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Besides the participation of its members in many projects carried out by other research groups, CECS hosts a set of scientific research projects.

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E-MONITORING: Electronic surveillance in the criminal justice system: projected futures and lived experiences

The E-MONITORING project aims to critically analyse the use of electronic surveillance in the criminal justice system through two sub-projec...

Promoting mental health and wellbeing in the UMinho community

The PROMETEU project aims to understand the challenges faced by the University of Minho in terms of the well-being and mental health of its ...

HINT – Humanity internationalized: cases, dynamics and comparisons (1945-1980)

Humanity internationalized: cases, dynamics, and comparisons (1945-1980) (HINT) is an international project that will scrutinize the ways in...

Engage for SDG

The “Engage for SDG” project seeks to understand how the personal moral domains of young adults (18 to 25 years old) influence n...

Migrations, media and activisms in Portuguese language: decolonising mediascapes and imagining alternative futures

The research project MigraMediaActs aims to analyse media content in the Portuguese language, seeking to understand how processes of decolon...

bYou – Study of the experiences and expressions of children and young people about the media

The objective is to know and problematize the experiences of this population with the media. In view of their practices and perceptions, it ...

O3F – Um Framework de Optimização para reduzir os Incêndios Florestais

Principal researcher: Filipe Pereira Pinto Cunha Alvelos Proponent institution: University of Minho Main R&D unit: Centro ALGORITMI P...

ECO.Fire – The economic value of forest fires as a support for preventive behavior

Forest fires have been considered one of the main environmental problems. Despite this importance, its economic impact, which takes into acc...

EROFIRE – Risk assessment of post-fire erosion using molecular markers

Fire negatively affects the health and quality of the soil, favouring the occurrence of erosive processes and their loss. This impact on soi...

AUDIRE – Audio Repository: saving sonic-based memories

AUDIRE aims to promote the relevance of sound as a form of expression and to explore the innovative and creative potential of sound narrativ...

Festivity, cultural heritage and community sustainability. Interplays between research and communication: the ‘Bugiada e Mouriscada de Sobrado’ case

The popular festivities have been an example of the call for the preservation and appreciation of cultural heritage, largely through the cul...

Study of the Bugiada and Mouriscada Festivity in Sobrado (Valongo)

PERIOD: 2016 - 2017 FUNDING: CECS and Valongo Municipality...

Media Literacy Skills: pilot study with students

Project duration: October 2013 to June 2015. Coordination: Sara Pereira. Funding: GMCS and School Libraries Network....

Flux, death and media event

PERIOD: 2014-2015 FUNDING: FCT (Portugal) and CAPES (Brazil)...

NET Station: shaping radio for the web environment

PERIOD: 2012-2015 FUNDING: FCT...

Compolis – Communication and Political Engagement with Environmental Issues

Project duration: 2013-2014. Principal Investigator: Anabela Carvalho. Funding: FCT....

Raising awareness for multicultural bonds – a strategy in the University of Minho

Project duration: September 2015 - March 2017. Coordination: Sara Balonas. Main institution: University of Minho....

Navigating with Magalhães: study on the impact of digital media in school children

Project duration: 2010-2013. Principal Investigator: Sara Pereira. Funding: FCT...

Gender in Focus

Project duration: 2010-2014. Principal Investigator: Rosa Cabecinhas. Funding: FCT....

Image and Branding: the impact and reputation of Car Multimedia Portugal in the community

Project duration: 2012-2013. Principal Investigator: Teresa Ruão. Funding: Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal....

Disease in the news

Project duration: 2009-2013. Principal Investigator: Felisbela Lopes. Funding: FCT....

Creative Schools

Project duration: 2011-2013. Principal Investigator: Sara Pereira. Funding: FEDER/QREN, reference nº 13720....

Media Education in Portugal: experiences, actors and contexts

Project duration: January 2010 - March 2011. Principal Investigator: Manuel Pinto. Funding: ERC....

Media Regulation in Portugal

Project duration: 2009 - 2013. Principal Investigator: Helena Sousa. Funding: FCT....

New and old Press industries in the Portuguese contemporary press

Project duration: 2012-2014. Principal Investigator: Rui Novais. Funding: FCT....

Identity Narratives and Social Memory

Project duration: 2009-2013. Principal Investigator: Funding: FCT....

Television Journalism and Citizenship: challenges of the public digital sphere

Project duration: 2010 - 2013. Principal Investigator: Felisbela Lopes. Funding: FCT....

Illustrated Postcards: a socio-semiotics of image and imaginary

Duration: 2007-2011. Principal Investigator: Moisés de Lemos Martins. Funding: FCT....

Migrations, Media and Intercultural Dialogue

Principal Investigator: Rosa Cabecinhas 2009-2015...

Development of a sketch-based instructional laboratory for Digital Arts and Computer Graphics

Principal Investigator: Nelson Zagalo Development 2007-2009...

VirtualActor – Development of a software framework for animating 3D virtual characters

Project duration: 2007-2009. CECS participation: Nelson Zagalo. Funding: FCT....

Developing the next generation of hybrid learning materials

Carried out by Centro de Investigação e Estudos da Criança at the University of Minho with the participation of Nelson Zagalo Funded by F...

Lusophone Space – the Portuguese language and Lusophone identity

Project duration: 1997-2004. Principal Investigator: Moisés de Lemos Martins....

Communication Sciences in perspective: analysis of science and education policies

Project duration: 2011-2014. Principal Investigator: Moisés de Lemos Martins....

Figurations of Experience in Visual Culture

Project duration: 2011-2015. Principal Investigator: Moisés de Lemos Martins....

Processing Social Signals in Human-Computer Interaction

Project duration: 2010-2013. CECS participation: Nelson Zagalo. Funding: FCT....

Políticas de Comunicação, radiodifusão pública e cidadania

Project duration: 2015-2016. Principal Investigator: Madalena Oliveira. Funding: FCT (Portugal) and CAPES (Brasil)....

PODCASTS – Pedagogical Implications of Podcasts in Blended-Learning

Project duration: 2007-2009. CECS participation: Rosa Cabecinhas. Funding FCT....

Independent Inventors in Portugal. Creative itinerary and market analysis: processes, agents and barriers

Duration: 2002-2004. Principal Investigator: Carolina Leite. Funding: FCT....

EngageBook: touch, read and play

Project duration: 2012-2014. Principal Investigator: Nelson Zagalo. Funding: FCT....

The Politics of Climate Change: Discourses and Representations

Project duration: 2005-2008. Principal Investigator: Anabela Carvalho. Funding: FCT....

Mediascopio – Study on the Reconfiguration of the Communication Field in Portugal

Project duration: 2002-2006. Principal Investigator: Manuel Pinto. Funding: FCT....

Study on financial support to regional press

Project duration: 2002-2004. Principal Investigator: Manuel Pinto. Funding: GMCS....

Programação para a Infância nos canais generalistas de sinal aberto, RTP1, RTP2, SIC, TVI

Project duration: 2007-2008. Principal Investigator: Sara Pereira. Funding: ERC....

Landscapes, culture and arts of contemporaneity

Project duration: 2011-2013. Principal Investigator: Helena Pires....

Videogames History in Portugal

Project duration: 2010-2013. Principal Investigator: Nelson Zagalo. Funding: FCT...

Gender and Heterossexuality: discourses and visual images in advertising and media

Project duration: 2005-2007. Principal Investigator: Zara Pinto-Coelho....

Lusocom – Communications Policies and Discourses in the Lusophone Space

Principal Investigator: Helena Sousa...