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“Fronteira Digital” highlights technology for safer navigation in the Ria de Aveiro

“Navegar em rede: A tecnologia ao serviço da segurança marítima” is the newest article of the DigiMedia opinion column “Fronteira Digital” in the newspaper Diário de Aveiro,...

Publications

DigitalOBS releases the booklet "The Evolution of Students@DigiMedia”

DigitalOBS has released a new booklet titled “The Evolution of Students@DigiMedia”, showcasing a selection of projects developed by students within the Students@DigiMedia...

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DigiMedia researcher Jenifer Grieger receives Best PhD Thesis Award in Brazil

Jenifer Daiane Grieger has been awarded the Best PhD Thesis of 2025 by the Graduate Program in Information Management at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. The distinction was...

Events Partnerships Science and society

DigiMedia contributes to national debate on AI leadership in higher education at CNIPES event in Tomar

On 9 April 2026, DigiMedia contributed to the CNIPES event Liderança Estratégica para a Inteligência Artificial na Educação Superior, held in Tomar and dedicated to the governance,...

PhD defenses PhD Students

PhD defense of Carla Leite

Carla Leite will present her PhD thesis “Leveraging Acquisition and Informed Decision-Making for Birth Through Digital Media", on April 22nd, 2026, at 2:30pm. This research was...

Advancing Chemistry Education Through Immersive Virtual Reality

As part of the European VRChem project, our team at the Universidade de Aveiro joined forces with international partners to launch a new immersive learning experience. Researchers from 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).

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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.

“Fronteira Digital” highlights technology for safer navigation in the Ria de Aveiro

DigitalOBS releases the booklet "The Evolution of Students@DigiMedia”

DigiMedia researcher Jenifer Grieger receives Best PhD Thesis Award in Brazil

DigiMedia contributes to national debate on AI leadership in higher education at CNIPES event in Tomar

PhD defense of Carla Leite

Advancing Chemistry Education Through Immersive Virtual Reality

About DigiMedia

DigiMedia at a glance

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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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