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Partner 8 NOVA FCSH - FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS SOCIAIS E HUMANAS (PT) Associate Beneficiary
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THE PARTNER INSTITUTION NOVA School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA – FCSH) is the largest Portuguese Higher Education and Research institution in the fields of Social Sciences and Humanities, covering areas as Communication and Language Sciences, Artistic and Literary Studies, Philosophy, History and Archaeology, Anthropology, Demography, Geography and Sociology, Political Studies and International Relations. NOVA – FCSH pursues teaching and research excellence in those areas, both at the national and international levels: a clear commitment to innovation and interdisciplinarity, and the provision of services to the community. Internationalization plays a key strategic role in the pursuit of these goals. Our research teams are composed of several senior and junior researchers, some of latter carrying out their own PhD investigations within the framework of the institution's larger projects. There are currently over 100 pure and applied research projects running in our Research Units, financed by the FCT, by the various programmes of the European Commission, as Marie Curie RISE and IF, REGIO, Trans-European Transport Network, LIFE +, etc, and by several other public and private institutions. The Geograpphy and Regional Planning Dept. (DGPR-FCSH/NOVA) has been working in close co-operation with state, central and regional authorities, as well as municipalities, Local and Regional NGO’s. Most of the studies are of an applied nature with a strong scientific and operational basis. On the scope of Desertification issues, the DGPR-FCSH/NOVA, participated, since 1987, in the European Community Program EPOCH with the project “Climatic Variability and Desertification in the Southeast of Spain and Portugal”, in MEDALUS I, II, III and Desertlinks. Several other projects on planning and land management subjects are in progress, funded by the EU and FCT.
THE FCSH-NOVA TEAM and role in the project
Professor Maria José Roxo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning. Expert on land degradation, desertification, soil erosion, geomorphology and land use with focus on participatory approach at institutional, regional and local scale Project role: Implementaton of the ESA (Environmental Sensitive Areas to Desertification) indicators. Coordination of Action C2
Professor Carlos Alberto Russo Machado This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning. Expert on Global Change, Natural Resources, Environmental Risk Project role: ESA (Environmental Sensitive Areas to Desertification) indicators protocols and field analysis
Professor Pedro João Cruz Cortesão Casimiro This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Professor at the Department of Geography and Regional Planning. Expert on land degradation, desertification, remote sensing and land use with focus on partecipatory approach at institutional, regional and local scale. Project role: Elaborations of desertification indicators with GIS information
Dr Andreia Zorrinho This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Operations and project management at international level. Research interests focus on local communities’ capacity building and resilience, impacts of land degradation and use and participatory approach at institutional, regional and local scale Project role: Operational project management. Desert Adaptation Model (DAM) design and implementaton support |