Networking and scientific cooperation are essential for the integration of CIES-Iscte and its researchers in the international scientific community. CIES-Iscte is an institutional member of several large networks, and many researchers are members and actively participate in several research networks, streams, and clusters of the main European and international large academic networks, as well as other relevant networks in different areas.

Citizenship Forum: For the Eradication of Poverty in the District of Vila Real

The main objectives of the Citizenship Forum are to collaborate in the implementation of specific projects/actions and to share information, knowledge, ideas and mobilization for action and social innovation on the basis of reflection and analysis of needs in the context of the problem of poverty.

comeINperiphery - The Geography of New Working Spaces and the Impact on the Periphery (CA18214)

Aims to share the first outcomes of some funded international research projects on the phenomenon of new workplaces, such as Coworking Spaces and Maker Spaces, in order to: (i) identify the typologies (Taxonomy) of such emerging workplaces, and (ii) reveal their spatial distribution, and to explain their location patterns.

COREnet - Cost Action Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity (CA20107)

COREnet is an interdisciplinary network that aims at knowledge production, knowledge exchange and capacity building across Europe in the intersection of migration and religious diversity with a particular emphasis on bottom-up research.

DepolarisingEU - Redressing Radical Polarisation: Strengthening European Civil Spheres facing Illiberal Digital Media (CA22165)

DepolarisingEU aims to create an interdisciplinary network that will advance common understanding of radical polarisation and identify successful interventions to de-escalate uncivil and undemocratic partisanship. It will engage with civil and media organisations in order to ensure de-escalation, depolarisation, and pluralism, through a multifaceted approach to strengthening democratic values in Europe.

ENIS - European Network on International Student Mobility: Connecting Research and Practice (CA20115)

ENIS responds to the pressing need for systematic interdisciplinary and international exchange of knowledge on theoretical frameworks, research methodologies, findings, and best practice examples, and for translating scientific findings into recommendations for international student mobility practice.

EURAM - European Academy of Management

The European Academy of Management is a learned society founded in 2001. It aims at advancing the academic discipline of management in Europe. With members from 60 countries in Europe and beyond, EURAM has a high degree of diversity and provides its members with opportunities to enrich debates over a variety of research management themes and traditions.

GDHRNet - Global Digital Human Rights Network (CA19143)

The GDHRNet will propose a comprehensive system of human rights protection online, in the form of recommendations of the content assessment obligation by online companies, directed to the companies themselves, European and international policy organs, governments and the general public. The Action will also develop a model which minimises the risk of arbitrary assessment of online content and instead solidifies standards which are used during content assessment; and maximises the transparency of the outcome.

GLITSS - Globalization, Illicit Trade, Sustainability and Security (CA21133)

The objectives of the GLISS COST Action are to create a holistic research agenda on illicit trade practices, to increase public awareness with a view to enhancing societal resilience and to explore how technological innovation facilitates illicit trade, but can also be used to fight it. Governmental agencies, civil organizations and academics will benefit from a Europe-wide discussion on illicit trade. Ultimately, GLITSS will advise stakeholders on how to create a more resilient and sustainable society by identifying, understanding and countering illicit trade.

HIDDEN - History of Identity Documentation in European Nations: Citizenship, Nationality and Migration (CA21120)

The HIDDEN network unites scholars in history, migration studies, geography, sociology, law, linguistics, postcolonial studies, human rights and more to look at the history of ID regimes in Europe and beyond, drawing connections between the past and present. In the context of UN Sustainable Development Goal 16.9 that everyone should have a legal identity by 2030, and the rise of new forms of biometric digital ID, such as the Covid-19 vaccination certificates, it is timely that an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary group of scholars critically examine the antecedents of modern systems and contemporary practices which can increase societal inequalities.

IGCOORD - Intergovernmental Coordination from Local to European Governance (CA20123)

IGCOORD aims at connecting those different strands of research to provide systematic and comparable insights in the institutions, mechanisms and processes of intergovernmental coordination in the horizontal and in the vertical direction, across levels of government, policy sectors and territorial units.

IMISCOE - International Migration Research Network

IMISCOE is the largest interdisciplinary network of scholars in the field of migration. The research network currently consists of 69 research institutes from different countries around the world and from various disciplines including sociology, political science, anthropology, economics, law, demography, public administration, geography and history.

IMPROVE - 3Rs concepts to improve the quality of biomedical science (CA21139)

The main aim of the COST Action IMPROVE is to establish a network which will work to refine, harmonise and promote 3Rs concepts, data and documents, in order to improve the quality of biomedical science.

K-Peritia - Cultural Expertise Junior Network (CA22101)

K-Peritia proposes an unprecedented network of junior experts who have preliminary experience as experts in court, members of the legal professions who are interested in cultural expertise, senior scholars with experience of expert witnessing and representatives of key international organisations, NGOs and capacity building institutions.

LeverAge - Uma rede europeia para potenciar a força de trabalho multi-idade (CA22120)

The LeverAge COST Action will build a pan-European and global network of scientists and practitioners focused on WOP/HRM that will advance, share, and promote knowledge and implementation of evidence-based practices to fully leverage the multi-age workforce and enhance the well-being, productivity and prosperity of individuals, organizations, and societies facing profound demographic and technological change.

LIFT - Elevar as vidas dos animais de produção - estabelecer as bases por um bem-estar positivo (CA21124)

‘LIFT’ will provide the background for including positive welfare in farm animal welfare assessment. The COST Action will progress this research area in a multidisciplinary scientific approach by cross-discipline knowledge sharing, training and Europe-wide collaboration to lay the foundations for this growing area of research.

Rede Migra

Rede Migra brings together researchers, public policy makers and other actors with an interest in the study of migration, from various disciplinary areas, with a special focus on migrations that have Portugal as a country of destination or origin. The aim is to encourage the sharing of information on conferences, publications, funding programs, etc.

RNYN - Rural NEET Youth Network: Modeling the risks underlying rural NEETs social exclusion (CA18213)

This Action encompasses the creation of a European-led multidisciplinary network from countries showing higher NEET youth rates in rural areas. Rural NEETs’ Youth Network (RNYN) aims at developing a model of comprehension for rural NEETs’ social exclusion risk and protective factors based on the bioecological model.

Sustainability@Leave - Parental Leave Policies and Social Sustainability (CA21150)

The Action aims to advance and disseminate research and knowledge about the significance of paid parental leave (PPL) for the social sustainability of societies. Its aim is to set the scene for future PPL research from the new perspective of social sustainability while making the field more coherent across disciplines and beyond academia.

TraFaDy - Transnational Family Dynamics in Europe (CA21143)

TraFaDy aims to deepen the knowledge of the growing, rapidly changing phenomenon and dynamics of transnational families (TNF) by bringing together researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines and countries to address the need for transnational insights and to formulate policy and practice-oriented recommendations with an impact on international, national, sub-local and local practices.

VOICES - Making Young Researchers' Voices Heard for Gender Equality (CA20137)

The main goal of this Action is to increase the visibility of inequalities faced by young researchers from a gender perspective and to promote a sustainable dialogue between young researchers and stakeholders in the research ecosystem at the systemic level (European & national policy-makers) and at the institutional level (senior researchers, academic managers) by creating a community of gender equality practitioners composed of various stakeholders (young researchers, independent researchers, academic managers, organizations) across Europe.