Doctoral Programmes

Democracy in the Twenty First Century

Launched: September 2007
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Coordinators: Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Fernando Ruivo


Postcolonialisms and Global Citizenship

Launched: September 2004
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Coordinator: Boaventura de Sousa Santos and António Sousa Ribeiro


Labour Relations, Social Inequality and Trade Unionism

Launched: September 2008
Organized by the Faculty of Economics and the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra
Coordinator: Elísio Estanque and Hermes Costa


Territory, Risk and Public Policies

Launched: September 2010
Inter-university programme, offered, in partnership, by the Centre for Social Studies (CES) and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (III) of the University of Coimbra, by the Institute of Geography and Land Planning (IGOT) and the Centre for Geographical Studies (CEG) of University of Lisbon and by the University of Aveiro. Coordinators: José Manuel Mendes, Celeste Coelho and José Luís Zêzere