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 granted for her thesis entitled “Body Image on Instagram: A Study on Filters and Vulnerabilities in Digital Platforms”, supervised by Professor Rodrigo Eduardo Botelho Francisco and co-supervised by Professor Lídia de Jesus Oliveira, a DigiMedia researcher.

Jenifer Grieger was a PhD student on a cotutelle doctoral program between the Doctorate in New Media at the University of Aveiro (UA) and in Information Management at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), and she defended her PhD thesis in December 2025.

During her doctoral studies, Jenifer Grieger conducted part of her research at DigiMedia, strengthening international collaboration and contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field of digital media.