Research

Partnerships

Phd Inter-University In Sociology

Sociology: Knowledge for Open, Inclusive Societies (OpenSoc) is an interuniversity doctoral program that mobilizes the theoretical, methodological and empirical heritage built up in sociology’s history, as well as its far-reaching interdisciplinary connections, in order to devise new guidelines for research and intervention in the face of present societal challenges.

The program’s vision is encapsulated in its motto: OPEN societies, able to deal with new and changing intersections of local, national and global; public, private, and intimate; biographies, meanings, and structures. INCLUSIVE societies, able to use institutions, territories, groups and social networks to foster cohesion and equity in a changing, segmented and heterogeneous social fabric. KNOWLEDGE that empowers social actors to understand and manage diversity in a reflexive way, avoiding “easy” answers which lean towards closure, homogenization, and exclusion.

The OpenSoc programme emerged out of growing collaboration in sociological research for over a decade among our universities: the University of Lisbon, through the Institute of Social Sciences, the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, and the Lisbon School of Economics and Management; the NOVA University, through the NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities; the University of Évora, through the Institute for Advanced Studies and Research; and the University of Algarve, through the Faculty of Economics. These institutions host the seven research centres associated in OpenSoc: SOCIUS, ICS, CICS.NOVA, CAPP, CIEG, CIEO e Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedade. All our research centres take part in international social research and intervention networks, and carry out intense outreach activity, transferring knowledge between universities and society at the European, national and regional levels.

Website: https://opensoc.pt/en/

Emigration Observatory 

The Emigration Observatory (OEm) is an independent technical and research structure integrated into the Center for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES) at ISCTE, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, where it has its headquarters. The Observatory was created based on a protocol signed in 2008 between ISCTE, Lisbon University Institute, and the General Directorate of Consular Affairs and Portuguese Communities (DGACCP), being supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the terms of a cooperation concluded in 2016.

It began its activity in January 2009, with three main objectives: to collect, harmonize and analyze information on the evolution and characteristics of Portuguese emigration and emigrated Portuguese populations, namely through the collection of data from statistical institutions in the destination countries of emigration; disseminate all compiled information and promote its availability and discussion among the general public, in particular among researchers, students, political decision-makers and journalists; contribute, through its activity, to the definition and evaluation of public emigration policies based on information and knowledge about this area of ​​intervention.

The Observatory operates on the basis of a partnership between the following university research institutions:

- ISCTE Sociology Research and Studies Center (CIES), Lisbon University Institute, which ensures the coordination of the partnership;
- Research Center in Economic and Organizational Sociology (SOCIUS/CSG), of the Higher Institute of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon (ISEG-ULisboa);
- Center for Geographic Studies (CEG), of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon (IGOT-UL);
- Institute of Sociology (IS-UP), of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FL-UP). 

Website: http://observatorioemigracao.pt/np4/home


XLAB

XLAB – Behavioural Research Lab is a scientific research and data collection laboratory whose main purpose is to study decision-making processes and economic, political and social behaviour. This infrastructure enables, among other things, experimental studies, surveys on attitudes and economic and social behaviour and measurement tests.

XLAB is based at the ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management of Universidade de Lisboa and it is supported by the research consortium PASSDA. At ISEG, XLab is connected to two research consortia, REM and CSG, of which SOCIUS is part.

XLAB goal is to collect data and support research in social sciences, creating knowledge for the development of public policies that can shape the lives of citizens and businesses. The Lab perform focus groups, laboratory experiments, and surveys.

Along the way the Lab bring together researchers, students, and the wider community. This Lab provide students with an opportunity to enrich their academic experience and to inform their career paths, and offer all participants an opportunity actively contribute to the process of knowledge creation.

Resources: two lab rooms located on the second floor of the building Francesinhas 2 at ISEG. Lab 1 features 20 workstations equipped with the most widely-used software for developing and conducting experiments. Lab 2 has eye tracking technology, a BIOPAC system for psycho-physiological measurements, a one-way observation mirror, and space for meetings and focus groups.

Website: http://xlabonline.com/