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, giving rise to research reports, seminar exposés, articles and books and pedagogical tools, the following are worth mentioning: Labour and employment; Working conditions; Social dialogue and industrial relations; Poverty and social inclusion; Ageing and older people; Mobility and migration; Ethnic/cultural minorities; Homeless people; Gender equality; Time use and work life balance; Gender-based violence and domestic violence; Children and youth; Human rights; Social policies and social protection.