Study Plan

1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year
COURSE
Climate Change Science
FACULTY
Pedro M. Soares
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Economics, Regulation, and Market
FACULTY
Rui Ferreira dos Santos
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Environmental and Communication Sociology
FACULTY
Luísa Schmidt, Ana Horta
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Water Engineering and Management
FACULTY
José Saldanha Matos, Rodrigo Oliveira, Filipa Ferreira
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Seminar on Climate Change and Sustainability Science
FACULTY
Olivia Bina, Tim O’Riordan, Ana Delicado
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
4
COURSE
Elective from Social Sciences or Environmental Sciences
FACULTY
SEMESTER
1st Semester
ECTS
6
COURSE
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
FACULTY
Pedro M. Soares, Filipe Duarte Santos, Luis Dias
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Ethics, Public Policies, and Environmental Diplomacy
FACULTY
José Gomes André, Viriato Soromenho-Marques
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Climate Change and Spatial Planning
FACULTY
Maria José Roxo
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Theories and Practices of Sustainable Development
FACULTY
José Lima Santos, Maria João Canadas, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, Maria Caldeira
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
5
COURSE
Seminar on Energy and Climate Change
FACULTY
Júlia Seixas, Sofia Simões
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
4
COURSE
Elective from Social Sciences or Environmental Sciences
FACULTY
SEMESTER
2nd Semester
ECTS
6

Research activity aimed at developing a doctoral thesis.
Students enrolled at NOVA University Lisbon can take courses at the NOVA Doctoral School free of charge.

FACULTY

Ana Delicado

Ana Delicado holds a PhD in Sociology and is currently a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), University of Lisbon, and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico.

Filipa Ferreira

Filipa Ferreira is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon (IST-UL), where she has lectured since 2001 in the scientific area of Hydraulics, Environment, and Water Resources. She holds degrees in Civil Engineering (1996), Sanitation Engineering (Master’s, 2000), Civil Engineering (PhD, 2006), and Habilitation in Civil Engineering (2024). She is […]

Filipe Duarte Santos

Filipe Duarte Santos was born in Lisbon and is currently a retired Full Professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, having lectured in the areas of Physics, Astrophysics, Environmental Sciences, and Climate Change.

João Morais Mourato

João Morais Mourato is an Assistant Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. His research focuses on the evolutionary dynamics of Spatial Planning as a public policy in Portugal. In particular, he analyzes learning processes and institutional adaptation logic in the face of a changing legal, regulatory, and political framework.

José Gomes André

José Gomes André is an Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Letras of the University of Lisbon, where he teaches in the areas of Political Philosophy, History of Contemporary Political Ideas, American Studies, and Theories of Justice.

José Lima Santos

José Lima Santos holds a degree in Agronomy, specializing in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, from Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), and a PhD in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

José Saldanha Matos

Since 2008, José Saldanha Matos has been a Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico of the University of Lisbon (IST-UL), in the scientific area of Hydraulics, Environment, and Water Resources.

Júlia Seixas

Júlia Seixas is a professor at the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, where she teaches in the field of Energy and Climate. Since 2021, she has served NOVA University as pro-rector for sustainability.

Luísa Schmidt

Luísa Schmidt is a sociologist and Coordinating Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon. She is part of the team that introduced Environmental Sociology in Portugal, encompassing research, teaching, and the articulation between academia and society.

Maria Caldeira

Maria Conceição de Brito Caldeira is an Associate Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon.

Maria João Canadas

Maria João Rafael Canadas, PhD in Agronomic Engineering, is an Assistant Professor at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA), University of Lisbon, and a researcher at the Center for Forestry Studies and the TERRA Associated Laboratory.

Maria José Roxo

Maria José Roxo is a Full Professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of NOVA University of Lisbon and an integrated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA).

Olivia Bina

Olivia Bina is a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).

Paulo Flores Ribeiro

Paulo Flores Ribeiro is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon.

Pedro M. Soares

Pedro Matos Soares is an Assistant Professor with Habilitation in the Department of Geographic Engineering, Geophysics, and Energy and Principal Investigator at the Dom Luiz Institute (IDL), both at the Faculty of Sciences of University of Lisbon.

Rodrigo Oliveira

Rodrigo Proença de Oliveira is a Civil Engineer from Instituto Superior Técnico and holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, U.S.A.

Rui Ferreira dos Santos

Rui Santos is a full Professor at the School of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon. Holds a degree in Economics from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, a Master in Operational Research and Systems Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico, and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from NOVA University of Lisbon.

Sofia Simões

Sofia is the Coordinator of the Resource Economics Unit at LNEG – National Laboratory of Energy and Geology of Portugal.

Tim O’Riordan

Tim O’Riordan is an Emeritus Professor of Environmental Sciences at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2010, is Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk, served as Sheriff of Norwich (2009-10), and is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Viriato Soromenho-Marques

Viriato Soromenho-Marques (b. 1957) is a philosopher, Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lisbon, an effective member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences, and the Portuguese Maritime Academy.