Research Themes
Sustainable Development
Digital Governance
Geopolitical cooperation
Policy Diffusion
Innovation Ecosystems
Coordinator
About
Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon has maintained close collaborative relationships with academic partners across Asia for several decades, encompassing student and scholar mobility, joint research initiatives, and collaborative higher education programmes.
Iscte Euro-Asian Studies (IEAS) is a Strategic Group within Iscte’s Associate Laboratory, SocioDigitalLab, dedicated to analysing the political, economic and societal dynamics connecting Europe and Asia in the context of global governance, socioeconomic change and digital transformation.
The aim of IEAS is to promote and consolidate Asian Studies within Iscte, engage academic communities in Europe and Asia in a fruitful dialogue, strengthen scientific collaboration between Iscte and its Asian partners, and foster the dissemination of knowledge on Euro-Asian issues, thereby contributing to better-informed policies.
The Group also supports joint research proposals, mobility schemes and collaborative knowledge production aligned with SocioDigitalLab’s internationalisation strategy.
Activities
Publications
Abrantes, B. F., Miao, X., Trigo, V., & António, N. (2025). Competitiveness of Artificial Intelligence's (AI) Technology-Adoption in the Healthcare Sector in China: An Expert Analysis. Cureus Journals, 2(1).
Beck, Fanni & Gaspar, Sofia (2024), In pursuit of a ‘good enough life’: Chinese ‘educational exiles’ in Lisbon and Budapest, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50 (16), 4070-4088. (First published online 15/08/2023)
Beck, Fanni, Nyíri, Pál & Gaspar, Sofia (2024). Childhood, Migration, and the Pursuit of Happiness in Middle-Class East Asia, Global Networks, 24: e12511.
Borges, D. & Costa, C. M. (2025). Malaysian Chinese and their influence on China-Malaysia relations: A contemporary perspective. Frontiers in Political Science. 7
Cojocaru, Olga & Gaspar, Sofia (2026), "Geoarbitrage at the meso level: How intermediaries shape Chinese migration to Portugal", International Migration, 64:e70143.
