PolObs coordinates Participatory Cultural Mapping sessions in the Porto Metropolitan Area
The thirty-four Participatory Cultural Mapping sessions, scheduled for November and December 2025 and January 2026, are part of phase 2 of the methodology developed by PolObs within the scope of the project ‘Mapping the Metropolitan Cultural Sector’, conceived by Manuel Gama and with José Gabriel Andrade and Manuel Gama as Principal Investigators.
CONCILIARE Project and Braga 25 Portuguese Capital of Culture: What do we do with this? Thinking about colonial issues
CECS and the CONCILIARE – Confidently Changing Colonial Heritage project take part in the series of debates entitled “What Do We Do with This? Thinking about Colonial Issues”, which will take place in Braga on 20 and 21 November. The event invites reflection and discussion on colonial legacies and their continuing impact today.
ARTECH 2025
The 12th edition of ARTECH, the conference dedicated to digital and interactive arts, kicks off today, this year focusing on Media Arts cultures, communities and territories. It will bring more than a hundred researchers and artists to Braga between 26 and 28 November.
Call for research grants for doctoral or master’s students enrolled in non-degree course
A call for research grants for doctoral or master's students enrolled in non-degree course in the scientific areas of Cultural Studies, Communication Sciences, Sociology or related areas is open until 12 December. The notices are available in Portuguese and English.
Call for a research grant for Master’s student
A call for a research grant for Master's student in the scientific areas of Cultural Studies, Communication Sciences, Sociology or related fields is open until 12 December. The notices are available in Portuguese and English
Call for apllications for research grant for PhD student
A call for applications for a research grant for doctoral student in the scientific field of Communication Sciences is open until 20 November. The notices are available in Portuguese and English.
Project “Migrations, Media and Activisms in Portuguese Language” rated “Excellent” by FCT
The project “Migrations, media and activisms in Portuguese language: decolonizing media landscapes and imagining alternative futures” (MigraMediaActs), coordinated by Rosa Cabecinhas and Isabel Macedo, has been rated “Excellent” by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
New publication: Crime and Technology: Controversial Presents, (Un)likely Futures
Following the recently completed E-Monitoring project, the book Crime and Technology: Controversial Presents, (Un)likely Futures has just been launched. The work comes at a time when the intersection between crime and technology is giving rise to increasingly intense and fundamental debates, although these are often scattered across the academic sphere.
New Publication: ‘Social Psychology, Communication and Culture’
The book ‘Social Psychology, Communication and Culture’, edited by Rosa Cabecinhas, Carla Cerqueira and Julia Alves Brasil, has just been published:
New PhD in Cultural Studies: Pedro Cumbane
On 18 November 2025, at 9:30 a.m., in the Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho, Pedro Elias Cumbane's doctoral examinations in Communication Sciences were held. The thesis, supervised by Susana Pimenta and Estevão Filimão, is entitled ‘Cultural Studies: a disciplinary area in Mozambique: contexts, protagonists and practices.’
New PdhD in Communication Sciences: Marina Silva
Marina Maria Soares Silva's doctoral examinations in Communication Sciences took place today, 17 November, at 10 a.m., in the Assembly Hall of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. The thesis, supervised by Luís Santos, is entitled ‘Combating misinformation: the representations of primary and secondary school teachers as a basis for intervention.’
New PhD in Communication Sciences: Fernando dos Santos
Fernando Tadeu Pinto dos Santos' doctoral exams in Communication Sciences were held on 12 November 2025, at 2 p.m., in the Sala de Atos of the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Minho. The thesis, supervised by Moisés de Lemos Martins and Jean Martin Rabot, is entitled ‘The Workers' Party (PT) in the face of Bolsonaro's offensive on social media since the 2018 Brazilian presidential elections.’
”Jornalismo em crise: ética, qualidade e credibilidade”- Palestra com Rogério Christofoletti
Rogério Christofoletti will be at the ICS Sala de Atos on 13 November, starting at 2:30 p.m., to present the lecture ‘Journalism in crisis: ethics, quality and credibility.’
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