Our Research Centre has just been awarded an Excellent rating in the most recent FCT evaluation!
This is the recognition of an extraordinary team, passionate about science and committed to social impact.
Research with purpose. Innovation with soul.
The future is interdisciplinary — and it is excellent!
Message from the Director of CICS.NOVA, Dalila Cerejo:
Dear colleagues,
I hope this message finds you well. It is with great satisfaction and pride that I share the provisional results of the evaluation process for the 2018–2023 period, in which our centre, CICS.NOVA, was rated Excellent!
I would like to express my deepest gratitude and appreciation to all members of the management team from the periods 2020–2022 and 2022–2024, whose commitment and vision played a decisive role in the success we celebrate today. In particular, I want to acknowledge our colleague Helena Serra, whose work, dedication, and commitment were key to achieving this outcome. This result is a testament to her leadership and to the team that accompanied her throughout that period.
I would also like to offer a special note of recognition and appreciation to Ana Ferreira and Frederico Ágoas, whose contributions during the preparation for the evaluation were equally crucial in reaffirming the centre’s prestige and recognition within the scientific community.
I must also highlight the tireless work of the entire CICS.NOVA Management Team, led by Inês Vicente, whose competence and dedication over the past four years were fundamental to the success of this evaluation process. To the Research Support Division of NOVA FCSH, especially Dr. Marisa Borges, we owe a heartfelt thank you for her availability and support. The high quality of her contribution was instrumental in the outcome.
Above all, this result is due to each and every one of you. Your initiative, dynamism, and scientific productivity were decisive in achieving this recognition. By reaching this milestone, we also assume the great responsibility of maintaining this level of excellence. I am confident that we will succeed — together and with cohesion.
I therefore reaffirm that the current management team is fully committed and available to continue working side by side with all of you, grounded in a spirit of collaboration and in the relentless pursuit of excellence that now defines us. Let us move forward with confidence and determination, as the future holds many achievements and new opportunities to remain at the top.
A warm embrace and wishing you all a truly excellent Easter,
Best regards,
Dalila Cerejo
Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences — CICS.NOVA