Between October 25 and November 5, 2026, Professor Hélder Silva Lopes, a professor in the Department of Geography of Institute of Social Sciences, University of Minho, and integrated researcher at Lab2PT/IN2PAST, carried out an academic and scientific mission at the Institute of Socio-Environmental Studies of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), within the scope of the Foreign Visiting Researcher Program, funded by FAPEG – Foundation for Research Support of the State of Goiás.

The mission included giving lectures, holding technical meetings with the State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development (SEMAD) and the Civil Defense of the State of Goiás, as well as fieldwork in Goiânia, Pirenópolis, and the City of Goiás, addressing issues related to climate change, natural hazards, urban sustainability, and tourism.

 

This academic stay is integrated into a collaboration protocol established between Lab2PT and UFG.