ISCTE-IUL OBSERVATORIES

The Inequality Observatory is a platform for conducting scientific research and disseminating knowledge. Several social dimensions of inequality are addressed by the Observatory’s research and dissemination activities, e.g., inequalities in employment, income and wealth, education, qualification and skills, gender and age, race and ethnicity, and health and lifestyles, among others.

The Observatory is an independent structure, structured and coordinated by the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) in partnership with the Institute of Sociology at the University of Porto (IS-UP) and the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Azores (CES-UA). It provides information and analysis on inequality to the broader public, fostering citizenship and contributing to the design and evaluation of public policies.

The Inequality Observatory is a founding member of the European Network Inequality Watch.

Director: Renato Miguel do Carmo

observatorio-das-desigualdades.cies@iscte.pt

(+351) 210 464 018

The Emigration Observatory (OEm) provides evidence-based analysis of data on Portuguese emigration to inform media, policy, and public debates, and to generate high-quality research.

The Observatory is based at the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL), and is supported and funded by a partnership between Iscte and the Directorate-General for Consular Affairs and Portuguese Communities. The team includes researchers from a wide range of disciplines at Iscte, and their activities are advised by an Expert Advisory Board composed of experts in migration data and analysis from Portuguese universities, the public sector, and emigrants' associations. OEm regularly hosts international researchers as speakers and has established multiple partnerships, including with international organisations, migration observatories, and research networks, namely Rede Migra, a network of more than 250 researchers from 18 countries studying international migration to and from Portugal.

Director: Rui Pena Pires

observatorioemigracao@iscte.pt

 (+351) 210 464 018

Former Eurofound observatories on industrial relations (EIRO) and working conditions (WWCO) were combined to form the European Observatory of Working Life (EurWORK).

DINÂMIA’CET-IUL, as the national representative of the former EIRO, currently cooperates with EurWORK.

EurWORK gathers large resources on working conditions and industrial relations, and is supported by a network of European correspondents distributed throughout all European Union Member States and Norway. Eurofound carries out two regular surveys on labour subjects: the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and the European Company Survey (ECS), which are major additional resources for the observatory.

EurWORK is centred on a set of labour-related issues, such as main actors and institutions; individual and collective labour relations; skills, learning and employability; wages; occupational health and well-being; work organization; working time and work-life balance; and current labour developments in Europe.

CONTACT: information@eurofound.europa.eu

The purpose of the Observatory of Families and Family Policy (OFAP)  is to deepen and disseminate knowledge about families and family policies in Portuguese society.

The two main lines of action of the OFAP are to observe the evolution of practices and dynamics of family life, as well as their impact on demographic patterns, and to monitor and make available information about family legislation and family policies i.e. government actions and other initiatives that regulate and support family life in Portugal.

Created in early 2010, this observatory started as an organic structure of the Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa (ICS-UL), where it is located, under the scientific coordination of Karin Wall. At the end of that year, it was made into a partnership with the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL).

Director: Karin Wall

 (+351) 21 780 4700