Instituto de Ciências Sociais, University of Lisbon

Established in 1982 at the University of Lisbon as a multidisciplinary institution devoted to social research, the Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) replaced the Gabinete de Investigações Sociais, founded in 1962 by A. Sedas Nunes.

The ICS has a staff of 35 full-time researches and offers, since 1992, an M.A. degree in the Social Sciences. Current undertakings include many research projects of different size and scope, including doctoral dissertations and other post-graduate persuits, as well as several units surveying social values and attitudes.

Major areas of research include: Economic History, Modern and Contemporary History, Sociology of Labour and Development, Sociology of Education and Culture, Sociology of the Family and Youth, Political Science, Social Geography, Anthropology and Social Psychology.

The ICS maintains a large network cooperation with most Portuguese universities and many foriegn institutions.

The ICS publishes the journal, Análise Social, which has been published regularly since 1963.

The Institute draws its main financial resources from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science, but is also supported by a large number of public and private funding agencies.

Contact Persons:
Manuel Villaverde Cabral
Alice Ramos

Instituto de Ciencias Sociais
University of Lisbon
Av. Prof. Anibal Bettencourt, 9
1600-189 Lisbon
PORTUGAL
Tel: +351 21 780 4700 - Fax: +351 21 794 0274