Research

You can see here the results of our scientific activities, which have been prepared on the basis of our participation in research projects, contracts and agreements with other entities, as well as academic works and our attendance at conferences and scientific meetings. As well as the research lines of the Group

Our research lines

“Iberian techno-economic changes: the contributions of natural and human resources”

Type: Paper Authors: Daniel Lanero Táboas; Fernando Collantes; Dulce Freire; Amélia Blanco Event: Workshop in Iberian Economic History (1st – 20th centuries) Venue: Lisboa, Instituto de Ciências Sociais (ICS) de la...
"Violencia y contrarevolución en La Nueva España"

Type: Paper Author: Antonio Míguez Macho Event: La violencia y sus relatos (1936-1948). Golpe, revolución, guerra y posguerra en perspectiva comparada Organizer: Universitat de Barcelona Venue: Barcelona Date: 15-...
"From Vavilov to Borlaug. Transcontinental Gene Flow and Development of High-Yielding Varieties Since WWII"

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Panel: “Technical Innovation and Social Engineering in Rural Societies, 1945-1970” Event: Old and New Worlds: the Global Challenges of Rural History Organizers: ISCTE-Instituto Uni...
La transición socio-ecológica en el café costarricense. Un análisis biofísico de los perfiles productivos a escala regional (1935-2005)

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Panel:“Agrarian Productivity in the Old and New Worlds: Environment, Technology, Society” Event: Old and New Worlds: the Global Challenges of Rural History Organizers: ISCTE-Instit...
“US Agricultural Programmes in Latin America since WWII. Between Plant Breeding and Institutional Cloning (1939-1955)”

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Panel:“Technical Innovation and Social Engineering in Rural Societies, 1945-1970” Event: Old and New Worlds: the Global Challenges of Rural History Organizers: ISCTE-Instituto Univ...
“La industrialización de la caficultura en Costa Rica. Una lectura socio-metabólica (1935-2010)”

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Event: VIII Simposio de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental (SOLCHA) Venue: Puebla, México Date: 3-5 August 2016
“La conservación de suelos y los programas agrícolas de EEUU en América Latina durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial”

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Event: VIII Simposio de la Sociedad Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Historia Ambiental (SOLCHA) Venue: Puebla, México Date: 3-5 August 2016
“El campesino en el bosque. Tierra y cuestión agraria en Costa Rica durante el último siglo”

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Event: Foro de Pensamiento Centroamericano “Dinámicas rurales en Chiapas y Centroamérica en el siglo XXI: procesos y cambios productivos” Organizer: CIMSUR-UNAM Venue: San Cristóba...
“América Latina y la Revolución Verde global. Relato e historicidad”

Type: Paper Author: Wilson Picado Evento: XXXII Congreso Internacional de Historia Regional "Debates historiográficos de actualidad: nuevas miradas a la historia" Organizer: Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa Venue: C...
"Crise Económica e Dispositivos de Inserção Sociolaboral em Territórios Rurais e Periurbanos"

Tipo: Ponencia Authors: Pedro Gabriel Silva; Octávio Sacramento; Hermínia Gonçalves Event: XI CIER - Iberian Conference on Rural Studies - Smart and Inclusive Development in Rural Areas Organizer: Universidade de Tr...
"Can Social Workers Partake of Ecosystem Services Enhancement? The Governance of Agri-environmental Payments as an Opportunity to Deploy Eco-Social Approaches to Welfare Provision and Poverty Alleviation in Protected Rural Areas"

Type: Paper Authors: Pedro Gabriel Silva; Lívia Madureira Event: XI CIER - Iberian Conference on Rural Studies - Smart and Inclusive Development in Rural Areas Organizer: Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro...
"Declining of natural and social capital in the Portuguese mountain protected areas, how to invert the trends?"

Type: Paper Authors: Pedro Gabriel Silva; Lívia Madureira Event: Mountains 2016 - I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions Organizer: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança...
"The missing link: the role of social workers in the enhancement of agro-environmental payments in protected mountain settings"

Type: Paper Authors: Pedro Gabriel Silva; Lívia Madureira Event: Mountains 2016 - I International Conference on Research for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions Organizer: Instituto Politécnico de Bragança...
"The Radical Traditions of Structural and Community Social Work in Portugal"

Type: Paper Author: Pedro Gabriel Silva Event: MA Social Work Seminar no Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius Venue: Kokkola, Finlândia Date: 30-10-2016
Producing and reproducing anti-mining repertoires of contention – the case of popular protest against tin dredging in rural Portugal (1914- 1980)

Type: Paper Author: Pedro Gabriel Silva Event: UNDISCIPLINED ENVIRONMENTS - International Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology (ENTITLE) Organizer: KTH-Royal Institute of Technology Venue: Estoco...