Instituto de Comunicação da NOVA

ICNOVA (NOVA Institute of Communication) is a new research unit in the field of Communication Sciences in Portugal, resulting from former units (CECL and CIMJ, pioneers in the area; and CIC.Digital). Its current structure includes 4 groups (Media and Journalism; Culture, Mediation and Arts; Strategic Communication and Decision Making-Process; Performance and Cognition), and 3 labs (BlackBox, Scenic Experimentation Laboratory and iNOVA Media Lab). ICNOVA’s strategic agenda for 2020-2023 will be Media Practices: Cultural, Societal and Technological Challenges, aiming at the achievement of inclusion and diversity in a world of social acceleration and deep mediatisation. These will be pursued through the following major themes: 1) Diversity, Pluralism, Inclusion; 2) Cognitive, Mediation and Decision-Making Processes; 3) Culture, Criticism and Digital Practices. ICNOVA will strengthen this research agenda by prioritizing international funding calls (applications for ERC, Erasmus+, H2020, EU CEF-Telecom, and UTAustin/Portugal are under development).