Francisco Regalado (DigiMedia PhD Student) and Sónia Machado are the members of the Seduce 2.0 project team that won awards for their dissertations.

On June 30, and after the evaluation of more than twenty applications, RUTIS – Senior Universities Network and PSE – Statistical Products and Services (a company specializing in Data Science and Advanced Research) presented the RUTIS/PSE 2021 Academic Award – Active Aging, aimed at higher-level research (Masters and PhDs) on active aging and senior universities.

Francisco Regalado was the winner of the award with his dissertation, entitled “Gamifying News for the miOne Online Community” and had the opportunity to present his work live, within the Online Event “Data in Investigation”.

The 2nd honorary prize was awarded to Sónia Machado, with her dissertation entitled “Co-designing a UX Toolkit for Senior Online Communities: The Case of the miOne Online Community”.

These two awardees are part of the SEDUCE 2.0 project, whose main objectives are to assess the impact of psychosocial variables and Online Sociability of senior citizens through the use of Information and Communication Technologies and to contribute to the growing development of the miOne community with the participation of senior citizens.