CIÊNCIAS Welcome Week 2026: Welcome Session to New Professors and Researchers

On 9 September, from 14:00 to 16:30, a welcome workshop will be held for the professors and researchers who joined Ciências ULisboa this year.

This session aims to present the Faculty’s structure, services and working dynamics, supporting the integration of new members of the academic community.

The workshop will be conducted in English, as it includes international professors and researchers.

Between 1 and 8 September, the ULisboa Rectorate is also organising two editions of the Training Programme for Early-Career Teaching Staff, aimed at early-career professors and researchers who are gaining their first experience of teaching in Higher Education. You can consult the programmes for Edition 1 and Edition 2.

13h45 | Registration desk

14h00 | Welcome       

• Carlos Duarte

14h05 | Session: Year One: what nobody told us

• Isabel Neto (DI)

• Rafael Henriques (DF)

• Telma Laurentino (DB)

14h25 | Session: Teaching essentials     

• Education Board - CP (Margarida Cruz)

14h45 | Session: Research and Academic Integrity        

• Ethics Committee - CEC (Nuno Matela)

• Anti-fraud Committee - CAF (Jorge Marques da Silva)

15h05 |  Coffee and networking

15h35 |  Platforms and IT support       

• IT Services Unit - DSI (Susana Bela Pereira)

15h45 |  Projects           

• R&D Unit - GGP (Sílvia Gomes)

• FCiências.ID (Lívia Moreira)

15h55 | Administrative Support

• Administrative Management Unit - AAA (Helena Afonso)

16h05 | Science communication

• Communication and Image Unit - DCI (João Silva)

16h15 | Wrap‑up: what went unsaid | Closing | Survey pointer

• Isabel Neto (DI)

• Rafael Henriques (DF)

• Telma Laurentino (DB)

• Scientific Board - CC (Carlota Gonçalves)

• Faculty Management Board

This event may be photographed and filmed by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon for dissemination through its official channels. For further information, please contact protecaodados@ciencias.ulisboa.pt.