CETRAD Summit 27th November
Save the date! The CETRAD Summit is scheduled for November 27 at the UTAD campus in Vila Real, focusing on fostering collaborative efforts in inter- and transdisciplinary work to implement our strategic plan 2025/2029
European Researchers’ Night
Held at the Côa Museum on 27 September, this event allowed visitors, mostly residents and students from the municipality of Foz Côa and neighbouring municipalities, to take part in a dynamic event in which they were able to highlight the main problems in the region and jointly develop innovative solutions to these problems.
Conference “A Economia pode salvar a floresta?” – ‘Can the economy save the forest?’
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…
World Café – AgroServ: Towards Transdisciplinarity
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…
A Economia pode salvar a floresta? (Can the economy save the forest?)
Following the fires, ECO is organising a debate on the economic value of the forest. The event will take place on the morning of 8 October at the Belém Cultural Centre.Lívia Madureira, Director of CETRAD, has been confirmed for the debate. Registration is free: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/a-economia-pode-salvar-a-floresta-tickets-1028739807457 See the report here PROGRAMME (to be updated) 09.30 Opening…
Get to know GEIT’s YouTube channel! 🌍💡
The Innovations and Transitions Study Group (GEIT) has been meeting since 2022. It is open to researchers from Brazil and Portugal who work on a wide range of topics related to innovations and transformations/transitions towards sustainability.It was only this year, however, that the presentations began to be recorded and made available on a YouTube channel…
▶️12th GEIT session is now on air
The recording of the 12th GEIT session is now on air. It can be viewed at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6M2CvaQH6U.We would like to remind you that, at this meeting, we welcomed Dr Diego Hernando Florez Ayala, a researcher from UNIVALI, Santa Catarina, Brazil, a member of the ‘Transitions in Latin America and the Caribbean’ group,…
25 Years of Tourism at UTAD
On International Tourism Day, 27 September, UTAD draws attention to its Tourism degree, which has been running for 25 years.The first academic year took place in 1998-1999 at the Chaves centre. At the time, the course lasted five years, including a full-year curricular internship, and was called ‘Recreation, Leisure and Tourism’. To celebrate this fourth…
VIVEMAIS
The VIVEMAIS project has started!Its aim is to co-design innovative solutions for elderly and/or disabled people, based on Assistive Technologies (AT), and to promote the long-term commitment and participation of the main players in the territories. To achieve better results, we involve users of social and health support services, their families and carers, healthcare professionals,…
National forest is a 2.6 billion treasure threatened by lack of management
Livia Madurerira, director of CETRAD, was interviewed by the ECO newspaper in a special feature on Portuguese forests, highlighting the ECOFOR project of which CETRAD was a part. Livia Madureira warns of the need to invest in forest prevention and management in a sustainable and efficient way and emphasises the importance of solutions to guarantee…
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