To celebrate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, CIES is promoting the seminar “Poverty, State, and Solidarity in Perspective: Transdisciplinary Dialogues” on October 15, exclusively online, from 2:30 p.m.

This initiative is supported by the Research Group on Inequality, Work and Social Well-Being.

LINK TEAMS
https://bit.ly/SeminárioPobreza_Out2025

ABSTRACT

Poverty has been a central theme in the development of sociology in Portugal, particularly at Iscte. Since 1992, with the first studies coordinated by Professor João Ferreira de Almeida—who brought together a group of sociologists who would play a fundamental role in the creation and consolidation of CIES—this field has undergone theoretical, methodological, and empirical deepening, forming an inseparable part of the 40-year journey we are celebrating this year. The seminar aims to create a critical space for exchange between researchers from Portuguese-speaking countries, focusing on poverty, the role of the state, and the dynamics of community solidarity. The aim is to discuss the conceptual, epistemic, and methodological challenges that mark the production of knowledge about poverty in African contexts, namely the scarcity of comparable data, institutional fragility, and the inadequacy of imported analytical categories.

Taking a transnational approach, the seminar will bring together researchers from Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, and Portugal, promoting a space for dialogue between critical and empirically grounded approaches. Held online, it aims to foster collaborative networks, share research observations, and contribute to the construction of situated and plural knowledge about the phenomenon of poverty. The main contributions will be systematized in a summary report.