CIES - Centro de Investigação e Estudos em Sociologia (Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology)

CIES-IUL is a university research centre associated with ISCTE-IUL (Lisbon University Institute).The main scientific areas are sociology and public policy, but it also develops relevant activity in the fields of political science, communication sciences, educational sciences, urban studies and social work.T he projects are grouped into five research groups, focusing on topics such as inequalities, families life, work-life balance and quality of working life. It has also been involved in research projects, organization of conferences and seminars and various national and international publications in those fields. CIEG publishes the scientific journal – Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas.