Sofia Marques da Silva was awarded the CEI-IIT Prize - Research, Innovation and Territory 2021, on 28 October, by the Centre for Iberian Studies.:

Type1 - Research: “Territories and societies in times of change”

"Young people who return: motivations to return and invest their lives in low-density regions after higher education" - Sofia Marques da Silva (Lecturer/Researcher University of Porto) for her project which aims to understand what drives young higher education graduates to return to their regions of origin.

This topic was highlighted in UPorto News: https://noticias.up.pt/investigadora-da-fpceup-vence-premio-cei-iit-2021/