CESIS - Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social

CESIS – Centro de Estudos para a Intervenção Social (Centre for Studies for Social Intervention) is a non-governmental, independent organisation of researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds concerned to promote evidence-based, policy-relevant research at both national and European level.

Among the areas of research and action-research that have secured a continuity of programmes and projects, the following are worth mentioning: Gender equality; Gender mainstreaming; Gender-based violence; Time use and work life balance; Labour and employment; Working conditions; Social dialogue; Poverty and social inclusion; Ageing and older people; Mobility, migration and cultural/ethnic minorities; Homeless people; Social enterprises; Children and youth from disadvantaged environments; Human rights; Social policies and social protection.