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NETSCO Partners Strengthen Collaboration on Sustainable Consumption Research in Aveiro

From 21–23 April 2026, researchers and academic partners of the ECIU SEED 1 NETSCO – Network for Sustainable Consumption Research project gathered at University of Aveiro for a...

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DigiMedia researchers as chairs at TEI'27

The DigiMedia researchers Sofia Ribeiro and Pedro Reisinho are Sponsorship Chairs in the TEI'27, an ACM conference, which takes place in Lisbon, in January 2027. Sofia Ribeiro is now a...

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Applications Open for Postdoctoral Fellowship under the QUANTUM_IBER_IA

A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 Postdoctoral Fellowship(s) (PDF) under the project Strategic Promotion of Capabilities in Quantum Technologies and Artificial Intelligence...

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UC3M Researcher Joins DigiMedia for International Collaboration on Educational AI

Alberto Jimenez Macías, an Assistant Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) with a PhD in Telematics, is currently undertaking a three-month research stay at the DigiMedia,...

Moblity Partnerships PhD Students Projects Science and society

DigiMedia participates in CNIPES mission to Sweden on pedagogical innovation in higher education

The DigiMedia PhD student Filipe Silva and the DigiMedia coordinator Nelson Zagalo, were part of the Portuguese delegation that participated in the CNIPES (Conselho Nacional de Inovação...

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PROCOMHUM Research Network Launches New Website

The Iberoamerican research network PROCOMHUM – Perspetivas em Comunicação Multimédia e Humanismo has officially launched its new website, marking an important milestone in...

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.

NETSCO Partners Strengthen Collaboration on Sustainable Consumption Research in Aveiro

DigiMedia researchers as chairs at TEI'27

Applications Open for Postdoctoral Fellowship under the QUANTUM_IBER_IA

UC3M Researcher Joins DigiMedia for International Collaboration on Educational AI

DigiMedia participates in CNIPES mission to Sweden on pedagogical innovation in higher education

PROCOMHUM Research Network Launches New Website

About DigiMedia

DigiMedia at a glance

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88

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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