CRIA Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Name

CRIA Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Legal name

Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia

Website

https://cria.org.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CRIA is a non-profit Portuguese anthropological research consortium operating across four universities (ISCTE, NOVA FCSH, University of Coimbra, University of Minho). It conducts ethnographic and cultural heritage research, serving academic scholars, graduate students, and the broader public through publications and science communication.

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akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Institutional Funding: CRIA is funded by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) through Multiannual Funding of R&D Units (UID/04038/2025) and Investment C05-i13 - Scientific Research Units programs, with additional support from NextGenerationEU.
2. Project-based European Funding: Horizon Europe framework program funding through Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and other European Commission grants such as the PITCH project (GA 101132385).
3. Research Project Grants: Funding from various sources including UK Research & Innovation, national foundations, and institutional partnerships for specific research projects.

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Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CRIA is an inter-university, non-profit anthropology research center that conducts multi-disciplinary research on migration, heritage, cities, governance, and inequalities, while offering doctoral programmes, masters courses, and short courses. It also publishes academic outputs including the Etnográfica journal, Etnográfica Press books, and a Working Papers series, and operates science-communication platforms such as Radio CRIA and the CRIAções/Anthropology Channel podcasts.

Product overview

CRIA is a research center in Anthropology with subunits at four Portuguese universities (ISCTE, NOVA FCSH, University of Coimbra, and University of Minho). The organization operates as a network-based research consortium rather than a commercial product company. Its offerings include research activities organized into four main research groups, doctoral programmes, master's courses, and science communication initiatives. Publishing activities encompass the Etnográfica journal, Etnográfica Press, and a Working Papers series. Science communication outputs include Radio CRIA, the Anthropology Channel, and CRIAções publications. The center also organizes events, conferences, and maintains research laboratories and thematic lines. CRIA does not offer commercial products or software services.

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Brands

• IN2PAST: Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory - a transdisciplinary consortium of seven research centres
• Etnográfica
• Etnográfica Press
• Anthropology Channel
• Rádio CRIA
• CRIAções

Products and services

• Etnográfica Journal A peer-reviewed academic journal in anthropology published by CRIA, providing a venue for scholarly articles in the anthropological sciences for researchers and academics.

Quantifiable outcome

• 222 researchers across four universities
• +2 more outcomes

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• University of StavangercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2023Coordinator of the PITCH (Petroculture's Intersections with The Cultural Heritage sector) project, a Horizon Europe initiative examining the relationship between cultural heritage and petrocultures in the context of green transitions.
• University of UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in PITCH project focusing on heritage studies and cultural transitions.
• University of AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in PITCH project contributing to research on cultural heritage and sustainability.
• University College LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner in PITCH project bringing expertise in heritage and cultural studies.
• Stiftung Deutsches Technikmuseum BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman partner in PITCH project contributing museum and technical heritage expertise.
• Finnish Forest MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural sector partner in PITCH project contributing Finnish perspective on natural heritage.
• IN2PAST - Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and TerritorycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransdisciplinary consortium of seven research centres. CRIA researchers are part of IN2PAST, which hosted the 8th International Federation for Public History Conference 2026.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ICS-ULisboa (Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon): A leading Portuguese social sciences research unit at the University of Lisbon conducting interdisciplinary research in anthropology, sociology, and political science. It is a direct peer because it operates under the same FCT multiannual R&D unit funding framework, targets overlapping researcher talent, and competes for the same Horizon Europe social science grants.
• IN2PAST Associate Laboratory: A transdisciplinary consortium of seven Portuguese research centres focused on heritage, arts, sustainability, and territory. It is a direct peer/parent consortium because CRIA is itself a member, and IN2PAST coordinates joint funding applications and projects that compete for the same national heritage research funding.
• Centre for Social Studies (CES), University of Coimbra: CES is an FCT-funded interdisciplinary social sciences research centre at the University of Coimbra. It is a direct peer because CRIA's Polo University of Coimbra overlaps with CES in researchers and research areas, and both compete within the same national R&D unit evaluation framework.
• Universidade do Minho: University of Minho is a CRIA host university with active social sciences research. It is a direct peer because its researchers participate in CRIA's Polo UMinho while also conducting independent research that overlaps with CRIA's anthropology and heritage focus.
• ISCTE-IUL: ISCTE-IUL is itself a host university for CRIA, but also operates as an independent research-intensive university with its own social science research output. It is a direct peer because CRIA's Polo ISCTE shares researchers and competes for talent and grant funding within the same Portuguese anthropology/social sciences ecosystem.
• NOVA FCSH: NOVA FCSH is a CRIA host university and one of Portugal's foremost faculties in social sciences and humanities. It is a direct peer because its anthropology and heritage research programmes operate in parallel with CRIA's and compete for the same FCT and EU funding streams.

Broad incumbents

• European Research Council (ERC) grantee institutions: ERC-funded principal investigators across Europe represent the upper tier of social science and humanities research competition. CRIA competes indirectly with these institutions for top researchers and Horizon Europe prestige, making them broad incumbents in the same talent and grant market.
• Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology: A flagship European anthropology research institute with much larger resources and global standing. It is a broad incumbent because it operates in the same anthropological research space as CRIA, with overlapping researcher networks and joint participation in EU-funded projects.

Others

• FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: Portugal's national public funding agency for science and research. It is an 'others' (funding/ecosystem) peer because CRIA depends on FCT multiannual R&D unit funding and FCT's evaluation ratings directly determine CRIA's funding tier and competitive positioning.

Regional players

• Centre d'études des mondes africains et asiatiques (CEMAF): A French social sciences research centre focused on Africa and Asia. It is a regional peer because it operates in the same European anthropology/social sciences space as CRIA but is primarily France-based and not in direct competition for Portuguese FCT funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/cria.centroemredeinvestigacaoantropologia
• Instagraminstagram.com/cria_pt/?hl=pt
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cria-centro-em-rede-de-investiga%C3%A7%C3%A3o-em-antropologia

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