The Lusófona University, Centro Universitário do Porto, promoted an open class on March 5th, with the aim of reflecting on social policies and interculturality, with an emphasis on the challenges of social intervention in Portugal. The guest speaker was Professor Hélia Bracons, Director of the Degree in Social Work at the Lusófona University of the University Center of Lisbon, who has been working on these themes, where she highlighted the importance of developing cultural sensitivity and care for others in the area of Social Work.
Just out under the auspices of Almedina Publisher, “Manual de Métodos de Investigação em Ciência Política” (Handbook of Research Methods in Political Science) features Susana Rogeiro Nina and Liliana Reis as co-editors, with a preface by António Costa Pinto. It is a manual that seeks to fill a gap in research methodology manuals in Political Science written in the Portuguese language.
On April 5th, Susana Rogeiro Nina was invited to participate in the event Next Generation: You, Democracy, and European Integration at the University of Beira Interior, where she spoke about the effects of exposure to televised debates and the evaluation of political leaders, focusing on the case of the 2014 Spitzenkandidaten.
The presentation of the book “Secularization – Genealogies, Models and Debates” (edited in Portuguese), by Professor Jorge Botelho Moniz took place in the Professor José Araújo Auditorium, on April 9 at 6:45 p.m.
As part of the celebrations for World Social Work Day, which took place on March 19, the Institute of Social Work at Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário de Lisboa organized this commemorative event. This day was celebrated under the motto: “Good Living: Sharing the Future for Transformative Change” launched by IFSW Europe – International Federation of Social Workers.
Parallel to the prestigious The Economist #WorldOceanSummit in Lisbon we announce the launch of a groundbreaking book, “Governing Oceans: Policy Development, Implementation, and Evaluation,” in which Sabrina Medeiros, has contributed.