The Thematic Line 2 organizes the second Lab Talk  of SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy initiatives for 2024/25, "(I)legalidades justificadas: O caso das transferências monetárias entre a China e Portugal". On March 18 , 2025, researchers Sofia Gaspar  (CIES-Iscte) and Marcelo Moriconi  (CEI-Iscte) will present their work on the intersection of migration, economy, and legality, specifically regarding monetary transfers between China and Portugal. Then, they will debate common points and possible implications for public policies. Join us at A302 Auditorium (Building 4) from 12:00 to 13:00 and be part of this discussion. ____________________________ Sofia Gaspar is an integrated researcher at Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-Iscte). Her research focuses on privileged migrations, investment-based mobility, and the social integration of immigrant descendants, particularly within the Chinese community in Portugal and Europe.   Marcelo Moriconi is a researcher at Center for International Studies (CEI-Iscte). His research areas include illegal markets, violence, corruption, integrity in sports, and the manipulation of sporting competitions, with a particular emphasis on Latin America.

On the next March 18 , Thematic Lines 1 and 4 jointly organize a seminar on "Just Energy Transition in Latin America", with the guest Gonzalo Vargas Forero, Director of Interdisciplinary Center for Development Studies (Cider) from the Universidad de los Andes. The seminar will take place at 18:00  (6 PM), in room B226 (Building 4, Iscte), and can be joined by Teams meeting . Title: La Transición Energética Justa en América Latina Abstract: Desde la adopción del Acuerdo de París en 2015, el concepto de transición justa ha cobrado impulso. Ha sido promovido por organismos internacionales y bancos multilaterales, al tiempo que ha sido cuestionado y reinterpretado por académicos y activistas. La definición dominante, originada en América del Norte, hace hincapié en las medidas para compensar y recapacitar a la fuerza laboral. Durante la última década, esta definición se ha institucionalizado y difundido a nivel global. Mientras que académicos y activistas en Europa y Estados Unidos han reformulado el concepto a través de los prismas de la justicia ambiental, climática y energética, sus homólogos latinoamericanos lo han reinterpretado como un desafío al desarrollo, al capitalismo y a la colonialidad. En esta conferencia exploraré las diferencias y similitudes entre estas perspectivas.

Applications until 22 July 2024 [Scroll for PT] A call for applications is open for one (1) Research Fellowship (BI/LA 2024/1) at the SocioDigital Lab for Public Policies of Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, within the Thematic Line of Societal Health, under the following conditions: Scientific Areas: Social Sciences/Health Sciences. Type of grant : Master’s Scholarship (BI) Admission requirements: The grant is aimed at master’s students studying for a doctorate or master’s students enrolled on non-academic degree programmes. Candidates must have: Master’s degree in the areas of Social Sciences applied to health or Health Sciences and be proficient in knowledge synthesis methodologies, systematic literature reviews, scoping reviews and meta analyses. Applications must be formalised by sending the documents required in the notice to the following e-mail address: sociodigitallab@iscte-iul.pt , by the deadline set in this notice, with the following subject line “LT3 Application | Name of Applicant”. Application deadline: 22 July 2024. For more information, please consult the public notice [PT] Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre Encontra-se aberto concurso para a atribuição de uma (1) Bolsa de Investigação (BI/LA 2024/1) no SocioDigital Lab for Public Policies do Iscte-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, no âmbito da Linha Temática de Saúde Societal, nas seguintes condições: Áreas Científicas: Ciências Sociais/Ciências da Saúde. Tipo de bolsa: Bolsa de Investigação para Mestre (BI) Requisitos de admissão: A bolsa é destinada a mestres estudantes de doutoramento ou mestres inscritos em cursos não conferentes de grau académico. Os/as candidatos/as deverão possuir: Mestrado nas áreas das Ciências Sociais aplicadas à saúde ou Ciências da Saúde e ter domínio de metodologias de síntese de conhecimento,revisões sistemáticas de literatura, scoping reviews e meta análises. As candidaturas devem ser formalizadas obrigatoriamente através do envio dos documentos requeridos no edital para o e-mail: sociodigitallab@iscte-iul.pt ,até à data-limite fixada neste edital, com o seguinte assunto “Candidatura LT3 | Nome do Candidato”. Data limite de candidatura: 22 de julho de 2024. Para mais informações deverá ser consultado o edital

Machine Learning for Social Issues and Visualization for Trust and Decision-Making Lab Talk The Thematic Line 5 organizes the first Lab Talk of SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy initiatives for 2024/25, “Data-Driven Perspectives: Machine Learning for Social Issues and Visualization for Trust and Decision-Making“. On December 3 , 2024, researchers Tomás Alves (BRU-Iscte) and Pedro Mariano (ISTAR-Iscte) will present their recent work on Data visualization and on Simulation for social sciences, respectively. Then, they will debate common points and possible implications for public policies. Join us at Clube Iscte-CI (Room B332, Building 4) from 13:00 to 14:00 and be part of this discussion. Abstract for Tomás Alves's talk Data visualization plays a critical role in how individuals interpret and interact with complex information, influencing both user trust and decision-making. This presentation focuses on how individual differences shape users’ trust and susceptibility to cognitive biases, such as the anchoring bias and the phantom effect. Drawing on recent findings, we will discuss how visualization techniques influence the trust-building process and may trigger biases that impact decision-making. Emerging research directions will also be explored, emphasizing advances in priming and mitigation techniques for cognitive biases and in designing visualizations that support more reliable trust and decision outcomes. Abstract for Pedro Mariano's' talk Social Simulation is a tool to analyse complex phenomena, to model socio and economic aspects. Agents in such simulations can be as simple as the action they play in a game represented by a 2×2 matrix, or be composed of an architecture with a Large Language Model for communication, Deep Reinforcement Learning for reasoning about the environment and other players, Belief Desire and Intention model for representing knowledge about its goals, among other possibilities. In this talk I will discuss the ongoing research in these topics.

O Iscte – Conhecimento e Inovação acolhe, nos dias 19 e 20 de novembro , a 3ª Conferência do SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy , sob o tema “Novas Fronteiras na Saúde: Contributos para as Políticas Públicas na Era Digital” . O evento reúne académicos, especialistas e decisores políticos para discutir os avanços e os desafios no campo da saúde digital, com uma abordagem centrada nas políticas públicas.  A conferência conta com a participação de três Keynote Speakers de prestígio internacional. No dia 19, Angela Donkin (Institute of Health Equity, Reino Unido) dará início ao evento com uma palestra sobre o progresso global e local na redução das desigualdades em saúde. No segundo dia, Cláudia Abreu Lopes , Investigadora da ONU, abordará a equidade nos programas de saúde digital , desde o seu design ao impacto real. A conferência será encerrada por Alexandre Lourenço , Presidente da ULS de Coimbra, que discutirá os desafios dos cuidados centrados nas pessoas e como eliminar barreiras nas Unidades Locais de Saúde. Inscreva-se já e garanta o seu lugar neste evento, através do link: https://forms.office.com/e/bZzfZv1z5E Programa 19 NOVEMBRO 8h30 – Receção dos participantes 9h00 – Sessão de Abertura  Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, Reitora do Iscte  Teresa Patrício e Luísa Lima, Co-coordenadoras do SocioDigital Lab;   Elsa Pegado (CIES-Iscte), Henrique Martins (BRU-Iscte) e Sónia Bernardes (CIS-Iscte), Coordenação da Comissão Organizadora Apresentação dos Policy Briefs da 2ª Conferência SocioDigital Lab, Maria Assunção Gato (DINÂMIA’CET) e Susana Batel (CIS-Iscte) 9h45 – Keynote 1 Global and local progress on reducing health inequalities   Angela Donkin, Institute of Health Equity, United Kingdom  11h00 – Coffee break  11h30 – Mesa Redonda 1 Cuidar para viver: Interseções entre a habitação, a sustentabilidade e a saúde   Moderadora : Susana Batel, investigadora, CIS-Iscte  Participantes :   Maria Assunção Gato, investigadora, DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte: HYBGEN – Young adults trapped in hybrid lifestyles   Pedro Reis, Komuhn, Espaço Largo   Rosário Pedrosa, Centro de Inovação da Mouraria  Luís Mendes, Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território, Universidade de Lisboa  Beatriz Gomes Dias, Vereadora da Câmara Municipal de Lisboa  13h00 – Almoço  14h30 – Mesa Redonda 2 Equidade em Saúde: Desafios e Soluções para a Saúde Mental Pós-COVID19 em Comunidades Imigrantes    Moderador : Renato Miguel do Carmo, investigador, CIES-Iscte  Participantes :     Pedro Candeias, investigador, CIES-Iscte: EQUALS for Covid-19: Equidade em saúde em tempos de pandemia   Catarina Reis Oliveira, ISCSP-ULisboa, Ex-Diretora do Observatório das Migrações Ana Mansoa, Centro Padre Alves Correia (CEPAC)  Aníbal da Graça, Associação de Promotores de Saúde Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Sócio Cultural (Prosaudesc)  André Peralta , Subdiretor Geral da Saúde  16h00 – Coffee break  16h30 – Mesa Redonda 3 Entre o internacional e o local: Desafios na saúde    Moderadora : Alejandra Ortiz, investigadora, CIES-Iscte  Participantes :   Clara Carvalho, investigadora, CEI-Iscte: Vacinação universal e barreiras de género   Ana Teresa Afonso, consultora UK MED  Martino Gliozzi, Médico Coordenador da USF Baixa  Sandra Ferreira, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian  20 NOVEMBRO 8h30 – Receção dos participantes  9h00 – Keynote 2 Equity in digital health programs: From design to impact   Cláudia Abreu Lopes, Research Lead United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health 10h30 – Coffee break  11h00 – Mesa Redonda 4 Inteligência Artificial Ética na Saúde    Moderador : Miguel Sales Dias, Iscte-Sintra  Participantes :   Luís Rosário, CHULN/FMUL: AIMHEALTH- Aplicações móveis baseadas em IA para resposta de saúde pública   João Ferreira, investigador, ISTAR-Iscte: The Potential of AI for the Health Sector – training healthcare professionals (AMR-EDUCare project)   Patrícia Patrício, Diretora de Inovação do Health Cluster Portugal (HCP)  Pedro Roseiro, Vogal da Comissão Executiva do TICE.PT , Cluster Português das Tecnologias de Informação, Comunicação e Eletrónica  Ana Ribeiro da Cunha, Ordem dos Médicos  12h30 – Almoço  14h00 – Mesa Redonda 5 Como aproveitar o digital para uma saúde sem fronteiras   Moderadora : Elzbieta Bobrowicz-Campos, investigadora, CIS-Iscte  Participantes :   Henrique Martins, investigador, BRU-Iscte, Iscte-Sintra: XpanDH – Expanding Digital Health   Wuleta Lemma, investigadora, CEI-Iscte  Paulo Gonçalves, Plataforma Saúde em Diálogo  José Paulo Carvalho, HopeCare  Carlos Galamba, Vice-Presidente do Conselho Diretivo, Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde (ACSS)  15h30 – Coffee break  16h00 – Keynote 3 Cuidados centrados nas pessoas, eliminar barreiras dentro das ULS   Alexandre Lourenço, Presidente do Conselho de Administração da ULS de Coimbra Comentador: Francisco Goiana da Silva, Médico e Comentador da SIC 17h30 – Sessão de encerramento  Jorge Costa, Vice-Reitor para a Investigação e Modernização Tecnológica, Iscte   Elsa Pegado (CIES-Iscte), Henrique Martins (BRU-Iscte) e Sónia Bernardes (CIS-Iscte), Coordenação da Comissão Organizadora  Inscrições Abertas Não perca esta oportunidade de participar num debate inovador sobre o futuro da saúde pública na era digital. A entrada é livre , mas sujeita a inscrição prévia.

[scroll down for PT] The SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy is pleased to announce the launch of the policy briefs resulting from the 2nd SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy 2023 Conference, which took place in November last year. Under the theme “ Inclusive Territories in the Green and Digital Transition ”, the conference brought together experts, researchers, local authorities, businesses and civil organizations to debate the main challenges that the green and digital transitions pose for public policies. During two days of discussions, in plenary sessions and round tables, issues such as the just transition, the resilience of vulnerable territories, digital inclusion, populism, and the social and economic impacts of new environmental strategies were addressed. The policy briefs now published highlight practical measures and recommendations to promote inclusive and sustainable public policies, based on the issues and solutions discussed during the event. The publication includes detailed insights on topics such as the need for retraining, the importance of community inclusion, and the balanced management of digitalization and environmental preservation. This joint, interdisciplinary work is a fundamental contribution to supporting a transition that is fair for all territories and social groups. This publication is only available in Portuguese [PT] O SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy tem o prazer de anunciar o lançamento dos policy briefs resultantes da 2ª Conferência SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy 2023, que teve lugar em novembro do ano passado. Sob o tema “Territórios Inclusivos na Transição Verde e Digital”, a conferência reuniu especialistas, investigadores, autoridades locais, empresas e organizações civis para debater os principais desafios que as transições verde e digital colocam às políticas públicas. Durante dois dias de discussões, em sessões plenárias e mesas redondas, foram abordadas questões como a transição justa, a resiliência dos territórios vulneráveis, a inclusão digital, o populismo, e os impactos sociais e económicos das novas estratégias ambientais. Os policy briefs agora publicados destacam medidas e recomendações práticas para promover políticas públicas inclusivas e sustentáveis, com base nas problemáticas e soluções discutidas ao longo do evento. A publicação inclui insights detalhados sobre temas como a necessidade de requalificação profissional, a importância da inclusão comunitária, e a gestão equilibrada entre a digitalização e a preservação ambiental. Este trabalho conjunto e interdisciplinar é uma contribuição fundamental para apoiar uma transição que seja justa para todos os territórios e grupos sociais.

SocioDigital Lab Seminar Unsplashed Hugo Barbosa Join us on September 19  for a seminar with Bonno Pel , from the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (University of Utrecht). With the title "Is ‘digital transition’ a syntax error? Purpose, emergence and directionality in a contemporary governance discourse" the speakers will critically examine the paradoxical nature of the digital transition. The talk, organized by the thematic lines 1 (Regenerative Territories for Carbon Neutrality) and 4 (Global Governance) of SocioDigital Lab, will explore how digital innovations challenge societal actors to rethink strategies in a rapidly evolving landscape. Speaker:  Bonno Pel (University of Utrecht) Date: September 19, 10:00-11:00 Venue:  Iscte, Building 4, Room A202 Abstract : An important precondition for responsible innovation is the awareness of directionality: Dynamic innovation processes can take different, more or less favorable, turns. The ongoing wave of digital innovations exemplifies how this directionality challenges societal actors to develop new strategic dispositions. This paper critically examines the ‘digital transition’ as a rather paradoxical ‘knowing of governance’. It appears to refer simultaneously to digital instruments and directed automated futures and to rather spontaneously occurring digitalization. The analysis explores this apparent ‘syntax error’ through academic scholarship, gray literature, as well as newspaper sources. Critical discourse analysis demonstrates how directionality is obscured through various ideological representations of directed transitions but also disclosed through an increasingly rich vocabulary on emergent digitalization issues. Calling attention to the partly purposive, partly emergent nature of the transformation process, the ‘digital transition’ notion can help to express directionality.

The 2nd Conference of the SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy (SDLab) took place on November 28 and 29, 2023, under the theme “Inclusive Territories for the Green and Digital Transition”. The event took place at the recently inaugurated Center for Technology Evaluation and Transfer,  Iscte-Knowledge and Innovation. With a diverse scientific program, the conference set out to bring together policymakers and experts exploring the critical intersection of the green and digital transitions, to promote discussion on the challenges, opportunities and innovative solutions needed for a sustainable and just future. Specifically, after the opening session with the intervention of the Vice-Rector for Research and Technological Modernization Jorge Costa and a special participation by the Member of the European Parliament Sandra Pereira, environmental psychology expert Ricardo García Mira (University of A Coruña) spoke about the social impact of the energy transition in Europe . The guest speaker presented the results of the ENTRANCES project, which addressed this issue through a co-creation of knowledge approach, giving greater relevance to social aspects and public policies. Also on this day, the round table “How can the transition be just? Insights from the region of Sines” discussed how the energy and digital transition must consider social aspects to ensure not only sustainability but also justice and inclusion for different communities. In the round table “Vulnerable territories at the crossroads of transitions: digitalization, resilience and transformation”, the importance of considering the needs of different territories in this transition, with multidisciplinary contributions, was discussed. At the end of the day, the round table “A space for age: more sustainable, inclusive and healthy cities” addressed how urban planning must consider not only environmental aspects, but also aspects for the inclusion of diverse populations in the design of public space. The second day of the conference was marked by a talk by UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) member Patrick Devine-Wright (University of Exeter), who explored the relationship between social sciences, public policy and the impact on the environment and the climate emergency. The speaker presented the ACCESS project, but also case studies from the UK government and the IPCC. On this day, the topic “Green Transition and Populism: Challenges for Public Policies” was also discussed, namely aspects of global governance, and how existing policies actually reach people. Issues such as the environmental impacts of managing and recycling digital resources, the role of artificial intelligence in the digital transition, and what decisions should be made for a green digital transition served as a motto for the aspects discussed at the round table “Twin Green and Digital Inclusion in Territories”. Finally, the last round table of the event, “Inclusions and transitions: The cross-cutting challenges”, aimed to bring reflection on the cross-cutting approach that the transition to a sustainable and just future requires. This second edition of the conference, which was organized by researchers Maria Assunção Gato (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte), Mónica Meireles (BRU-Iscte) and Susana Batel (CIS-Iscte), co-coordinators of SDLab’s thematic line 1 “Regenerative Territories for Carbon Neutrality”, also had the logistical support of the science communication group COM’Investigar, which includes members of Iscte’s different research units. The event was broadcast live on the SocioDigital Lab YouTube channel , where it is still available. As with the 1st SocioDigital Lab Conference, which resulted in a set of recommendations for public policy , a report on the implications of this second edition is also planned. Program 27 November | Monday 8h30  Reception of the participants 9h00  Conference opening Welcome from the Rector Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, from the Joint Chairpersons of the SocioDigital Lab, Teresa Patrício and Luísa Lima and from the Organizers, Maria Assunção Gato, Mónica Meireles and Susana Batel Opening statement from Sandra Pereira, Member of the European Parliament 9h45  Keynote 1 – Ricardo Garcia Mira   Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Coruña, Spain; specialized in Environmental Psychology and member of the Parliament of Spain (2016-2019) as Spokesman for Climate Change of the Socialist Parliamentary Group in the Ecological Transition Commission. 11h00 Coffee break 11h30  Round Table 1 Thematic Line 1 – How can the transition be just? Insights from the region of Sines Moderator: Susana Batel (CIS-Iscte) Antonio Maria Pusceddu (CRIA-Iscte); Bruno Candeias (SIEAP – Sindicato das Indústrias, Energia e Águas de Portugal); Dora Fonseca (CoLABOR – Laboratório Colaborativo para o Trabalho, Emprego e Proteção Social); Paulo Partidário (Direção Geral da Energia e Geologia) 13h00 Lunch 14h30  Round Table 2 Thematic Line 2 – Vulnerable territories at the crossroads of transitions: digitalization, resilience and transformation Moderator: Renato Miguel do Carmo (CIES-Iscte) Daniela Ferreira (IGOT, Universidade de Lisboa); Francisco Simões (CIS-Iscte); Hugo Pinto (FE-UALG); Rosário Mauritti (CIES-Iscte) 16h00 Coffee break 16h30  Round Table 3 Thematic Line 3 – A space for age: more sustainable, inclusive and healthy cities Moderator: Henrique Martins (BRU-Iscte) Rita Jacinto (Project Manager at Plano de Acessibilidade Pedonal de Lisboa) Mário Alves (Associação de Cidadãos Automobilizados, MUBI);Sibila Marques (CIS-Iscte); Catarina Ferreira da Silva (ISTAR-Iscte)  28 November | Tuesday 8h30  Reception of the participants 9h00  Keynote 2 – Patrick Devine-Wright Professor of Geography, University of Exeter, UK; Lead author of the IPPC working group III in the 6th Assessment Round on ‘Demand, Services and Social Aspects of Mitigation’. Opening statement from Sandra Pereira, Member of the European Parliament 10h30 Coffee break 11h00  Round Table 4 Thematic Line 4 – Green Transition and Populism: challenges for public policies Moderator: Cláudia Pereira (CIES-Iscte) Paula Castro (CIS-Iscte);Paulo Fernandes (Presidente da Câmara Municipal do Fundão);Roberto Falanga (ICS) 12h30 Lunch 14h30  Round Table 5 Thematic Line 5 – Twin Green and Digital Inclusion in Territories Moderator: Miguel Dias (ISTAR-Iscte) Eunika Mercier-Laurent (University of Reims);Paulo Simões (Executive Secretary of OESTECIM, Intermunicipal Community of the West);Pedro Mateus das Neves (Founder and CEO of Global Solutions, PARTTEAM & OEMKIOSKS);Nelson Batista (Councilor of the Municipality of Loures). 16h30  Round Table 6Inclusions and transitions: the cross-cutting challenges Moderator: Mónica Meireles (BRU-Iscte) Catarina Roseta Palma (BRU-Iscte); Susana Fonseca (ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre Sustentável); Susana Guerreiro (SEYN – Sustainable Energy Youth Networks); Vasco Rato (Câmara Municipal de Lisboa and ISTAR-Iscte) 17h30  Closing Conference Vice-Rector of Iscte for Research and Technological Modernization, Jorge Costa. Maria Assunção Gato, Mónica Meireles and Susana Batel (Conference Organizers)

On 19 March 2024, the COST Association visited Iscte for a day dedicated to the opportunities of this line of funding. COST Actions are initiatives to set up international research networks funded under the Horizon Europe programme. By their nature, these networks allow for the creation of critical mass for the development of research on innovative topics and are particularly useful tools for the career development of young researchers. During the morning of the visit, workshops were organised for the science managers of these projects in Portugal. The main aim was to share information and knowledge between science managers, involving people with different levels of experience in this type of funding. The rules for managing COST projects were revisited and the most common challenges in managing these projects in the Portuguese context were identified. Six institutions from different parts of the country were represented, including Minho, Coimbra and Lisbon. In coordination with Thematic Line 2 of the SocioDigital Lab – Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Citizenship, the COST Association also organised an Info Session on COST Actions in the afternoon for the entire Iscte community. The first part of the COST Info Session, organised by Camencita Malimban, administrative officer of the COST Association, provided an insight into the fundamental elements of a COST Action (application process, eligibility, collaboration tools provided by an Action of this nature, funding). The second part of the session featured a talk by Francisco Simões (CIS-Iscte) about his experience as Chair of the Rural NEET Youth Network, a COST action that will end in April 2024. This testimony included a sharing of the process of building the proposal, its implementation and the types of impacts achieved. The COST Association’s visit to Iscte underscored the significance of collaborative networks like COST Actions in supporting young researchers and advancing innovation. Embracing such initiatives promises a brighter future for scientific progress and societal development. © Photographs by Hugo Cruz | Iscte Program 19 March 2024 16h45 – What is COST? Carmencita Malimban (COST Association) 16h55 – Testimonial from COST Action CA18213 Rural NEET Youth Network MC Chair (Iscte) Prof. Francisco Simões (CIS-Iscte) 17h15 – Discussions and Q&A session

The Policy Briefs e-Book is now available online in Portuguese. This publication brings together the content resulting from the 1st conference of the SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy .

“The crisis triggered by the pandemic in 2020, (…) has demonstrated in the case of Portugal (…), how technology can be the key to our progress as a society,” stated Mário Campolargo, Secretary of State for Digitalization and Administrative Modernization, at the 1st Conference of the SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy on “Digital Transformation in Times of Crisis”, which took place at Iscte on November 28 and 29, 2022. During his speech, Mário Campolargo also mentioned the Portuguese RRF’s plans to accelerate the digital transition, especially of schools and businesses, and discussed its vision of bringing citizens closer to Public Administration services through policies such as the new generation of Simplex, assisted digital channels in citizen stores, widespread digital literacy and training, strategies for equality and non-discrimination, among others. Ricardo Paes Mamede, Director of Iscte-Sintra, discussed the growth of Big Data technologies, Artificial Intelligence and the widespread adoption of social networks, with the end of the mediated information and the significant emergence of power concentration by large global corporations that own the most popular digital platforms. He also argued that the future of society’s digital transformation will require regulatory and technological advances for the protection of citizens’ privacy, often exploited by large platforms. Michael Tjalve, Director of Innovation in the Tech for Social Impact group at Microsoft Philanthropies, gave a talk entitled “Digital Transformation in the Humanitarian Sector”, where he addressed the challenges of digital transformation in the context of humanitarian non-governmental organizations. Tjalve also presented several strategies that have been adopted in his work experience, namely in the provision of tools and services in different humanitarian crisis scenarios, such as natural disasters or refugee crises, for example. These tools and services include ways to facilitate contact to respond to urgent needs (such as water or food), but also to assess the real impact of the damage caused by an earthquake, for example, using Artificial Intelligence applied to satellite images, or even chatbots that provide confidential and interactive support to women in situations of domestic violence, in their own language. Miguel Sales Dias, Professor and researcher at Iscte, member of the Conference’s organization and one of the coordinators of the SocioDigital Lab’s “Digital Transformation” thematic line, makes “a very positive balance” of the event, stressing that the discussions “may serve as a foundation for the future of digital transformation and may even advise public policies”, especially considering the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to respond to the various needs raised throughout the debates. For two days, on November 28-29, digital transformation in times of crisis was broadly discussed in several roundtables, with the contribution of national and international experts through an interdisciplinary approach. The conclusions of each roundtable will be compiled into policy briefs with recommendations to inform public policy-making and decision-making . Photographs by Hugo Cruz Text by Com'Investigar

The SocialDigital Lab invites you to attend the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data, which will take place in May and June 2023. In six sessions, six observatories associated with Iscte will present the social data they collect, which are extremely useful in the analysis of public policies. The sessions take place in an informal setting between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm. Each session lasts an hour: 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion. Regist rations Closed PAST SESSIONS 20 June | Youth Employment Observatory The sixth and last of the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data 2023, organized by SocioDigital Lab, gave stage to the Youth Employment Observatory . Paulo Marques (DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte) shared results that have special relevance in the analysis of public policies. 06 June | Inequality Observatory The Observatory of Inequalities presents its data, of high interest for public policies, in the fifth of the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data, organized by SocioDigital Lab. Speaker: Renato Miguel do Carmo (CIES-Iscte) 30 May | The Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities The Portuguese Observatory of Cultural Activities  will share social data with interest for public policies in the fourth of the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data, organized by SocioDigital Lab. Speaker: José Soares Neves (CIES-Iscte) 23 May | PASSDA – Atitudes Sociais dos Portugueses At the third meeting of the Brown Bag Seminars on Social Data, Alice Ramos from ICS – Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, presented some data from PASSDA (Production and Archive of Social Science Data), namely regarding the European Social Survey component, a network of studies that aims to monitor the values, attitudes, beliefs, opinions and behaviors of Europeans. According to the researcher, the ESS data and PASSDA are crucial tools to support teaching and research activities, but also to plan public policies. 16 May | Observatory of Democracy and Political Representation During this session the Observatory of Democracy team highlighted the importance of collecting and processing data on political elites and social movements that allow policy-makers to understand some of the main concerns present in society. 09 May | Emigration Observatory Besides a brief contextualization of its origins, the daily work of the OEm and its internal functioning, the methodologies of data collection regarding Portuguese emigration – “mirror statistics” of immigration in the countries of destination – and the limitations underlying this type of methodology were discussed.