The call for papers for the II Seminário Tecnopolíticas da Participação (2nd Seminar on Technopolitics of Participation) is open until Sunday February 1st. The seminar takes place on March 30 and 31, 2026, in hybrid format, with in-person activities at the Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), in Maceió (Brazil), as part of a broader programme running from 25 to 31 March.

One of the central themes of this edition is the right to housing, in conjunction with social technologies, data, participation and narrative disputes, in the Brazilian and Portuguese contexts. The seminar is organised by the Rede Tecnopolíticas da Participação (RTdP), or Technopolitics of Participation Network, a Brazil–Portugal academic research and coordination network, funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq, Brazilian public foundation tied to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.

The network brings together researchers on both sides of the Atlantic, and beyond, interested in participation, social technologies, public policies and narrative disputes, with a special focus on the field of housing rights, towards a collective construction of knowledge and practices to boost the power of citizen action in exercising the right to housing. Partner institutions in Portugal include Iscte, NOVA FCSH, the Lisbon School of Architecture (FAUL) and the University of Aveiro. CRIA – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST researcher Ana Luísa Melo is part of the team organising RTdP.

Submissions must be related to at least one of the following thematic areas: Technopolitics of Participation in Housing and Urban Planning; Institutional Arrangements for Participation; Housing Policies in Brazil and Portugal; Technical Advisory and University Extension Practices in Housing and Urban Planning. Read the full call here.