Abílio Renato Gomes Almeida (1E1F-2B81-CAB1)

Curriculum Vitae

Abílio Renato Gomes Almeida

Abílio Almeida is a Portuguese researcher with a PhD in Communication Sciences (highest distinction), affiliated with CECS (University of Minho). His work lies at the intersection of media, emotions, and the common good, with particular attention to the role of media in promoting a more inclusive and democratic society. With a background in Multimedia and over a decade of professional experience, he combines analytical and technical skills, including programming, bot development, computational tools, and NLP, applied to the analysis of and intervention in digital contexts. His academic work has focused on the historical continuity between traditional media and new digital platforms, arguing for the re-inscription of public interest and public service principles within today’s algorithmic ecosystem. Among his scientific publications, The Future of Television (2024; 2026), published in the Routledge Advances in Sociology series, stands out. In 2025, he published an article in Nature on the urgency of rethinking algorithmic governance oriented towards the common good—positive peace—proposing nine structuring topics; the article was widely disseminated and received positive feedback from individual members of the European Commission and UNESCO. Since 2024, he has served as Editor of HSS Communications (Springer Nature, Q1), and is currently co-coordinating the special issue “Cultural Perspectives in Emotions Research”. He has also carried out occasional teaching in higher education and volunteers for the journalistic project 7MARGENS, where he publishes texts such as “What Is Peace Today?” and “A Brief Cultural History of Peace”, aimed at promoting greater civic, democratic, and emotional literacy. His academic work has been mentioned in national and international media, including the Financial Times (UK), Trouw (Netherlands), Público, Observador, and SIC (Portugal). Looking ahead to 2026, editorial commitments include an article on Peace and AI (Nature), the co-authorship of the book Media, AI and Peace (Routledge), and an essay on the representation of women’s emotions in the media (Aeon). At the institutional level, he is currently awaiting the formalisation of a preliminary approach from UNESCO’s I4T Knowledge Network. Overall, his trajectory brings together scientific research, public engagement, and critical reflection on technology, framing media and AI not only as sources of contemporary problems, but also as integral parts of future solutions.

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Identificação

Identificação pessoal

Nome completo: Abílio Renato Gomes Almeida
Data de nascimento: 1991/03/03
Género: Masculino

Nomes de citação

Almeida, A

Identificadores de autor

Ciência ID: 1E1F-2B81-CAB1
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0936-3898

Telefones

Telefone

253604695 (Profissional)

Moradas

ICS, UMinho, 4710-057, Gualtar, Ed. 15, Braga, Portugal (Profissional)

Websites

www.cecs.uminho.pt (Académico)

Domínios de atuação

Ciências Sociais - Ciências da Comunicação - Comunicação Social e Comunicação Sócio-cultural
Ciências Sociais - Outras Ciências Sociais - Ciências Sociais Interdisciplinares
Ciências Sociais - Ciências da Comunicação - Ciências da Informação

Idiomas

Idioma	Conversação	Leitura	Escrita	Compreensão	Peer-review
Português (Idioma materno)
Inglês	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)	Utilizador proficiente (C1)
Espanhol; Castelhano	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)	Utilizador independente (B2)

Formação

	Grau	Classificação
2016/10 - 2022/01 Concluído	Ciências da Comunicação (Doutoramento) Especialização em Sem especialidade Universidade do Minho, Portugal "Daytime television in Portugal: an analysis of the role of laughter in the main morning talk shows" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Highest Distinction
2010/11/01 - 2013/07/01 Concluído	Design e Comunicação Multimédia (Licenciatura) Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal "Final Project: Development of a Social Network Prototype" (TESE/DISSERTAÇÃO)	Very Good

Percurso profissional

Ciência

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2022/01/26 - Atual	Investigador (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal
2016/11/01 - 2022/01/25	Estagiário de Investigação (Investigação)	Universidade do Minho, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal

Docência no Ensino Superior

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2025/04 - 2025/05	Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário)	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

2024/11 - 2024/12	Professor Auxiliar Convidado (Docente Universitário)	Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brasil

Cargos e Funções

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2024/05/29 - Atual	Editor	Springer Nature Limited, Reino Unido
	Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Reino Unido

Outros

	Categoria Profissional Instituição de acolhimento	Empregador
2025/02 - Atual	Member	Critical Humor Studies Association, Estados Unidos
	Critical Humor Studies Association, Estados Unidos
2025/01 - Atual	Integrated Researcher, PolObs – Science, Communication and Culture Policies (CECS)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2023/04 - Atual	Integrated Researcher, Passeio – Art and Culture Platform (CECS)	Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal
	Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Portugal
2022/12 - Atual	Volunteer Journalist / Columnist	7 Margens, Portugal
	Porta 18 (Non-Profit Cultural Association), Portugal
2012/07 - Atual	Multimedia Design and Programming	Independent and employed work for media and technology companies, Portugal
	Multiple media and technology companies, Portugal
2007 - 2012	Waiter; among other roles	Other professional experience, Portugal
	Catering and service companies, Portugal

Projetos

Projeto

	Designação	Financiadores
2025/01 - Atual	PolObs – Science, Communication and Culture Policies (CECS) 00736 Investigador Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2023/04 - Atual	Passeio – Art and Culture Platform (CECS) 00736 Investigador Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Em curso
2020/01/01 - 2025/12/31	Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade UIDB/00736/2020 10.54499/UIDB/00736/2020 Investigador Universidade do Minho Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade, Portugal Universidade do Minho, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Concluído

Produções

Publicações

Artigo em conferência	Pinho, M.; Varsori, Enrickson; Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Varsori, Enrickson. "Game Engagement and Environmental Literacy: Development and Validation of a Motivational Model in Digital Game Contexts". Trabalho apresentado em 14th Iberoamerican Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive Media (jAUTI 2025), Aveiro, 2025. No prelo
Artigo em jornal	Almeida, A. "What is 'Peace' today?", 7Margens, 2024, https://setemargens.com/o-que-e-paz-hoje/. Almeida, A. "A brief journey through the history of peace", 7Margens, 2024, https://setemargens.com/uma-brevissima-viagem-pela-historia-cultural-da-paz/. Almeida, A. "From the laughter of science to the science of laughter", 7Margens, 2023, https://setemargens.com/do-riso-da-ciencia-a-ciencia-do-riso/. Almeida, A. "Is laughter a 'short-circuit' in our brain?", 7Margens, 2023, https://setemargens.com/sera-o-riso-um-curto-circuito-no-nosso-cerebro/. Almeida, A. "The musicality of peculiar laughter", 7Margens, 2023, https://setemargens.com/a-musicalidade-dos-risos-esquisitos/. Almeida, A. "The history of laughter is also the history of women’s non-laughter", 7Margens, 2022, https://setemargens.com/a-historia-do-riso-e-tambem-a-historia-do-nao-riso-sobretudo-feminino/.
Artigo em revista	Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "The Role of Media in Emotional Literacy". Global Media and Communication (2026): https://journals.sagepub.com/home/gmc. Em revisão Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "The Authoritarianism of Pop Culture: Media Emotions Shaping Social Thoughts". Popular Communication (2026): https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hppc20. Em revisão Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Decoding Actions and Emotions in the Media: An Analysis of Portuguese Television Talk Shows". Media & Jornalismo (2026): https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/mj. Em revisão Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Behind Popular Truth: How Media Shape “Truth” Through Emotional Intensification". Media, Culture & Society (2026): https://journals.sagepub.com/home/MCS. Submetido Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "What Is the New Digital Ecosystem? Between Media’s Technological Progress and the Erosion of Social Commitment (1925–2025)". Media History (2026): https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cmeh20. Submetido Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Television today: Less an object, more a phenomenon". The Journal of Popular Television 13 2 (2025): 131-144. https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv_00139_1. Publicado • 10.1386/jptv_00139_1 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Technology leaders should ‘pay back’ society to support the common good". Nature 646 8083 (2025): 34-37. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03152-y. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1038/d41586-025-03152-y Almeida, A; Sousa, H. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "The power of laughter: Emotional and ideological gratification in media.". Societies 14 9 (2024): 164. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc14090164. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/soc14090164 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Laughing ‘with’ vs. ‘at’: Exploring emotional bonds in media strategies". Journalism and Media 5 3 (2024): 1162-1172. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5030074. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/journalmedia5030074 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Daytime television in Portugal: A look at the evolution of morning talk shows (1985– 2023)". Observatorio (OBS)* 18 2 (2024): 99-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.15847/obsobs18220242370. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.15847/obsobs18220242370 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Praising pop emotions: media emotions serving social interests". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11 (2024): 757. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03210-2. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.1057/s41599-024-03210-2 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "Do societies have emotions?". Societies 14 5 (2024): 65. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/soc14050065. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.3390/soc14050065 Almeida, A; Wolton, Dominique. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "The role of television in shaping democracy: An old dream with a big future?". Comunicação e Sociedade 45 (2024): e024007. http://dx.doi.org/10.17231/comsoc.45(2024).4893. Acesso aberto • Publicado • 10.17231/comsoc.45(2024).4893
Capítulo de livro	Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "London: The (online?) cry from minorities". In Fragments of the Urban, editado por Pires, Helena; Pinto-Coelho, Zara, 115-116. Portugal: CECS, 2025. Publicado Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. "London: The 'punishment' of Pakistani girls". In The skin of the city, editado por Pinto-Coelho, Zara; Pires, Helena, 219-220. Portugal: CECS, 2024. Publicado
Edição de número de revista	Almeida, A. "Cultural Perspectives in Emotions Research". Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (2026): https://www.nature.com/collections/jbfjabfhec. Co-editor
Livro	Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. A Cultural History of Laughter. Reino Unido: Routledge. 2024. Publicado • 10.4324/9781003463894 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. The Future of Television: Cultural Trajectories of Media Consumption in the Digital Age of Emotion. Reino Unido: Routledge. 2024. Publicado • 10.4324/9781003561675 Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. Television: An Essay. Portugal: Verbi Gratia. 2023. Publicado Almeida, A. Autor correspondente: Almeida, A. History of Laughter. Portugal: Guerra & Paz. 2022. Publicado
Tese / Dissertação	"Daytime television in Portugal: an analysis of the role of laughter in the main morning talk shows". Doutoramento, Universidade do Minho Instituto de Ciências Sociais, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/75831.

Outros

Invenção

TalkSci - A TV Talk Show to Make Science Accessible to Everyone. Proposed a talk show concept for CECS and RTP (Public Television) to bridge the gap between scientists and the general public. Initiated contact with television producers, potential sponsors, and other stakeholders to assess feasibility and foster collaborations. Although the project is currently on hold, its potential remains. Target Audience: The General Public and Scientific Community. 2022. Almeida, A.

Atividades

Apresentação oral de trabalho

	Título da apresentação	Nome do evento Anfitrião (Local do evento)
2025/11	Game Engagement and Environmental Literacy: Development and Validation of a Motivational Model in Digital Game Contexts	14th Ibero-American Conference on Applications and Usability of Interactive Media (jAUTI 2025) Universidade de Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2025/05	Social Media Bots: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Identifying Corrosive and Non-Human Automation on Social Platforms	Short lecture series in Communication, Technology and the Common Good (within the Strategic Communication Planning course, Social Communication programme) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
2025/05	Social Media Bots as Instruments for Positive Peace: The @BlueBots Methodological Proposal	Short lecture series in Communication, Technology and the Common Good (within the Strategic Communication Planning course, Social Communication programme) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
2025/04	Between Traditional Media and Social Networks: What Happened to Public Service and Public Interest Solutions?	Short lecture series in Communication, Technology and the Common Good (within the Strategic Communication Planning course, Social Communication programme) Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
2024/12	Emotions, Media and AI: What the Past Can Teach Us About the Future?	1st Scientific Seminar on Semiotics Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (Bahia, Brasil)
2024/11	Empathy: The Biggest Secret of Successful Communication	General Meeting for the Preliminary Analysis of Final Projects Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (Brasil)
2024/11	Communicating for Everyone Today: The Importance of Emotional Popular Tuning in Communication	General Meeting for the Preliminary Analysis of Final Projects Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (Brasil)
2023/03	The data and conceptual proposal of my PhD thesis (with a focus on emotional gratifications in media)	Brief and informal presentation (at the invitation of Stephen Cave, Director) Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, Reino Unido)
2023	History of Laughter – The Idea and the Research Process of the Book	Several Informal Presentations Portugal, Spain, UK, Brazil
2022/10	The PhD journey: difficulties, tips and ways to overcome constraints	9th Doctoral Conference at the University, ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2022/07	Is laughter really the best medicine?	46th PubhD UMinho 2022 Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2019/10	Laughter in Morning Talk Shows in Portugal: An Analysis	7th Doctoral Conference at the University - ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2018/10	The Role of Laughter in Portuguese Television: An Analysis of Prime-Time Television Programming in Portugal	6th Doctoral Conference at the University - ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/07	The Role of Laughter in Audience Construction: An Analysis of Prime-Time Television and Radio Programming in Portugal	Formal Presentation of PhD Projects - ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/01	Why So Much Laughter? An Exploratory Analysis of the Laughter Phenomenon in Television Programmes	Formal Presentation in Sociology of Media - ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
2017/01	Advertising: Is Humour the Facilitator of the Sexual Message?	Formal Presentation in Social Semiotics - ICS Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Organização de evento

	Nome do evento Tipo de evento (Tipo de participação)	Instituição / Organização
2025/04 - 2025/05	Short lecture series in Communication, Technology and the Common Good (within the Strategic Communication Planning course, Social Communication programme) (2025/04 - 2025/05) Outro (Coorganizador)	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2024/11 - 2024/12	1st Scientific Seminar on Semiotics (2024/11 - 2024/12) Seminário (Coorganizador)	Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brasil

Júri de grau académico

	Tema Tipo de participação	Nome do candidato (Tipo de grau) Instituição / Organização
2023/11/15	Humour and Bioecological Development in Organisations (PhD Project/Thesis Proposal) Arguente principal	Abbadhia Vieira (Doutoramento) Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal

Consultoria / Parecer

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2025/10 - 2025/10	Individual contribution (5,000 words) to the European Commission public consultation on the evaluation of the 2009 Broadcasting Communication (State aid rules for public service broadcasting), under the call “Commission seeks input on evaluation of State aid rules for public service broadcasting”, submitted as a media researcher/expert. The contribution addressed the adaptation of public service principles to the digital ecosystem, focusing on the algorithmic responsibility of social media platforms in promoting the common good/positive peace.	European Commission, Bélgica
2024/12 - 2024/12	Collaboration as a theoretical-scientific advisor on a major theatre production, Praise to Laughter (Elogio do Riso), starring Portuguese actress Maria Rueff, contributing to the public and artistic translation of academic research on the importance of positive emotions in media, society and democracy.	Companhia de Teatro de Almada , Portugal

Curso / Disciplina lecionado

	Disciplina	Curso (Tipo)	Instituição / Organização
2025/04 - 2025/05	Strategic Communication Planning	Social Communication (Bachelor)	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2024/11 - 2024/12	Communication, Media and Image	Advertising and Propaganda (Bachelor)	Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brasil

Entrevista (jornal / revista)

	Descrição da atividade	Jornal / Forum
2026/01	Feature article on positive emotions, health, and well-being. My contribution consisted of contextualising the social role of positive emotions within a broader analytical framework. By Ana Margarida Alves.	Publico (Portugal)
2025/11	Analytical feature on emotional expression and visual culture. My contribution consisted of contextualising the historical regulation of social values and related forms of expression within social norms. By Laurens Bluekens.	Trouw (Netherlands)
2025/06	Long-form feature on positive emotions, health, and well-being. My contribution consisted of contextualising the social role of positive emotions, including their repression over time. By Rosa Ruela.	Visão (Portugal)
2025/05	Opinion article on the social, political, and cultural meanings of laughter in contemporary public life. My contribution (drawing on my book A Cultural History of Laughter, also mentioned in the article) consisted of historically contextualising laughter and analysing its social role in the past and the present. By Jemima Kelly.	Financial Times (United Kingdom)
2025/04	Expert commentary featured in the Mental Health section, drawing on my research on emotional expression, society, and media. By Sofia Teixeira.	Observador (Portugal)
2022/10	Interview discussing my research, with particular emphasis on the role of mass media in social progress and individual freedom. By Ana Henriques.	Sapo (Portugal)
2022/10	Interview about my research, addressing, among other aspects, the role of mass media in shaping and disseminating positive emotions and social values. By Liliana Oliveira.	RUM (Portugal)

Entrevista / Programa (rádio / tv)

	Programa	Tema
2022/10 - 2022/10	RUM (News Segment)	Interview on my research
2022/10 - 2022/10	TSF (News Segment)	Interview on my research

Outro júri / avaliação

	Descrição da atividade	Instituição / Organização
2024/11 - 2024/12	1st Scientific Seminar on Semiotics	Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Brasil

Revisão ad hoc de artigos em revista

	Nome da revista (ISSN)	Editora
2026/01 - Atual	Pragmatics (2406-4238)	International Pragmatics Association
2025/12 - Atual	Frontiers in Sociology (2297-7775)	Frontiers
2025/12 - Atual	Sociologia Online (1647-3337)	Associação Portuguesa de Sociologia (APS)
2025/08 - Atual	Psychology, Health & Medicine (1465-3966)	Routledge
2025/08 - Atual	Journal of Mobile Multimedia (2673-5172)	River Publishers
2025/04 - Atual	SAGE Open (2158-2440)	SAGE
2025/04 - Atual	Social Sciences (2076-0760)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2025/02 - Atual	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (1660-4601)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2025/01 - Atual	Electronics (2079-9292)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2025 - Atual	Behavioral Sciences (2076-328X)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2024 - Atual	Journalism and Media (2673-5172)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2024 - Atual	Sustainability (2071-1050)	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
2024 - Atual	PLoS ONE (1932-6203)	Public Library of Science
2023 - Atual	Observatorio (OBS*) (1646-5954)	OberCom - Observatory of Communication
2022 - 2022	Revista Comunicando (2182-4037)	Sopcom / LabCom

Distinções

Outra distinção

2025	Member of the Commission of Notables for the XXIX Golden Globes (Portugal’s main national media and cultural awards) SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação, Portugal
2023	Inclusion of the book História do Riso (History of Laughter) in the Portuguese National Reading Plan (PNL/Ler+) Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, Portugal
2022	PhD thesis awarded the Highest Distinction Universidade do Minho Departamento de Ciências da Comunicação, Portugal
2013	Merit Student in the 3rd Year of the Undergraduate Degree Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2012	Merit Student in the 2nd Year of the Undergraduate Degree Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal
2011	Merit Student in the 1st Year of the Undergraduate Degree Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Portugal