In a context marked by the digital transition, this research raises awareness about a still intense relation between music, territory, and local identity. It does so by an in-depth analysis of the electronic music ecosystems (EMEs) of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). The localisation of these musical practices continues to play a crucial role. However, there is a lack of research that offers a characterisation of EMEs, their different actors and their relations, and how they are embedded in territories. The innovation of this project lies in the fact that it goes beyond fragmentary readings of the EMEs. It seeks a holistic approach, co-constructed with the different players who compose these ecosystems and it is an essential contribution to overcoming the knowledge gap about Portuguese EMEs, their workers, working conditions, networks, and their potential and challenges. Simultaneously, it allows us to broaden the focus of analysis beyond Lisbon, comparing the reality of the main urban centres with peripheral or even peri-urban contexts. Our main goal is to study the LMA's EMEs and produce knowledge useful to its actors and policymakers. The research does this by showing the EMEs’s territorial embeddedness and unveiling differences within the AML; raising awareness of their importance and value; and identifying with the stakeholders ways to make them more sustainable and resilient within the framework of designing public policies for popular music, that do not exist in Portugal. Partial goals include: 1) mapping and characterising the LMA’s EMEs; 2) identifying their main challenges and opportunities; 3) setting up a web platform to systematise and share data and resources on EMEs, promoting their connectivity and the careers and circulation of their players; 4) giving visibility to territories and a musical genre that are usually peripheral in the design of public policies. The project is based on a multi-method qualitative approach, combining documental analysi...

There are still severe limitations in Portugal in terms of systematic, up-to-date and in-depth knowledge about the circumstances and living conditions experienced by Roma/Ciganos in Portugal. This poses a challenge to overseeing the outcomes and efficacy of public policies as well as efforts towards the integration of this community. This research aims to address these shortcomings by gathering and providing a broad, robust, and detailed data set from multiple sources through the implementation of a methodology characterized by methodological pluralism. Within this analytical framework, the present investigation shall employ a multifaceted methodology that encompasses both qualitative and quantitative techniques as well as participatory methodologies. In conjunction with two survey-based questionnaires designed to elicit data pertaining to strategic fields of inquiry such as health, employment, education, housing, vocational training, gender inequality, discrimination and anti-gypsyism - thereby yielding quantitative data - we will also leverage more nuanced qualitative information. This study will feature data gathered from sociological portraits obtained through in-depth interviews, ethnographies conducted across diverse socio-housing contexts, analysis of historical sources and participatory methods. Our approach to the development, execution, monitoring and dissemination of this research actively encourages the participation of individuals and groups with Roma heritage as key protagonists in shaping knowledge about their own community. The objective is to execute a comprehensive approach of collaborative knowledge co-creation, conducting research "with" the Roma/Ciganos rather than "about and for" them (Ryder, 2018). Throughout this endeavour, it is intended to engage with Roma organizations and informal groups, as well as other institutions that operate in close proximity with this community across different levels (local, regional and national). One of the...

In recent years, new workspaces, such as coworking spaces, fab labs, makerspaces, and creative hubs, have experienced exponential growth globally. Most of the literature presents the relationship between these new workspaces and sustainability issues in a positive light, particularly highlighting their contributions to urban regeneration processes and the promotion of sustainable businesses and practices. These spaces contribute to decarbonization efforts through the shared use of resources, reduced commuting, the adoption of soft mobility modes, and energy-efficient infrastructures. However, the real impact of these spaces and their practices on promoting sustainability requires further understanding. In this sense, this proposal aims to combine research on sustainability and ecological transformation with emerging literature on new workspaces, as well as the attitudes and practices of new generations regarding work and lifestyles. This project seeks to map collaborative workspaces in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area (AML) and conduct exploratory research on their potential impacts on sustainable urban development and carbon neutrality through the application of a questionnaire to managers and users of these spaces

Definition and strategic reflection on the cultural sector in Lisbon, with a diagnostic component and a concrete definition of strategic lines of action, within the framework of a new planning cycle, within the scope of the direct adjustment pre-contractual procedure launched by the City Council of Lisbon. Lisbon for this purpose. In this context, it is intended to promote and foster a participatory process of reflection and strategic planning on the cultural sector in Lisbon, based on an analysis and diagnosis on the conditions of cultural provision and enjoyment in the city, its main resources and assets, and its main dynamics, seeking, in a comprehensive and inclusive way, the involvement of agents in the consensualisation of action lines structuring for action in the cultural field by the municipality of Lisbon.   The work with a diagnostic component (combining the detailed analysis of much existing information with a broad auscultation of the cultural agents) and a component of definition of strategic lines of action, with the associated discussion with the CML and the main cultural agents of the county and with the implementation of a set of action lines and measures and structuring projects to be implemented at the municipal level, as well as a system of monitoring the action recommended.