Moblity Partnerships Training and workshops

From Research to Practice: DigiMedia researcher presents at Ionian University

Researcher and integrated member at DigiMedia, Jorge Ferraz Abreu delivered the talk “From Research to Practice: Evaluating Digital Entertainment Experiences” at Ionian University -...

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Applications Open for AlticeLabs@UA Innovation Program

Altice Labs and the University of Aveiro are opening applications for AlticeLabs@UA, a program designed to support innovative projects with strong technological relevance and potential for...

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Clinical TRIALS Workshop Promotes Discussion on Research Involving Sensitive Data

As part of the Clinical TRIALS – Revolutionizing Experimental Approaches with Data-driven Yield project, a workshop was held on June 5 in room 21.1.8 to discuss the challenges associated...

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CREATE Project Partners Meet at the University of Aveiro for a Design Thinking Workshop

On 15 June 2026, partners of the Erasmus+ project CREATE - Creathons for Real-world Education and Applied Societal Transformation in Europe gathered at the Department of Communication and...

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DigiMedia Researchers Present Workshop at JTELSS 2026

DigiMedia researchers Mónica Aresta and Luís Pedro presented a workshop at the 20th EATEL Summer School on Technology Enhanced Learning (JTELSS 2026), organized by EATEL and held in...

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Maria Júlia Vieira Presents Research on the Invisibility of Women Streamers at DiGRA 2026

Maria Júlia Vieira, PhD candidate in the Doctoral Program in New Media at the University of Aveiro, researcher at DigiMedia Research Centre, and FCT Fellow, presented the paper "The...

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).

DigiMedia at a glance

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DigiMedia Research Teams

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.

From Research to Practice: DigiMedia researcher presents at Ionian University

Applications Open for AlticeLabs@UA Innovation Program

Clinical TRIALS Workshop Promotes Discussion on Research Involving Sensitive Data

CREATE Project Partners Meet at the University of Aveiro for a Design Thinking Workshop

DigiMedia Researchers Present Workshop at JTELSS 2026

Maria Júlia Vieira Presents Research on the Invisibility of Women Streamers at DiGRA 2026

About DigiMedia

DigiMedia at a glance

36

89

69

1041

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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