . The presentation focused on the ethical dimension of facilitation in co-creation…

Applications are now open for UPGRADE 2026, a program by the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) that provides €50,000 to support the transformation of scientific results into proofs of concept with market potential. The initiative is part of the UI-TRANSFER 2.0 project, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through COMPETE 2030. The…

The III International Seminar – Social Work in History will take place on 23–24 March 2026, at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal, in the Auditorium B0.02 (Laboratory Complex). This international meeting brings together researchers from Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Chile and the United Kingdom to discuss the historical and theoretical…

Four Professors and Researchers from the Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies (CETRAD) participated in the XXXV Luso-Spanish Conference on Scientific Management (Jornadas Luso-Españolas de Gestión Científica – Retos para la gestión en el segundo cuarto de siglo), held from 21 to 24 January 2026. The participation was further distinguished by the award of two scientific…

CETRAD/UTAD is developing an entrepreneurship program within the framework of the UI-CAP project: Universities as a Capacity Building Interface for the Creation of Technological Employment, which aims to strengthen the role of higher education institutions in promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, and the creation of qualified jobs. The project aims to enhance knowledge value and technology transfer,…