Agenda

LusoGlobe – Global Challenges Seminar 2025-2026

12 June 2026

Universidade Lusófona, Lisboa, S.O.11

09:30 – 10:00 - Registration and Welcome Coffee 

10:00 – 10:10 - Opening Session 

10:10 – 10h50 - Keynote Speaker: Octavio Amorim - Beyond the Civil-Military Divide: Patterns of National Defense Leadership Selection Around the World

10h50 – 11:30 - Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) for Global Challenges: Institutions, Governance and Futures

Ana Brasão, Filipe Nobre Faria, Sabrina Medeiros (PPE, Lusófona University)

11:30 – 13:15 - International Cooperation and PPE Agendas: Governance, Technology and Futures

Stephen Sawyer – American University of Paris

Roman Zinigrad – American University of Paris

Lynn Roth – Universität Luzern

Dujisin-Muharay Zoltán Nicolás – Corvinus University

Moderation: Teresa Nogueira Pinto

13:15 – 14:30 - Lunch Break

14:30 – 15:45 - Pluralismo Religioso e Diálogo Inter-religioso: Cartografias, Dinâmicas Sociopolíticas e Desafios Contemporâneos

Paulo Mendes Pinto – Apresentação do Projeto Carta das Religiões 

Fabrizio Boscaglia – Diálogo inter-religioso e pontes entre Oriente e Ocidente

Jorge Botelho Moniz Dinâmicas culturais, religiosas e políticas em Portugal

Moderação: Hélia Bracons

15:45 – 16:00 - Coffee Break

16:00 – 17:15 - Entre o isolamento e a participação: experiências sociais em Portugal

Cristina Nunes – Ativismo e socialização política

Fátima Gameiro & Beatriz Rosa – RIVIS 65+ Project / Projeto RIVIS 65+

Paula Ferreira – RedeSénior+: Combate à Solidão e Proteção do Idoso

Moderação: Ana Paula Garcia

17:15 – 17:30 - Closing Remarks: António Costa Pinto

The GIRI-hub Simulations Showcase will bring together a set of interactive educational simulations and serious games focused on international relations, crisis management, diplomacy, and security studies. The event will exibit different simulation projects and feature two simualtions for external participation:
1) The simulation of the European Parliament, allowing participants to engage in negotiation dynamics, policymaking processes, coalition-building, and debates on European governance and international affairs.
2) The GeoCrisis Simulation, a geopolitical crisis simulation designed to develop strategic thinking, decision-making under pressure, and interagency coordination in complex international scenarios.

In addition, the Showcase will present educational games developed within the framework of the Portuguese National Defense Institute (IDN) Reference Framework for Education on Security, Peace, and Defense. These activities aim to promote critical thinking, civic awareness, cooperation, and conflict-resolution skills through active learning methodologies adapted for younger audiences and educational environments. The initiative highlights the role of simulations and educational gaming as innovative tools for teaching international relations, diplomacy, peacebuilding, and global security challenges.

1) To participate in the European Parliament Role-Play, click here!
2) To participate in the GeoCrisis Simulation, click here!

POST LIKEDIN

On May 28 (new date), LusoGlobe – Lusófona Centre on Global Challenges welcomes Prof. Carina Gouvêa (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE) and Prof. Pedro H. V. B. Castelo Branco (IESP-UERJ) for a public lecture and its podcast recording.

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.