05-02-2026 UD26 received submissions from as many as 11 countries UD26 received submissions from as many as 11 countries! We appreciate the diversity of the submissions, and hope to receive you in Aveiro next July. To portray …
02-02-2026 IPCA hosts transnational meeting of the European VERSE project in Barcelos The Polytechnic of Cávado and Ave hosted, on 22 and 23 January in Barcelos, the Transnational Project Meeting (TPM) of the European VERSE project, funded by th…
31-01-2026 𝐀𝐭 𝐈𝐏𝐂𝐀, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫! 𝐀𝐭 𝐈𝐏𝐂𝐀, 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫! 🔬🤖💼🎨 📌 11 February | 10:00 | Campus IPCA …
16-01-2026 ACKNOWLEDGE TO FUNDERS 2025-2029 |FRASE MENÇÃO DE APOIO OBRIGATÓRIA Instruções relativas à referência da Unidade de Investigação para o período 2025-2029 a utilizar de forma a cumprir as Normas de Informação e Public…
15-01-2026 CONFIA 2026: Call for Papers Until March 1 CONFIA is back! Our Call for Papers is now open until March 1st. This year, CONFIA will take place at the end of June in a charming and historic city in central…
09-01-2026 OPENING OF A CALL FOR TWO (2) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS (BI) UNDER THE R&D PROJECT FAIST – Smart, Sustainable and Technologically Agile Factory The Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture (ID+), an R&D unit of the School of Design (ESD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IP…
26-11-2025 Prof. Fátima Pombo is again a member of the iF DESIGN AWARD Jury Kick-off iF DESIGN AWARD 2026 on 26 November 2025 We are happy to announce that Prof. Fátima Pombo is again a member of the iF DESIGN AWARD Jury. As one of the…
25-11-2025 Open lecture with Prof. Fernando Galdon (Royal College of Arte) at ID+ UA As part of COST Action DESIGNAE – “Fostering Nature-Centred BioDESIGN to Explore Regenerative Futures”, a project led by ID+ Research Institute for Desi…
31-10-2025 ⚠️ Call extended until November 27, 2025 – Call for Applications for Three Research Grants for Bachelor’s Degree Holders – HeAICare Project We inform that the application deadline for this call has been extended until November 27, 2025 The Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (2Ai), an R&D…
30-10-2025 🎓 New PhD Program at IPCA: Design in Digital Technologies The School of Design at IPCA takes another step forward in advancing research by launching the PhD in Design in Digital Technologies. This program aims to train…
29-10-2025 1 (one) Starting Research Grant (SRG) in the scope of R&D project ID+ (Public notice no 32945/2025/BII/ID+) A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 (one) StartingResearch Grant(s) (SRG) in the scope of R&D projects ID+, Research Institute in Design, Media …
29-10-2025 1 (one) Starting Research Grant(s) (SRG) in the scope of R&D project ID+, Scientific Area: Design, Public notice no. 32949/2025/BII/ID+ A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 (one) StartingResearch Grant(s) (SRG) in the scope of R&D project ID+, Research Institute in Design, Media a…
24-10-2025 EUROPEAN UNION – ANGOLA DIALOGUES, FCT AND FUNDECIT VISIT ID+ AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO As part of the European Union – Angola Dialogues programme, funding was provided for the initiative “Attractive and sustainable research and development ins…
21-10-2025 FBAUP | 1 Técnico/a Superior | Unidade de Investigação ID+ Instituto de Investigação em Design| CT Termo Incerto_Ref.ª TEG-FBAUP-25-1 Nos termos previstos do artigo 140.º do Código do Trabalho, aprovado pela Lei n.º 7/2009, de 12 de fevereiro, torna-se público que se encontra aberto, pelo …
26-09-2025 Cláudia Lima awarded for Best Innovative Teaching Practice Cláudia Lima was awarded the prize for Best Innovative Teaching Practice (FAZER+/ILIND/MPPI/1/2025), as part of COFAC’s Fazer + Funding Programme. This i…
26-09-2025 LearnXDesign 2025 – Intertwinia in Design Education The LearnXDesign 2025 – Intertwinia in Design Education conference took place on 22, 23 and 24 September at DECA UA, bringing together 180 participants fr…
26-09-2025 Dementia Lab Proceedings have been indexed in the web of science The proceedings of the last four editions of the Dementia Lab International Conference, published by Springer, have been indexed in the Web of Science (Clarivat…
21-07-2025 Note of Condolences ID+ joins the many expressions of grief at the death of Professor Rachel Cooper, founder of the European Academy of Design and the Imagination@Lancaster Researc…
21-07-2025 Nota de pesar pelo falecimento da Professora Rachel Cooper O ID+ associa-se às inúmeras manifestações de pesar pelo falecimento da Professora Rachel Cooper, fundadora da European Academy of Design e do Centro de Inv…
03-07-2025 Teresa Franqueira elected vice-president of the CUMULUS Association University of Aveiro lecturer re-elected to the Executive Board of the largest international association for teaching and research in design On 6 June, during t…
18-06-2025 OPENING of CALL FOR ONE (1) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP (BI) UNDER THE R&D PROJECT FAIST – Smart, Sustainable, Technological Agile Factory The Institute for Research in Design, Media and Culture (ID+), an R&D unit of the School of Design (ESD) at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IP…
21-05-2025 COST Action DESIGNAE has been selected for funding by the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) We are delighted to announce that the COST Action DESIGNAE – Fostering Nature-Centred BioDESIGN to Explore Regenerative Futures has been selected for funding …
06-05-2025 @BoxeFem360 | Design, Engineering and Health for Female Boxing Athletes Despite rising participation and visibility of women in combat sports such as boxing, female athletes remain significantly underrepresented in sports medicine r…
09-04-2025 Dementia Lab 2025: Ethics + Aesthetics in Design | Proceedings of the 7th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2025, March 13–14, 2025, Aveiro, Portugal Dementia Lab 2025: Ethics + Aesthetics in Design Proceedings of the 7th Dementia Lab Conference, D-Lab 2025, March 13–14, 2025, Aveiro, Portugal Conference pr…
08-04-2025 Another CONFIA25 Keynote Announcing another keynote! This year we are delighted to have Nadia Ruiz at CONFA! Nadia is a sociologist specialising in organisations and co-founder and CEO …
03-04-2025 First Keynote CONFIA 2025 We are very proud to announce our first keynote!!!!!!! Nick Sousanis is an Eisner-winning comics author and an associate professor at San Francisco State Univer…
03-04-2025 Good News CONFIA – International Conference on Illustration and Animation Good news CONFIA! The CONFIA 2021 and 2023 proceedings have been indexed! The 2024 proceedings are under evaluation. You can still submit a paper until April 5t…
13-03-2025 NOVA REFERÊNCIA DA UI + NORMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO E PUBLICITAÇÃO FCT 2025 – atualização Instruções relativas à nova referência da Unidade de Investigação a utilizar de forma a cumprir as Normas de Informação e Publicitação da FCT (consult…
13-03-2025 Call for papers & artwork. International Conference on Media, Arts and Interaction, 3 – 6 JUN 2025 International Conference on Media, Arts and Interaction. Intermediartes mission is to promote the intersection between the arts and technologies through a serie…
05-03-2025 CONFIA 2025 – Last Call for Papers – Until 5th April CONFIA 2025 Last Call for Papers Until 5th April More information https://confia.ipca.pt/home
05-03-2025 DIGICOM – Call for papers: until April 30, 2025 DIGICOM 2025 – 9th International Conference on Design and Digital Communication · 6-8 November 2025, Teatro Gil Vicente and On-line, Barcelos, Portugal T…
27-02-2025 OPENING: FCT-Tenure Program ID+ UA – Assistant Researcher in Design for Health The competition is aimed at recruiting an Assistant Researcher in Design for Health. Health research is aligned with one of ID+’s main areas of interventi…
25-02-2025 Cinema & Territory – International journal of art and anthropology of images – Call for papers (Abstracts to be submitted by 16 March 2025) Cinema & Território (C&T), revista internacional de arte e antropologia das imagens, é uma publicação científica anual, produzida na Universidade d…
20-02-2025 FCT – Acesso Aberto a Publicações Científicas | Open Access to Scientific Publications Em 2014 entrou em vigor a Política de Acesso Aberto a Publicações Científicas resultantes de Projetos de I&D Financiados pela FCT. A experiência result…
10-02-2025 Call for papers Ergotrip Design 9 (2025) CALL FOR PAPERS Ergotrip Design – Revista dos encontros internacionais de estudos luso-brasileiros em Design e Ergonomia Nº9 (2025) https://proa.ua.pt/index.…
06-02-2025 2 Research Grants in the scope of the SiX R&D project (REF. 2023.11224.PEX) Applications are now open for the awarding of 2 (two) Research Grants (BI) for the performance of R&D activities under the project “Design for Social …
31-01-2025 PUBLICATION OF THE 2ND SERIES OF WK’S CREATIVE MACHINES The second series of films “William Kentridge: Creative Machines”, directed by Noémia Herdade Gomes and Francisco Providência, was published in December 2…
29-01-2025 OPENING: FCT-Tenure Program – International Call for Assistant Researcher in the Scientific Area of Arts for ID+ IPCA The international recruitment process is now open for a permanent employment contract under private law for the position of Assistant Researcher in the Scientif…
29-01-2025 12th CONFIA 2025 – Call for papers is open until March 1st Call for papers is open until March 1st! This year, we will be hosting CONFIA at the end of June in a charming coastal city in northern Portugal! Stay tuned for…
27-01-2025 Nova frase menção de apoio FCT 2025 -Normas de informação e publicitação FCT Informamos foi atribuído à instituição “Instituto de Investigação em Design, Media e Cultura” um novo código de financiamento para 2025, em vigor a p…
17-12-2024 Boas festas . Happy Holidays . ID+ 2024 Com um postal ilustrado por André Araújo e Cristiane Menezes (ID+, UA), o Instituto de Investigação em Design, Media e Cultura deseja a todos umas Festas Fe…
13-12-2024 Research Grant in the scope of R&D project “Celeste – Luminária publica para a prevenção da poluição luminosa” (Public notice 39005/2024/BI/ID+/CELESTE2) A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 (one) Research Grant(s) (RG) in the scope of R&D project “Celeste – Luminária publica para a preven…
05-12-2024 Grant for the CO2PED/ID+ Project – Design, Regional and Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Architecture Applications are now open for the awarding of a Research Grant(s) (BI) under the scope of the project/R&D unit CO2PED / ID+ in the Scientific Area of Design…
03-12-2024 The University of Aveiro is part of the recently approved Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s programme Response_Able Futures (in Design and Health_Care) Response_Able Futures is a two-year Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Design and Health_Care, which has been approved by the European Commission. The progr…
27-11-2024 Professor Fátima Pombo Jury member of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 Jury member of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2025 – Looking forward to the challenging experience of working with great designers around the world! The first round st…
18-11-2024 FBAUP FCT Tenure 1st Ed.| 1 Assistant Researcher (career)|Arts (sub-area Design) |ID+ – Ref. 2024/11 Pr. 32 An international selection procedure is open, for a period of 15 (fifteen) working days from the working day immediately following publication in the Diário da…
15-11-2024 FUSION Project Awarded in the “Innovative Project” Category in Italy through partner Fondazione Santagata per l’Economia della Cultura The FUSION (Fashion Up Skilling Innovation Open Network) is an international partnership project involving Limerick Institute of Technology (Ireland), ID+ Polyt…
12-11-2024 ID+ PhD student, Gabriela Sá, in an interview in the Público newspaper Gabriela Sá, a PhD candidate in Design at ID+, under the supervision of Paula Tavares and Heitor Alvelos, has her research prominently featured in Público. He…
14-10-2024 RESEARCH GRANT AS PART OF THE CULTURALITY PROJECT (Public notice 33116/2024/ID+/Culturality) A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 (one)Research Grant (RG) under the project CULTUral heritage in RurAL remote areas for creative tourism and sust…
09-10-2024 PHD STUDENT MARINA CASTRO FROM UNIV.OVIEDO ON POSTGRADUATE INTERNSHIP AT ID+ UA FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 2024 Marina Castro Cabero (Oviedo, 1998) holds a degree in Art History from the University of Oviedo (2020) and a Master’s in Advanced Studies in Art History: …
