The new coronavirus, entitled COVID-19, was first identified in December 2019 in China, in Wuhan City. This new agent had never been previously identified in humans, having caused an outbreak in the city of Wuhan. The source of the infection is still unknown. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses known to cause disease in humans. The infection can [...]
The Prof. Dr. José Luís Zêzere, Full Professor at IGOT and researcher at the Center for Geographical Studies, is the winner of the scientific prize of the University of Lisbon - Caixa Geral de Depósitos 2018, in the category Geography and Territory, according to the provisional ranking list published by the University of Lisbon. This [...]
The presentation and hearing of the candidate for President of the Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning of the University of Lisbon for the 2019-2020 biennium was held at the Conference Room on December 18, 2018. The open session of the IGOT School Council was chaired by Dr. Luís Madureira Pires and had a wide [...]
As planned and announced, the expansion of the IGOT building has been completed, with the placement of the lighted lettering identifying the Institute. In the last two weeks the changes of equipment and furniture were made, and at the moment the researchers of the Center of Geographical Studies are installed in the building. The new [...]
The world's most prestigious university ranking, the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018 (Shanghai Ranking), by subject areas confirms IGOT as one of the 100 best geography schools in the world. The ranking that lists the 200 best universities in the area of geography presents the University of Lisbon in the 76-100 level, which confirms [...]
The UNESCO Center of Catalonia, the Generalitat de Catalunya and the Barcelona City Council organized an International Expert Meeting on Public Policy, on 13 and 14 December, on the Right to Refugee Education, to draw attention to the importance of all refugees to have equal access to quality education. Several members of the EuroMedMig Network [...]
On December 7, 2018, the Finisterra Annual Lecture on "Valuing Place in the Chicago Market" will be lectured by Tim Cresswell, Professor and Vice-Rector of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with introduction to the work of the lecturer by André Nóvoa, University of Lisbon. Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMQc4JtH20J5PpT-fn_G3auCKK4ktCont7xA2gVdo0gxhbtQ/viewform
TAP Portugal is the Official Carrier of the Retail, Consumption and New Forms Congress of Urban Governance . TAP grants discounts to congress participants who book and purchase their plane tickets through the TAP Portugal website . For more information visit the CONGRESS page
Prof. José Luís Zêzere was interviewed in Diário da Manhã, TVI (portuguese TV channel), about the fire in Pedrógão Grande, noting that, rather than clearing the responsibility for fighting the flames and helping the victims, the fundamental problem lies in Spatial Planning. The evolutionary history of the Portuguese society from a rural society, for the [...]
On May 29th, 30th and 31st, 2017, a group of students from Michigan State University (United States of America) visited Portugal, having been accepted at IGOT. The Prof. Paulo Morgado, IGOT lecturer and CEG researcher, with the collaboration of the doctoral fellow, Dr. Pedro Palma, prepared a set of study visits, and the delegation was [...]
