On October 1 and 2, an international seminar organized by the IPSA Research Committee on Local-Global Relations (RC47) took place, titled: “Localizing Global Transitions: Power, Resistance, and Governance in an Age of Polycrisis.”

The Political Observatory was represented by the following presentation: “Performing Authority and Resistance: Popular Culture, Legitimacy, and Democratic Representation in Contemporary Portugal,” authored by Professor Cristina Montalvão Sarmento, Ph.D., director of the Political Observatory; Professor Patrícia Oliveira, deputy coordinator of the Political Observatory; and Professor Carlos Vargas, a Ph.D. researcher at the Political Observatory.

This event took place at ESADE Law School in Barcelona, Spain.