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New column in Diário de Aveiro by DigiMedia members

DigiMedia has a new column in the local newspaper Diário de Aveiro. The article "Fronteira Digital" can be read on the first Wednesday of every month in the printed version. This is an...

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DigiMedia at BlueNIGHTs Torreira 2025 to celebrate European Researcher’s Night with the local community

On the 26th of September, several members from DigiMedia were present at BlueNIGHTs 2025, joining the celebration of the European Researcher’s Night at the small fisherman village of...

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Inclusive Space Lab showcased at European Researchers’ Night

During the European Researchers’ Night, the Lab Inclusive Space from Digimedia presented two demonstrations, making research more visible and accessible to the public. One of the projects...

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Best poster award at II Encontro Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental Região Centro

Between September 15 and 17, the PhD student Silvino Martins took part in the II Encontro Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental Região Centro, held in Leiria, with a poster titled: “Integração...

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Virtual reality research presented at XR Salento (International Conference on eXtended Reality)

Several members of DigiMedia took part in the XR Salento – International Conference on eXtended Reality, held in Otranto, Italy, from June 17 to 20. The team disseminated its research...

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Erasmus+ ABRAXAS Project Summer School at the University of Aveiro

The Department of Communication and Art at the University of Aveiro hosted the first summer school of the Erasmus+ ABRAXAS project, an event focused on sharing knowledge and results under...

About DigiMedia

DigiMedia – Digital Media and Interaction is an interdisciplinary research centre of the University of Aveiro working at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, and Media Studies, with outputs encompassing Fundamental Research (frameworks, models, and scales), Applied Research (content-based digital products, online services, and digital tools in the form of instances and prototypes), and Industrial Research (in the form of products — Digital Games, Mobile Apps, Interactive TV Apps, Web Apps, and Social Media Apps — and patents).

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Digital Health

The Digital Health team aims to research and design innovative digital media solutions to improve health, wellbeing, care, quality-of-life, inclusion, and active ageing, acknowledging the diversity of target groups, health conditions, user experience and contexts that frame this domain.

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Digital Media & Society

This team investigates the potential of emerging media technologies in preserving cultural heritage, considering ethical implications related to cultural representation and authenticity. A philosophical and psychological convergence on temporality, intergenerationality, and wellbeing supports the research.

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Immersive Play

A research team that is focused on game and narrative design to craft playful and augmented experiences. In specific, it investigates engagement within playful environments to promote behavioural change.

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Social iVX – Social and Interactive Viewing eXperiences

This team is committed to exploring and enhancing the viewer experience within the expansive TV ecosystem. This encompasses user interactions with video content across diverse sources and a constellation of media devices.

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Technology Enhanced Learning & Communities

Drawing on the knowledge gained from the last decade on research and design of social platforms for learning, this team is committed to extending learning environments through ideas of being, belonging and relatedness, considering the power of generative AI.

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JDMI Periodical Publication

The Journal of Digital Media & Interaction is an international open-access journal, published 2 times a year. The journal addresses research on digital media and user experience in creative, cultural and social contexts. It focuses on the socio-technological challenges seen from a transdisciplinary perspective, grounded in media studies and interaction design, as well as in human-computer interaction, communication, cultural studies, design and psychology.

New column in Diário de Aveiro by DigiMedia members

DigiMedia at BlueNIGHTs Torreira 2025 to celebrate European Researcher’s Night with the local community

Inclusive Space Lab showcased at European Researchers’ Night

Best poster award at II Encontro Psiquiatria e Saúde Mental Região Centro

Virtual reality research presented at XR Salento (International Conference on eXtended Reality)

Erasmus+ ABRAXAS Project Summer School at the University of Aveiro

About DigiMedia

DigiMedia at a glance

28

87

59

955

DigiMedia Research Teams

Digital Health

Digital Media & Society

Immersive Play

Social iVX – Social and Interactive Viewing eXperiences

Technology Enhanced Learning & Communities

DigiMedia network

JDMI Periodical Publication

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