Invited lecturer by the British Liquid Crystal Society

Selection as invited overseas lecturer by the British Liquid Crystal Society

Observatory of Technology Assessment

The Observatory of Technology Assessment (the Portuguese accronym is OAT) is a research unit of CICS.NOVA approved on 17 July 2015. Its founding assembly took place on December 9th where the by-laws and governing bodies were approved. The members of IET/CICS.NOVA integrate the OAT.

Its webpage is at: http://sites.fct.unl.pt/observatorio-avaliacao-tecnologia/

Doctoral Programme on Technology Assessment

The CICS.NOVA unit at FCT-UNL is responsible for the coordination and development of the Doctoral Programme on Technology Assessment of Universidade Nova Lisboa.

1st Foresight Meeting of University of Évora

The colleagues from Department of Sociology of University of Évora organised the 1st Foresight meeting on last September 11th. The program can be followed here.

Best Poster Award at GLUPOR11

Diana RIbeiro was selected by the Scientific Committeee of the 11th International Meeting of the Portuguese Carbohydrate Group (GLUPOR11) & 6th Iberian Carbohydrate Meeting, as one of the three best poster presentations. The meeting was held at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, from the 6th to the 10th of September, 2015.

We hit the news!

Process for the organisation of OAT

The IET/CICS.NOVA unit at FCT-UNL has started the process for the organisation of an Observatory of Technology Assessment at CICS.NOVA.

In few weeks we will provide further information about this development.

NOVA Doctoral School

The NOVA Doctoral School was created as a fundamental strategic option, aiming to promote quality, interdisciplinary education and the internationalization of the university’s doctoral programmes.

History of IET at FCT-UNL

IET is a multi-disciplinary research unit of CICS.NOVA research centre, located in FCT-UNL, a faculty in the area of engineering, science and technology. IET was founded as an independent research centre in 2002 from various research groups with experience in national and international networks. Ten years after started a process to FCT-UNL pole of CESNOVA research centre. And from 2014 CESNOVA was integrated with other research centres in the new CICS.NOVA,

Cooperation with PhD programme on Sociology

The PhD programme on TA will start a cooperation with the PhD programme on Sociology from next year. In 2015-16, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FCSH) will become the coordinator of the inter-university programme on Sociology together the Universities of Lisbon, Évora and Algarve.