Agenda

LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges will host a Doctoral Seminar on 7 October 2026, at 11:00, featuring our visiting doctoral researchers Nilton Gomes (UFRGS) and Elisa García Lerena (U Complutense Madrid).

The session will be led by Professor António Costa Pinto and will include the participation of Professors Sabrina Medeiros, Teresa Ruel and LusoGlobe researchers. The seminar is part of LusoGlobe’s academic activities and will provide a space for the presentation and discussion of ongoing doctoral research, fostering academic exchange among researchers at different stages of their work.

The event is particularly relevant as it brings together researchers who are joining LusoGlobe as visiting researchers during the current academic year, strengthening the Centre’s international dimension and promoting the exchange of knowledge across institutions, research areas and academic contexts.

The initiative is part of LusoGlobe’s broader strategy to support doctoral research, expand its academic networks and create regular opportunities for discussion and collaboration between visiting researchers and members of the Centre.

Date: 7 October 2026
Time: 11:00 - Where: K4 FILMEU
Organised by: LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges

LusoGlobe researcher and Associate Professor at Lusófona University Jorge Botelho Moniz will participate in the 33rd Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, organised by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University Law School in Provo, Utah, United States, from 4 to 6 October 2026.

Held annually since 1994, the Symposium brings together academics, government representatives, religious leaders and specialists from different regions of the world to discuss contemporary challenges related to freedom of religion or belief. The 2026 edition will focus on the theme “Building an Infrastructure for Freedom of Religion or Belief”.

On 6 October, Jorge Botelho Moniz will take part in the panel “Religion and the State”, alongside Chae Young Kim, from Sogang University, Jean Marques Regina, Vice-President of the Brazilian Institute of Law and Religion, and Brett Scharffs, Director of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies, who will moderate the session.

His participation will provide an opportunity to present and discuss internationally the research he has been developing on religion, secularisation and politics, including the concept of “blocpolitik”. This framework examines how contemporary powers mobilise religion and “sacred capital” within political strategies and in the construction of spheres of influence in an increasingly multipolar international order.

Participation in the Symposium strengthens the internationalisation of research developed at LusoGlobe and the engagement of its researchers in international networks and debates on religion, politics, freedom of religion or belief, and transformations in the global order.

Sabrina Medeiros, researcher at LusoGlobe and Associate Professor at Lusófona University, will participate in a research meeting at the DLR Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures, Bremerhaven,, Germany, to discuss the application of wargaming and foresight methodologies to education, training and decision-making in complex security environments.

The presentation, “Wargaming and Foresight Methodologies and Practices Applied to Education and Training for Multi-Domain Operations”, builds on research developed in the NATO context and will introduce the Agents Joint Assessment and Planning Tool (AJAPT), a simulation and analytical platform designed to support multi-actor interaction, structured negotiation and the assessment of decision-making processes.

The session will also explore the potential application of AJAPT to maritime security and critical infrastructure resilience through a scenario focused on grey-zone pressures and cascading disruptions in the North Sea. The discussion connects LusoGlobe’s research on simulation, interagency cooperation and security governance with the work conducted by DLR’s Institute for the Protection of Maritime Infrastructures on maritime resilience, security and simulation-based analysis.

The visit contributes to the international development of the AJAPT research agenda and to ongoing cooperation between research communities working on simulation-based methodologies for security, defence and critical infrastructure protection.

LusoGlobe’s President and senior researcher Professor António Costa Pinto participated as a keynote speaker at the international conference “Construcción y expansión de las Nuevas Ultraderechas nacionales y transnacionales en las Américas y Europa,” organized by the CALAS Platform for Dialogue and hosted at FLACSO Ecuador from 1–2 December 2025.

From March 2025 until December 2025, the sixth edition of the Permanent Seminar on Islamic Studies will be held at Universidade Lusófona, coordinated by Fabrizio Boscaglia. This cycle of events consists of scientific lectures on Islam and Islamic civilisation, given by Portuguese and international experts, in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.

The IV International Congress on Humanism, Human Rights, and Citizenship will be held on October 23-24, 2025. It will bring together experts, researchers, and professionals to discuss crucial global issues.