< Observatories and Laboratories
Civic culture, the public sphere and citizenship have specific histories and meanings, but they overlap to a large extent, constituting the necessary foundation for preserving and developing the autonomy and cooperation that are indispensable in the face of the current challenges of inclusion, sustainability and digitalization.
It is within this framework that the activity of the Public Sphere Laboratory, a CIES-Iscte body with an interdisciplinary nature and scientific and technical skills, dedicated to civic culture, the public sphere and citizenship, takes place.
The Laboratory aims to boost the knowledge, capacities and skills of institutions and individuals for more enlightened action in contemporary societies, specifically contributing to the fields of literacy, civic culture, the public sphere and citizenship, based on promoting research and training in these fields, and on bringing academia closer to society in general, namely by promoting citizen science and public sociology.
OBJECTIVES
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To encourage fundamental and applied scientific research into civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
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Developing training on civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
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Prepare and participate in projects and provide services in the areas of civic culture, the public sphere and citizenship, and in particular those involving the practices of citizen science and public sociology.
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Study and explore the opportunities created by the internet and digitalization with an impact on literacy, civic culture, the public sphere and citizenship.
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Create means of communicating scientifically generated information about contemporary societies to the public.
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To create a repository of materials on theses, measures and practices in the fields of literacy, civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology, to be made available to researchers, teachers and various operators.
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Organize events such as conferences, seminars, colloquia, etc. within the framework of civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
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Create a network of partnerships involving national and international organizations with a relevant role in work on civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
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Publish and disseminate scientific and technical work on civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
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Set up a team of consultants with experience in civic culture, the public sphere, citizenship, citizen science and public sociology.
ACTIVITIES
"Semtxt" - Publication on social networks of graphic information, without text, simplified, immediately readable, about contemporary societies, based on institutionally produced databases.
Production: José Luís Casanova (coord.), Luís Junqueira, Rita Alves, Sofia Rocha. Proofreading: Nuno de Almeida Alves.
Blended Intensive Program (BIP - Erasmus) on “Citizen Science and Urban Sustainability”, with Bern University for Applied Sciences, Universidad de Huelva, and University of Zilina (Pioneer Aliance).
TEAM
Members of the Laboratory
provisional list
Cláudia Álvares
José Luís Casanova
Luis Capucha
Marta Entradas
Nuno Nunes
Patrícia Ávila
Teresa Patrício
Teresa Seabra
Tiago Carvalho
Tiago Lapa
Laboratory Advisory Board
provisional list
António Firmino da Costa – Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, CIES-Iscte
Craig Calhoun – Arizona State University, United States of America
João Teixeira Lopes – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto
Maria das Dores Guerreiro – Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, e Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, CIES-Iscte
Nuno Videira – Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Steven Yearley – University of Edimburgh, United Kingdom
Tiago Fernandes – Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, e Centro de Estudos Internacionais, CEI-Iscte
Virgílio Borges Pereira – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Sociologia da Universidade do Porto
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