Activity Report 2011
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Activities 2011 Activities Report CES 2011 Table of contents CES General Description and Activities ....................................................................... 4 1. Unit Description .................................................................................................. 4 2. General Objectives ........................................................................................... 5 3. Main Achievements .......................................................................................... 7 4. Integrative/multidisciplinary activities ............................................................. 9 5. Outreach activities .......................................................................................... 11 6. Outreach/Science and Society .................................................................... 12 7. Networking Actions ......................................................................................... 14 8. Training Activities ............................................................................................. 15 9. Organization of International Events ............................................................ 16 10. Prizes and recognitions ................................................................................. 18 11. Summary of internal evaluation process during 2011 .............................. 19 12. Future internal evaluation plan for 2012 ..................................................... 20 13. Internal Services and Resources .................................................................. 22 14. External Services and Resources ................................................................. 23 15. Additional comments and information ...................................................... 24 16. Strategic Project Adjustments – FCT - Associated Laboratory funding .. 26 17. Highlights of CES collaborative publications ............................................. 27 Research Groups General Descriptions and Activities ............................................ 32 Research Group on Cities, Cultures and Architecture - CCArq ................... 32 Research Group on Democracy, Citizenship and Law - DECIDe................. 50 Research Group on Science, Economy and Society - NECES ...................... 68 Research Group on Humanities, Migration and Peace Studies - NHUMEP . 84 Research Group on Social Policies, Labour and Inequalities - POSTRADE 101 Annex 1 - Research Projects and Research Team ................................................. 115 Research projects and consultancies ............................................................ 116 Post-Doctoral Research Projects ..................................................................... 123 National and international networks .............................................................. 131 Collaboration protocols .................................................................................... 137 Research Team .................................................................................................. 138 Doctoral Programmes ....................................................................................... 144 2 Activities Report CES 2011 Annex 2 - CES Scientific Events .................................................................................. 147 Summary of Scientific Events ............................................................................ 148 List of Scientific Events ....................................................................................... 151 Annex 3 - CES Outputs ................................................................................................ 219 1. Summary of Scientific Outputs ..................................................................... 220 2. 5 years of Scientific Outputs ......................................................................... 221 3. List of Scientific Outputs ................................................................................ 223 Annex 4 - North-South Library .................................................................................... 315 1. Human resources ........................................................................................... 316 2. Collections’ Development and Maintenance .......................................... 317 3. External Users .................................................................................................. 321 4. Circulation (lending/borrowing) .................................................................. 322 5. SIB-UC (Integrated System of Coimbra University Libraries) ..................... 323 6. Reference and research support ................................................................ 324 7. Professional Development ........................................................................... 325 3 Activities Report CES 2011 Activities Report CES 2011 CES General Description and Activities 1. Unit Description CES is a scientific institution developing research in the social sciences and hu- manities using a transdisciplinary approach. CES carries out a large range of scientific and outreach activities including doctoral and post-doctoral pro- grams, training courses in advanced studies, participation in national and inter- national networks, development of life-long training activities in professional and academic fields, dissemination of scientific culture and promotion of cul- tural activities. CES research team includes 126 researchers (97 PhDs and 29 non-PhDs), 46 Post-Doctoral Fellows and 53 Junior Researchers. In 1997, 1999, and, more recently, in 2005, CES scientific merit was recognized when it was awarded the mark Excellent (the highest classification) by an inter- national panel, within the framework of the Ministry for Science, Technology, and Higher Education Evaluation Process for Research. In 2010, the last interna- tional evaluation led to the renovation of the LA contract for another 10 years. In February 2002, CES was awarded the status of Associate Laboratory by the Ministry for Science, on the basis of two central premises: firstly, its proven ability to develop innovative research on different dimensions of Portuguese society, as well as on current transformations at the international level, with special em- phasis on semi-peripheric societies and those of the Southern hemisphere, namely the Portuguese-speaking countries; secondly, the Centre’s involvement in issues of public interest, in particular public policies and new forms of regula- tion, the relation between scientific knowledge and citizen participation, the legal system, and the reform of the administration of justice. CES activities are coordinated by a Scientific Director (SD), elected by the re- searchers' community. Other elected bodies assure the government of the Centre: the General Assembly of researchers (GA) is responsible for electing and supervising the Board of Directors (BD) and approving the Plan of Activities 4 Activities Report CES 2011 and the Activities and Accounts Reports; the Scientific Board (SB) is responsible for the institution’s strategic and scientific management; and the BD is responsi- ble for the implementation of the plan of activities. An Executive Director, under the supervision of the Board of Directors, is in charge of day-to-day manage- ment, with the assistance of a structure composed by 5 Offices (with inde- pendent coordination); the Project Management Office, the Accounting Of- fice, the Information Technology Office, the Events, Communication and Image Office, and the North-South Library. In addition, there is the Academic Secretar- iat and the Editorial Services, working closely with the Scientific Board. In 2011, CES nominated a Coordinator to stimulate the scientific activities and the en- largement of the network with scientific, State, and civil society entities at the CES Office in Lisbon, in order to achieve the goal of deepening outreach activi- ties in that location. 2011 was the first year in which the Centre’s new scientific structure was fully accomplished. This change was approved during 2010, after an internal de- bate and following the advice of the FCT International Evaluation Report and CES External Advisory Unit. It aimed at the simplification of the scientific structure and the reinforcement of transdisciplinary research, in order to consolidate the interconnection of scientific areas and to promote the densification of activities. 2. General Objectives Within the framework of the scientific restructuring approved in 2010, 2011 wit- nessed the full implementation of new strategic and methodological orienta- tions, in order to accommodate emergent areas of knowledge and to pursue in greater depth thematics already consolidated at CES and to which it can give its best scientific contribution. The scientific activity is guided by 6 major strategic orientations: 1) To promote new epistemologies and stimulate the cultural interaction of ideas as an exercise towards an “ecology of knowledges”; 5 Activities Report CES 2011 2) To support the development of progressive human rights concepts, able to denounce racial and sexual inequalities and discriminations, among others, and to improve democracy; 3) To strengthen the participation in national and international networks, paying special attention to North-South and European cooperation and to the relationship with Portuguese-speaking countries; 4) To promote democratic participation and active citizenship around ac- ademic