The Associated Laboratory SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy and the Iscte Research Support Office, in partnership with the Information and Documentation Services and Iscte-Health, organized the Science and Technology Week 2022, an event supported by FCT. Between November 21 and 25, 2022, reflection and discussion about the present and future of Science and Technology at Iscte were promoted, with several activities, including workshops and information sessions. The topics covered included open access publishing, research data management, Creative Commons licenses, and also the III Days of Societal Health on the topic of digital transformation & inclusion in health. Also under the scope of the event, a session on the Research Connect platform took place, as well as an academic writing retreat for doctoral students, European funding opportunities for the Social Sciences and Humanities and the opening of the contest “Scientific Initiation at Iscte” 2022/23. Program Monday, 21 November 09:30-17:30 Academic Writing Retreat for Doctoral Candidates Joana Zózimo (Lancaster University) 14:00-15:30 Opening [Online] Jorge Costa (Iscte Vice-Rector Research and Technological Modernization) ResearchConnect: Session of (In)Formation Aldo Cavalcanti (IDOX) + info | https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/98814077208 Tuesday, 22 November 14:30 – 15h30 [Hybrid Session – Aud C1.03] Open Access Publishing and Transformative Agreements Ana Inácio (Biblioteca-Iscte) 16:00 – 17h00 [Online] Creative Commons Licences Diogo Morais (Legal Co-Coordinator of Creative Commons Portugal) Collaboration with IHMT NOVA, Iscte, Instituto Politécnico de Beja and Instituto Politécnico de Santarém Wednesday, 23 November 10:00 – 18h00 [Aud. J.J. Laginha and Room AA2.28] III Conference on Societal Health: Digital Transformation & Inclusion in Health Iscte-Health 14:30 – 16h00 [Lab D1.02] Workshop on Data Management Plans Clara Boavida (GAI-Iscte) Thursday, 24 November 10:00 – 18h00 [Aud. J.J. Laginha and Room AA2.28] III Conference on Societal Health: Digital Transformation & Inclusion in Health Iscte-Health 11:00 – 12h00 [Hybrid Session – Aud. C1.04] European Funding Opportunities for the Social Sciences and Humanities Patrícia Salgueiro (GAI -Iscte)  Friday, 25 November 11:00 – 12h00 [Sessão Online] Opening of the contest “Scientific Initiation at Iscte” 2022/2023 Carina Cunha (GAI) ORGANIZATION Iscte - Gabinete de Apoio à Investigação & SocioDigital Lab for Public Policy PARTNERS Iscte Information and Documentation Services & Iscte Health SUPPORT FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Info Session On May 22, the SocioDigital Lab’s Thematic Line 2: Promoting Inclusion, Equality and Citizenship promotes the info session “Lithuanian research funding framework & international cooperation”, with the invited speakers from the University of Vilnius Aleita Markevič and Vida Jakutienė. The event, with free admittance, will take place at the A302 Auditorium (Iscte, Building 4) at 11:30 AM. Topics What are the opportunities for international cooperation under the research funding framework? What emergent topics are more aligned with scientific priorities in Lithuania? How can researchers from Iscte be more engaged with the University of Vilnius?  Invited Speakers Aleita Markevič Development department of the University of Vilnius; Project administration and financial management department Vida Jakutienė Project Manager, Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Vilnius

On May 21, 2024, Hiroyuki Tsuji , from the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning of the Utrecht University, will give a talk titled “Examining the new coal governance amid the energy transition: the rise of Indian interests in Mozambican coal”. The event is jointly organized by SocioDigital Lab’s thematic lines 2 – Global Governance and 4 – Regenerative Territories for Carbon Neutrality, and the Iscte’s Master’s in Development Studies (School of Social Sciences) and Master’s in Humanitarian Action (School of Sociology and Public Policy). With free admittance, the seminar will take place at 15:00 (03:00 PM) at Iscte’s Buildind 4, Room A202. Abstract Despite world nations’ pledges to materialise the energy transition, many southern countries have not yet discarded the option of continuing to rely on coal for their development. This situation has strengthened the south-south coal flow and alliances and has created new ways of coal governance, which deserves more scholarly attention. This trend is observed in Tete province, the centre of coal mining in Mozambique. Over the past decade, multinational mining companies have divested from Tete, partly due to the energy transition. Today, the major coal projects are owned by Indian capital, with the aim of fuelling their economic growth. The Mozambican government is also determined to rely on coal to further develop the regional and national economy. Scholars have observed that the coal governance, initially led by multinationals, exacerbated socioeconomic inequality among the population. Amid the consolidation of Indian-Mozambican coal alliances, there is an urgent need to understand how the new coal governance is negotiated, justified, and implemented. Drawing on ethnographic research, this paper examines how the Indian mining companies and the Mozambican state co-create a specific form of coal governance in Tete and along the coal transport corridors.

SocioDigital Lab Seminar Join us on April 16th  for a seminar featuring Teresa Pina  (CML), former Director of Amnesty International Portugal (2012-2016), to learn more about how European policies on Migration and Asylum shape the EU-Africa relationship. From the Arab Spring to the refugee crisis, and from EU migratory deals to the most recent reforms in the EU system, gain insights into the developments of the past decade. Speaker:  Teresa Pina CML, Diretora da Aministia Internacional Portugal 2012-16 Date: April 16th, 4-5.30 Venue:  Iscte, Building 2, Auditorium B2.03

The SocioDigital Lab invites you to attend the Brown Bag Seminars on Technical Data, which will take place at Iscte - University Institute of Lisbon. The sessions take place from October 2023 to March 2024, in an informal setting between 1pm and 2pm. Each session lasts an hour: 30 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion. Past Sessions 26 February 2024 | LAPSO LAPSO (Psychology Laboratory) is a support structure for the School of Social Sciences (ECSH), the Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention (CIS-Iscte), as well as the entire Iscte community. The laboratory supports research and training in Psychology at Iscte, in its most varied areas of study and levels of education. LAPSO encompasses specialized rooms for human behavior research, and a wide range of equipment, resources and services. Marília Prada (CIS-Iscte), director of the Psychology Laboratory, presented this brown bag seminar. 29 January 2024 | Laboratório de Inovação Metodológica The Methodological Innovation Laboratory (Laboratório de Inovação Metodológica) brings together the resources and skills in the field of social sciences that enable significant advances in the development of innovative social research methods. In addition, it seeks to disseminate and develop methodological innovation practices among researchers, as well as to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration between Iscte’s research centers. In addition to being part of the coordination team of the Methodological Innovation Laboratory, Nuno de Almeida Alves is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Research Methods and a Researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology, where he coordinates the Family, Generations and Health Research Group at CIES-Iscte. 15 January 2024 | nascer.pt Dulce Morgado Neves, a researcher at CIES-Iscte, where she researches birth, gender, parenthood and social movements, presented the Laboratory of Social Studies on Birth, nascer.pt , a platform that contributes to knowledge about the conditions and characteristics of birth in Portugal. 11 December 2023 | LXhabidata Sandra Marques Pereira, researcher at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, presented LXhabidata , a continuously updated housing data platform for the municipalities of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. 2 October 2023 | Instituto de Telecomunicações The first Brown Bag Seminar on Technical Data welcomed the researcher Octavian Postolache that presented the resources and projects developed at Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT-Iscte). IT -Iscte explores the scientific areas of: wireless communications, optical communications, networks and multimedia, and basic sciences to support technologies.

The new Iscte building houses 8 research units, 13 laboratories, including the SDLab, 9 observatories and several rooms for sharing and collaborative work. It is a space of infinite possibilities, which nurtures the idea that “together we change the future”. Iscte – Knowledge and Innovation is a bright building, clad in brick and wood, located at 40 Avenida das Forças Armadas in Lisbon, which is the result of the sustainable refurbishment of a former IMT headquarters. According to Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues, Iscte Rector, over the course of 50 years, “new paths have been opened up at Iscte and we have innovated in a focused way in those areas of work”. But what truly “sets Iscte apart is the way it fully fulfils its mission as a university: teaching, knowledge and innovation, which it does with multidisciplinarity, collaborative work, openness to the social and territorial context in which it operates, generating opportunities for teachers, researchers and students, efficiently achieving sustainability and inclusion. Its difference also lies in the way it continues to anticipate the future.” The Prime Minister António Costa, the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, the Minister for Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa, the Minister for Culture, Pedro Adão e Silva and two Secretaries of State took part at the official inauguration of the new Iscte_Conhecimento e Inovação.