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Maria Do Carmo Diniz

Executive Director
Cáritas Diocesana de Lisboa

"My degree in Biology and a some years working and reflecting on social themes, especially on disability, brought me to the PhD program on Integral Ecology at the Católica University. It has been an amazing learning path during the first year that joined so many different and talented investigators and subjects from politics to biotechnology, climate change to arts and spirituality to concrete projects on the field. Entering the second year of the program I feel confident that the project for the thesis is going to help me grow even more, both at the personal and professional levels. I would most certainly recommend this program to anyone who is curious and commited to our common home."
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Rita Paiva e Pona

UCP Social Responsibility Office Coordinator

The PhD in Integral Ecology at FCH-Católica has been a deeply enriching journey of reflection and discovery, reshaping the way I understand the world we live in. Inspired by the encyclical Laudato si’, I would say that, within this doctoral program, “everything is connected”: its broad interdisciplinary approach enables participants from different fields and backgrounds to feel part of a shared project. The systemic perspective, the excellence and dedication of the faculty, and the depth of the academic dialogue have all shaped my learning experience and strengthened my commitment to helping build a culture of Integral Ecology, expressed through fairer approaches to social responsibility, centred on the dignity of each person.

Rita Sacramento Monteiro

Rita Sacramento Monteiro

Executive Director
The Economy of Francesco

"The PhD Programme in Integral Ecology offers the valuable opportunity to foster an urgent and much-needed dialogue across disciplines, while contributing to the scientific development of the paradigm proposed in the encyclical Laudato Si’. For me, it has been an inspiring journey, allowing me to continue exploring the intuition that, if we are to respond meaningfully to today's challenges, we must address the deeper roots of the realities we observe. The ecological crisis is also a crisis concerning humanity's place in its relationship with the Earth, with itself, with others, and with what transcends it.

Integral ecology needs more people who are willing to engage in a process that generates responses commensurate with the complexity of contemporary challenges - responses grounded in hope and sustained by a compassionate and life-affirming vision of the world."

Contacts

Admissions Office - PhD

E-mail: phdfch@ucp.pt
Phone: (+351) 214 269 804/ (+351) 217 214 281