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FAMA places a strong emphasis on inclusive participation, gender-sensitive design, and digital access, with a multilingual platform to extend its reach. By linking education, dialogue, and advocacy, FAMA equips citizens to safeguard democratic values in the digital age.

In recent years, Portugal and Spain have witnessed a very public and at the same time contentious unfolding of politics of memory concerning their violent (colonial, fascist) pasts. If in Portugal the current commemorations of the 50 years of the Carnation Revolution and the independence of its former colonies has raised debates regarding hegemonic and official versus alternative and silenced remembrances of its colonial past, in Spain the social trajectory of the Law of Historical Memory since its implementation in 2007 has been marked by different instances of political dispute and lawfare. This reminds us (pun intended) that not only memory is a "disputed territory" (in both a Freudian and sociological sense), but also that memory and heritage processes are contingent interventions and mobilizations into ‘available’ pasts determined by political hegemonies (Samuels 2018). The question remains pertinent and active: what motivates mobilizations to preservation and archive (Derrida 1996), and which mobilizations become hegemonic or marginalized in the memory field that is generated? And more importantly, what are the epistemological, political and ethical costs of such mobilizations? Which memories are rendered invisible/indetectable/impossible in the process? This formulation therefore equates memory and heritage processes, in particular those related to past violence, as necessarily conflictual social mobilizations that embody problems of justice, human rights and reparation. In this respect, however, while the contribution of heritage to peace, democracy and human rights has been recurrently formulated across political and academic channels since its formulation in the UNESCO realm, there is insufficient knowledge and understanding of contexts where heritagization contributes to social injustice through processes of imposition, hegemony, amnesia and silencing – in particular in what concerns memories of violence and trauma. In this project, combining empirical an...

  The project focuses on estimating impulse response functions (IRFs) through local projections with instrumental variables (LP-IV).   IRFs are fundamental to understanding the effects of monetary and fiscal policy on the economy. Local projections (LP) have become an essential tool for estimating IRFs, offering a flexible alternative to vector autoregressions. The LP-IV method improves causal inference by correcting for endogeneity problems, making it crucial in macroeconomic research on the effects pf exogenous shocks.   Despite their advantages, conventional LP-IV methods exhibit autocorrelation and bias problems in finite samples. The project will develop a novel Modified Indirect Least Squares (MILS) estimator that corrects these problems with both stationary and persistent series. The developed methods will subsequently be applied to assess the impact of monetary policy shocks in the US and Eurozone. The project will contribute to a better understanding of the transmission of monetary policy between economies and sectors, providing valuable lessons for researchers and economic policymakers.  

"The project introduces an innovative GET approach (Grounded+Ecological+Transition) to pro-green urbanism and climate-sensitive territorial regeneration, tackling key challenges in the Mediterranean. It aims to create new curricula and networks of knowledge exchange to develop sustainable strategies, processes, and solutions that promote resilient, inclusive, and contextually-sensitive urban environments. This capacity-building initiative merges the place-based architectural and planning traditions of South-European schools to strengthen education, research and collaborative practice in the South Mediterranean (Egypt, Morocco) and Western Balkans (Albania, Montenegro). The project addresses the priority common needs in the regions (1) low effectiveness in the implementation of global policies, (2) fragmented and uncoordinated uni-sectoral plans, and finally, (3) the tardiness of the HE systems in qualifying graduates to address real development challenges and societal needs. The resulting curricula will be developed, tested, and transferred in a consortium of three European and seven non-European universities, alongside NGOs, that will drive structural education reform introducing integrative curricula, methodologies, and practical education. Curricula development process includes: (1) hands-on seminars for teacher training in Europe, and (2) workshops to test, fine-tune and contextualize content and methodologies. A second result is the establishment of an interdisciplinary, intersectoral network of upgraded GET Labs Labs in non-EU countries. The GET Labs will involve non-academics in the green transition and engage them with academia in an educational framework that is adaptable, practice-oriented, and responsive to local cultures, ecosystems, and socio-economic conditions. Ultimately, the project envisions enhanced HE systems that prepare young professionals to lead the green, sustainable and inclusive development of the Mediterranean."