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The Special Issue of Observatorio (OBS*), “Circum-navegando as repercussões socio-mediáticas do contexto pandémico” | “Circum-navigating the socio-media repercussions of the pandemic context” (May 2021), was edited by Vania Baldi.
In this special issue we present a set of studies that reflect different degrees of complexity and criticality revealed by the pandemic scenario in the info-communicational context. The themes of infodemia, journalistic coverage, the presence of scientists on the media stage, the production and consumption of new news formats, the strategies of readaptation and integration in the daily life of services and digital instruments used to counteract the isolation and physical distance, making possible new forms of proximity (in the sphere of intimacy, family and work), as well as the reproduction of cliché and gender disparities in the media or the emergence of new markets in the area of audiovisual and podcasting, all together constitute the different observation points about a socio-media reality reconfigured by the challenges brought by the socio-sanitary emergency. (our translation)
The articles are available HERE.
DigiMedia-University of Aveiro and CIES-ISCTE fom Lisbon are the two Portuguese Higher Education Institutions that are part of IBERIFIER, the Iberian Observatory made up of 23 Portuguese and Spanish institutions, which will investigate digital media and identify threats of disinformation. With a funding of 1.47 million euros, IBERIFIER is one of the eight regional centers that will be part of the European Observatory of Digital Media of the European Commission.
This project is coordinated by the University of Navarra, with the Portuguese research being jointly coordinated by the researchers Gustavo Cardoso (CIES-ISCTE), Vania Baldi (DigiMedia-University of Aveiro) and Miguel Paisana (OberCom). In addition to Vania Baldi, the DigiMedia team includes the researchers Lídia Oliveira and Luis Pedro.
This new observatory will focus its research on five lines of work. First, it will investigate the characteristics and trends of the Iberian digital media ecosystem. It will also develop computational technologies for the early detection of misinformation. In addition, it will verify and refute disinformation in the Iberian territory, reporting to the European Commission. It will prepare strategic reports on threats of disinformation, both for public knowledge and for authorities in Spain and Portugal. Finally, it will work on media literacy initiatives aimed at journalists, young people and society as a whole.
The observatory is made up of twelve universities, five verification organizations and news agencies, and six other multidisciplinary research centers. In Portugal, IBERIFIER has the participation of Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, University of Aveiro, Polígrafo, Lusa – Agência de Notícias de Portugal, OberCom – Observatório da Comunicação, Cenjor – Centro Protocolar de Formação Profissional para Jornalistas, and Associação Literacia Para os Media e Jornalismo.
For more information please check HERE.
Eliza Oliveira, André Castello Branco, Daniel Carvalho, Eveline Sacramento, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Luis Pedro, Maria João Antunes, Ana Margarida Almeida and Fernando Ramos, all DigiMedia members, won the Best Student Paper Award in the 23rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS 2021), with a paper entitled “END-USER EVALUATION OF A MOBILE APPLICATION PROTOTYPE FOR TERRITORIAL INNOVATION”.
MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS
- MSCA Doctoral Networks| Opening: 18/05/2021 | Deadline: 16/11/2021
- MSCA Staff Exchanges| Opening: 07/10/2021 | Deadline: 09/03/2022
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships| Opening: 18/05/2021 | Deadline: 15/09/2021
- MSCA COFUND | Opening: 12/10/2021 | Deadline: 10/02/2022
- MSCA & Citizens | Opening: 17/06/2021 | Deadline: 07/10/2021
The article “The Transformative Role of Peer Learning Projects in 21st Century Schools—Achievements from Five Portuguese Educational Institutions” by Ana Raquel Carvalho and Carlos Santos has been
published in Education Sciences as part of the Special Issue Cooperative/Collaborative Learning and is available online:
Abstract: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/5/196
HTML Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/5/196/htm
PDF Version: https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/5/196/pdf
Special Issue:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/education/special_issues/cooperative_learning
Filipe Moreiras’s online PhD defense takes place on the 27th April, at 02:00 p.m., with the topic “Internet das Coisas em Contextos de Educação: Tecnologias, Potencialidades, Desafios e Mudanças de Paradigmas”.
Filipe Moreira is a student of the PhD programme in Multimedia in Education and his supervisors are Fernando Ramos (DigiMedia, UA) and Mário Vairinhos (DigiMedia, UA).
DigiMedia members are invited to participate in this important moment.
All instructions are available in the following link: Universidade de Aveiro (ua.pt)
CHALLENGE STUDENTS@DIGIMEDIA #00
1.CONTEXT
DigiMedia is the research unit of the scientific area of Communication Science and Technologies (CTC) at DeCA. This research unit is organizing a students@digimedia initiative with the purpose of fostering students’ participation in scientific research activities for the academic year 2021/22.
This initiative is being planned and challenge number #00 is a pilot test for the model to be adopted in this initiative.
2.CHALLENGE
To prepare some aspects of the new master programs offered in the CTC area, a questionnaire will be applied to collect data on the national and/or international context. The selected students will participate in the following tasks:
- Questionnaire design and administration;
- Dissemination of the questionnaire;
- Data Collection and analysis.
3.RESEARCH TEAM
The team coordinator: Carlos Santos
Other researchers: Mónica Aresta, João Batista, Liliana Costa, Tânia Ribeiro
4.CONDITIONS AND RESULTS
Deadline for tasks: May 31, 2021
Working hours per student: 20 hours
Maximum number of students: 2, from any CTC study cycle
Results for the students:
- DigiMedia certificate of participation in the research activity;
- Co-authorship of a scientific article, if the research team determines the relevance of the scientific publication.
5.HOW TO APPLY
You can apply until April 23, 2021, using the form available HERE.
The team coordinator will select the students who present the most appropriate profile to carry out the proposed tasks. The results of the selection process will be announced by April 30, 2021.
To request any additional information, please contact us via the following email carlossantos@ua.pt
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DESAFIO STUDENTS@DIGIMEDIA #00
1.CONTEXTO
O DigiMedia é a unidade de investigação da área científica de Ciência e Tecnologias da Comunicação (CTC) do DeCA. Com o objetivo de estimular a participação dos estudantes em atividades de investigação científica, a partir do ano letivo de 2021/22, vai dinamizar a iniciativa students@digimedia.
Essa iniciativa encontra-se a ser preparada e este desafio #00 é um ensaio piloto para o modelo a adotar no lançamento oficial desta iniciativa.
2.DESAFIO
Para preparar alguns aspetos da nova oferta de 2º ciclo da área de CTC, pretende-se dinamizar uma atividade de recolha de dados, nacional e/ou internacional, através de um questionário. Os estudantes envolvidos irão participar nas seguintes tarefas:
- Desenho e implementação do questionário;
- Divulgação do questionário;
- Recolha e análise dos dados obtidos.
3.EQUIPA DE INVESTIGAÇÃO
Investigador responsável: Carlos Santos
Outros investigadores envolvidos: Mónica Aresta, João Batista, Liliana Costa
4.CONDIÇÕES E RESULTADOS
Prazo das tarefas: 31 de maio de 2021
Número de horas de trabalho por estudante: 20h
Número máximo de estudantes: 2, de qualquer ciclo de estudos de CTC
Resultados para o estudante:
- Certificado do DigiMedia de participação em atividade de investigação;
- Co-autoria de artigo científico, caso os investigadores responsáveis determinem a relevância da publicação científica.
5.COMO CONCORRER
É possível concorrer até ao dia 23 de abril de 2021, através do formulário disponível AQUI.
O investigador responsável selecionará os estudantes que apresentem o perfil mais adequado para a realização das tarefas propostas. Os resultados da seleção dos candidatos serão divulgados até ao dia 30 de abril de 2021.
Para o esclarecimento de qualquer dúvida, contactar através do email carlossantos@ua.pt .
Vania Baldi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Aveiro and a DigiMedia member. His research interests are related with Network Society, Hypermediated Space and Civic Media, Affordance of Algorithms in Our Lives, relationship between Immediacy and Hypermediacy in Digital Culture, Culture and Imaginary of Consumption, Anthropology and Epistemology of Technique, Spreadable Media among Open Innovation and InfoWar, Engagement and Authorship in WebDoc, Analysis of Discourses on Technological Innovations.
The article was published on February 11th and is available in: A economia cultural da comunicação política “online” | Opinião | PÚBLICO (publico.pt)
Renata Frade is a former collaborator and now a DigiMedia PhD Student under the supervision of Mário Vairinhos.
She was invited to be part of the team that is implementing a new project, called Mídia Ninja, from one of the biggest journalism groups in Latin America: ColuNinjas Tech.
Her PhD project focuses on Women and Technology and with this project she is investing on her research by interviewing interesting people in the area, raising awareness of her research questions and doing science communication.
The two first article are already available:
Inclusão e diversidade em Tecnologia da Informação desde a infância (07/03/2021)
Tecnologia e estrelas na palma da mão (01/04/2021)
Convite à apresentação de candidaturas 2021 — EAC/A01/2021 Programa Erasmus+
(2021/C 103/11)
Call for proposals 2021 & Programme Guide
Ação-chave 1 (KA1) — Mobilidade individual para fins de aprendizagem — Mobilidade individual nos domínios da educação, formação e juventude — Atividades de participação juvenil
Prazo Mobilidade individual no domínio do ensino superior: 11 de maio às 12:00
Ação-chave 2 (KA2) — Cooperação entre organizações e instituições — Parcerias para a cooperação: — Parcerias de cooperação — Parcerias de pequena dimensão — Parcerias para a excelência: — Centros de Excelência Profissional C 103/12 PT Jornal Oficial da União Europeia 25.3.2021 — Academias de Professores Erasmus+ — Ação Erasmus Mundus — Parcerias para a inovação: — Alianças para a inovação — Eventos desportivos sem fins lucrativos
Prazo Erasmus Mundus: 26 de maio às 12:00
Deadline: 20 apr 2021
Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality with 7-12 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest ERC Work Programme), a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal.
What proposals are eligible?
- Criteria
Applications can be made in any field of research.
The ERC’s grants operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis without predetermined priorities. - Location
Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries - Host Institution
Applications for an ERC grant must be submitted by a single Principal Investigator (PI) in conjunction with and on behalf of their Host Institution, called the applicant legal entity.
Grants are awarded to the Host Institution with the explicit commitment that this institution offers appropriate conditions for the Principal Investigator independently to direct the research and manage its funding for the duration of the project.
Any type of legal entity, including universities, research centres and undertakings can host the PI and his/her team. Legally the Host Institution must be based in one of the EU Member States, or one of the Associated Countries.
The PI does not necessarily need to be working at the Host Institution at the time when the proposal is submitted. However, a mutual agreement and the Host Institution’s commitment on how the relationship will be established are necessary, should the proposal be successful. - Team
ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.
Vacancies for team members interested in joining an ERC led research project, can be published on the Euraxess-Jobs portal.
Initiatives, under the form of ‘Implementing Arrangements’, exist for ERC-funded teams in Europe to host non-European talented scientists. Find out more about the agreements.
How much?
Consolidator Grants may be awarded up to € 2 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.
An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.
How to apply?
ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.
The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.
For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents. The completed proposal needs to be submitted by the specified closing date.
Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Step-by-step
Before the call is published:
- Find out which ERC grant and which call is suitable for you.
- Identify the Host Institution and team members you would like to work with. (see also the online research partner search services)
- Contact the National Contact Point (NCP) in your country for support.
Once the call is open:
- Read the call documents carefully.
- Contact the Host Institution and gather all the details you need for the application.
- Start writing your proposal. Allow time for other people to review your draft. Your NCP, peers and other scientists can all give you helpful support and feedback.
- Familiarise yourself with the EU submission service. This is the online system through which proposals must be submitted.
- Submit your proposal as early as possible. Deadlines cannot be changed under any circumstances. You can update your submitted proposal any time before the deadline by simply submitting a new version, which will overwrite the old one.
- You will get an ‘acknowledgement of receipt’ by e-mail for each submission.
After the deadline:
- The ERC will check whether your proposal meets the call’s eligibility criteria.
- External experts will evaluate all the eligible proposals.
- You will receive further information as your proposal progresses through the evaluation. For more information we invite you to consult the timeframe for the current call.
See ‘Ongoing evaluations’ for the feedback timetables for calls.
Evaluation process
Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who assess them on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion. It will be applied to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigator in conjunction.
Peer reviewers are in charge of assessing and scoring the proposals. Those who pass the quality threshold are ranked. Depending on the call budget available, a budgetary cut-off applies to the ranking list and only the highest ranked proposals are offered an ERC grant until the call’s budget has been used.
For each call there are 25 panels, each covering a sub-section of one of three domains:
- Social sciences and Humanities (SH)
- Life sciences (LS)
- Physical and Engineering Sciences (PE)
Each ERC panel consists of a chair and 10-16 members. The Panel Chair and the Panel Members are selected by the ERC Scientific Council on the basis of their scientific reputation.
In addition to the Panel Members (who act as “generalists”), the ERC evaluations rely on input from remote experts external to the panel, called referees. They are scientists and scholars who bring in the necessary specialised expertise.
Before the deadline of a call, the names of the Panel Chairs are published on the ERC website. Similarly, the names of Panel ¨Members are published, however, after the evaluation process is concluded.
Information retrieved from: Consolidator Grants | ERC: European Research Council (europa.eu)
Deadline: 8 apr 2021
Who can apply?
Researchers of any nationality with 2-7 years of experience since completion of PhD (Extensions are possible under certain circumstances — see the latest ERC Work Programme), a scientific track record showing great promise and an excellent research proposal
What proposals are eligible?
- Criteria
Applications can be made in any field of research
The ERC’s grants operate on a ‘bottom-up’ basis without predetermined priorities. - Location
Research must be conducted in a public or private research organisation (known as a Host Institution/HI). It could be the HI where the applicant already works, or any other HI located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries - Host Institution
Applications for an ERC grant must be submitted by a single Principal Investigator (PI) in conjunction with and on behalf of their Host Institution, called the applicant legal entity.
Grants are awarded to the Host Institution with the explicit commitment that this institution offers appropriate conditions for the Principal Investigator independently to direct the research and manage its funding for the duration of the project.
Any type of legal entity, including universities, research centres and undertakings can host the PI and his/her team. Legally the host institution must be based in one of the EU Member States, or one of the associated countries.
The PI does not necessarily need to be working at the host institution at the time when the proposal is submitted. However, a mutual agreement and the host institution’s commitment on how the relationship will be established are necessary, should the proposal be successful. - Team
ERC grants support projects carried out by an individual researcher who can employ researchers of any nationality as team members. It is also possible to have one or more team members located in a non-European country.
Vacancies for team members interested in joining an ERC led research project, can be published on the Euraxess-Jobs portal.
Initiatives, under the form of ‘Implementing Arrangements’, exist for ERC-funded teams in Europe to host non-European talented scientists. Find out more about the agreements.
How much?
Starting Grants may be awarded up to € 1.5 million for a period of 5 years. (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional € 1 million can be made available to cover eligible “start-up” costs for researchers moving from a third country to the EU or an associated country and/or the purchase of major equipment and/or access to large facilities and/or other major experimental and field work costs.
An ERC grant can cover up to 100% of the total eligible direct costs of the research plus a contribution of 25% of the total eligible costs towards indirect costs.
How to apply?
ERC grant applications can only be submitted in response to a Call for Proposals.
The ERC has yearly calls for proposals covering all scientific fields.
For an ERC grant application to be complete, it needs to include the administrative forms, the research proposal and the supplementary documents. The completed proposal should be submitted by the specified closing date.
Calls are published on this page, the European Commission’s Funding and Tenders Portal and in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Step-by-step
Before the call is published:
- Find out which ERC grant and which call is suitable for you.
- Identify the host institution and team members you would like to work with. (see also the online research partner search services)
- Contact the National Contact Point (NCP) in your country for support.
Once the call is open:
- Read the call documents carefully.
- Contact the host institution and gather all the details you need for the application.
- Start writing your proposal. Allow time for other people to review your draft. Your NCP, peers and other scientists can all give you helpful support and feedback.
- Familiarise yourself with the EU submission service. This is the online system through which proposals must be submitted.
- Submit your proposal as early as possible. Deadlines cannot be changed under any circumstances. You can update your submitted proposal any time before the deadline by simply submitting a new version, which will overwrite the old one.
- You will get an ‘acknowledgement of receipt’ by e-mail for each submission.
After the deadline:
- The ERC will check whether your proposal meets the call’s eligibility criteria.
- External experts will evaluate all the eligible proposals.
- You will receive further information as your proposal progresses through the evaluation. For more information we invite you to consult the timeframe for the current call.
See ‘Ongoing evaluations’ for the feedback timetables for calls.
Evaluation process
Proposals are evaluated by selected international peer reviewers who evaluate proposals on the basis of excellence as the sole criterion. It will be applied to the evaluation of both the research project and the Principal Investigator in conjunction.
Peer reviewers are in charge of assessing and scoring the proposals. Those who pass the quality threshold are ranked. Depending on the call budget available, a budgetary cut-off applies to the ranking list and only the highest ranked proposals are offered an ERC grant until the call’s budget has been used.
For each call there are 25 panels, each covering a sub-section of one of three domains:
- Social sciences and Humanities (SH)
- Life sciences (LS)
- Physical and Engineering Sciences (PE)
Each ERC panel consists of a chairman and 10-16 members. The Panel Chair and the Panel Members are selected by the ERC Scientific Council on the basis of their scientific reputation.
In addition to the Panel Members (who act as “generalists”), the ERC evaluations rely on input from remote experts external to the panel, called referees. They are scientists and scholars who bring in the necessary specialised expertise.
Before the deadline of a call, the names of the Panel Chairs are published on the ERC website. Similarly, the names of Panel ¨Members are published, however, after the evaluation process is concluded.
Information retrieved from: Starting Grants | ERC: European Research Council (europa.eu)
