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Social Movements and Political Action
Since October 2014, this monthly seminar promotes a multidisciplinary reflection around the themes related to social movements and the different forms of political action, militancy and activism. The aim is to put in dialogue different perspectives, methodologies and approaches in order to develop an in-depth and innovative debate. The seminar also intends to take advantage of Portugal's special geographical, linguistic and epistemological position to cross different traditions of studies on social movements and political action, the different European/North American and South American approaches, as well as to cover cases and areas often excluded from this field of study, such as Portuguese-speaking Africa.
Each event, usually taking place on Wednesdays between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., consists of a presentation followed by a commentary and a debate open to the audience.
Organizers Guya Accornero, Tiago Carvalho and Rafael Pinheiro Lopes accept proposals for future presentations.
Contact: guya.accornero@iscte-iul.pt
Britta Baumgarten, co-founder of this initiative (1975-2018)
Organizers Guya Accornero, Tiago Carvalho and Rafael Pinheiro Lopes accept proposals for future presentations.
Contact: guya.accornero@iscte-iul.pt
Britta Baumgarten, co-founder of this initiative (1975-2018)

Community-oriented Policing in Brazil and Mexico: innovation or more of the same
Seminar | 9 May 2025

Movement Parties of the Far Right: Understanding Nativist Mobilization
Seminar | 3 April 2025

Contested Solidarities: A Roundtable Discussion
Seminar | 13 March 2025

Resistance Under Confinement: Resilience of Protests and their Limits in Authoritarian Turkey
Seminar | 24 February 2025

Between quiescence and revolt: everyday practices and collective action
Seminar | December 11, 2024

The form, field and order of anti-extractivist protests in Mozambique
Seminar | 27 November 2024

Political Voice. Protest, Democracy and Marginalised Groups
31 October 2024

Onde Habita a Democracia?
Seminar | October 15, 2024

Radical left parties and national identity in Spain, Italy and Portugal
Book Discussion | 10 July 2024

Climate Futures and Just Transformations: Agency and young people's political imaginaries
Seminar | 26 June 2024

What's democratic about innovations? Democratic innovations seen from below
Seminar | 28 May 2024

Reclaiming Public Spaces: Radical Alternatives To The Exclusionary Project Of Rightsizing Policies
Seminar | 17 April 2024

Contemporary Challenges to Social Movement Studies
Seminar | 6 March 2024

Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa
Seminar | 29 February 2024

Re-thinking solidarity movements as infrastructure: insights from Athens
13 December 2023 | Online Seminar

"Stop Border Violence" - Strategic use of European citizenship, between theories and practices
28 November 2023 | Workshop