António Alberto Castro Baía Reis (1F1F-0F3A-C4EB)

Curriculum Vitae

António Alberto Castro Baía Reis

António Baía Reis is an interdisciplinary university professor, researcher, and artist with a steadfast passion for extended reality (XR) and interactive media, and their immense potential to engage with society at large. His academic background includes a BA in International Relations, a Professional Acting Diploma, an MA in Communication Sciences, and a practice-based Ph.D. in Digital Media. António completed his Ph.D. in collaboration with the University of Porto and Stanford University, focusing on XR and creative processes. At the university, António leads advanced learning programs and research in digital media, XR, web3, arts, communication, and more. With a diverse artistic background that encompasses professional acting, music, and multimedia art, he has developed a creative portfolio over 10 years, blending digital media, VR, performance, music, film, and art installations. António frequently supervises arts and cultural productions that incorporate state-of-the-art XR technologies. With previous experience in digital media, as well as the arts and cultural industry, including executive-level roles, and having collaborated with multidisciplinary teams and brands like Loewe, Vodafone, Nvidia, and MasterChef, António regularly serves as a senior consultant, instructor, and keynote speaker, assisting organizations in developing innovative digital strategies. Currently, António is an Invited Assistant Professor at both Universidad Complutense de Madrid and NOVA University of Lisbon, where he teaches postgraduate courses in digital and emerging media. He also leads research on emerging media and communication at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid. As the Course Director for the "Live Performance in the Metaverse" masterclass at MIAT in Milan, António guides students in designing live performances using VR and other technologies. Additionally, he is the founder, stage director, and VR actor of La Cuarta Pared VR, a trailblazing virtual reality theater collective. Among his recent accomplishments is receiving a Seal of Excellence from the MSCA Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2021 for his project aimed at enhancing science communication through immersive media arts. As a published author and the Editor-in-Chief of Cinema & Territory, as well as a member of the editorial board of Media Practice and Education (Q1 journal), António contributes to scholarly discourse.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: António Alberto Castro Baía Reis

Citation names

Baía Reis, António

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 1F1F-0F3A-C4EB
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7451-1725
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-ELDVhoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Scopus Author Id: 57204113106

Email addresses

antoniocastrobaiareis@gmail.com (Professional)
antoniocastrobaiareis@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

Social Sciences - Media and Communications
Humanities - Arts
Social Sciences - Educational Sciences
Engineering and Technology - Other Engineering and Technologies - Other Engineering and Technologies

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Italian	Intermediate (B1)	Advanced (C1)	Intermediate (B1)	Intermediate (B1)
Chinese	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2016 - 2021 Concluded	Digital Media (Doutoramento) Universidade do Porto, Portugal "Immersive media, social change, and creativity: A framework for designing collaborative 360° video productions " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2018 - 2018 Concluded	Art and Aesthetics of Digital Narrative Cinema, with Lalitha Gopalan (Outros) University of Texas at Austin + iNOVA Media Lab, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Google tools for journalists (Outros) University of Texas at Austin, United States
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Intro to immersive journalism: virtual reality and 360 video, with Robert Hernandez (Outros) University of Texas at Austin, United States
2017 - 2017 Concluded	Open in a time of closure - Digital Media (Curso médio) University of Texas at Austin + Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
2017 - 2017 Attended	Multimedia in the performing arts (Outros) Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Cinematic virtual reality course (Curso médio) Udemy, Inc., United States
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Immersia TV training: stitching and production tools for 360-degree video content (Outros) The i2CAT Foundation (Barcelona) + Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Tragedy on stage (Outros) Universidad de Murcia, Spain
2016 - 2016 Concluded	Documentary filmmaking, with Nancy Schiesari (Outros) University of Texas at Austin + Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute, Portugal
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Exploring filmmaking, from script to screen (Curso médio) National Film and Television School, United Kingdom
2015 - 2015 Concluded	Shakespeare and his world (Curso médio) University of Warwick, United Kingdom
2013 - 2015 Concluded	Mestrado em Ciências da Comunicação (Mestrado) Major in Cultura, Património e Ciência Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal "A Crítica de Teatro em Portugal: Passado, Presente e Futuro [Theatre Criticism in Portugal: Past, Present and Future]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	18 (out of 20); Grade A on the European Grading Sc
2012 - 2014 Concluded	Acting Diploma (Outros) Academia Contemporânea do Espectáculo , Portugal
2012 - 2012 Concluded	Business Internationalization Course (Outros) Associação Empresarial de Portugal; INGAFOR - Escuela de Negocios, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Concluded	Teaching Skills Diploma (Outros) Instituto das Artes e Ciências do Porto, Portugal
2011 - 2011 Attended	Oriental Languages and Culture (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2006 - 2011 Concluded	International Relations (Licenciatura) Universidade do Minho, Portugal	12
2005 - 2006 Concluded	Modern Chinese Language Course (Outros) Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Affiliation

Science

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/01/01 - Current	Researcher (Research)	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

2021 - Current	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Universität Passau, Germany
	Future Media CoLab at U.Passau, Germany
2021 - Current	Coordinating Researcher (Research)	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
	Cinema & Territory scientific journal , Portugal
2016 - 2021	Researcher (Research)	Universidade do Porto - UT Austin\|Portugal Digital Media Doctoral Program, Portugal

2018 - 2019	Visiting Researcher (Research)	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021 - Current	Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universität Passau, Germany

2021 - 2021	Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

2017 - 2020	Invited Assistant (University Teacher)	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

2019 - 2019	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universiteti Europian i Tiranes, Albania
	Faculty of Humanities, Education and Liberal Arts , Albania
2018 - 2018	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Universität Passau, Germany

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/01 - Current	Head of Research, Development and Innovation	Asterius, Spain

2021 - Current	Reviewer	Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom

2020 - Current	Researcher and media artist	AGENCY VR MediaLab Prado, Spain

2019 - Current	Invited researcher and media artist	Universidade da Madeira, Portugal
	Experimental Laboratory of Intermedia Art, Portugal
2020 - 2021	Collaborator	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal

2020 - 2020	Creative consultant - Cyber-Physical Production Systems 101	European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Hungary
	Universidade do Porto Centro de Investigação em Sistemas e Tecnologias, Portugal
2018 - 2019	Reviewer	SAGE Publishing, United States

2010 - 2018	Jazz pianist	Galeria de Paris, Portugal

2013 - 2015	Graduate Research Fellow	Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal

2014 - 2014	Communications and External Relations	Teatro Nacional São João [São João National Theatre], Portugal

2013 - 2014	Head of Communications	Porto Paralelo, Portugal

2013 - 2013	Public Relations	Adriano Ramos Pinto S.A., Portugal

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter	Baía Reis, António. "Desvendando a paisagem um estudo exploratório sobre vídeo 360, criatividade, literacia digital e mudança social". 2020. Published
Conference abstract	Baía Reis, António. "Immersive Journalism: A theoretical and conceptual framework". Paper presented in Future of Journalism 2017 – Journalism in a Post-Truth Age?, Cardiff, 2017. Published Baía Reis, António. "Immersive journalism and audiences: immersion, presence, and emotion in the construction of the concept of immersive media audience". Paper presented in SOPCOM – 10th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences, Viseu, 2017. Published Baía Reis, António. "The Whereabouts of Theatre Criticism". Paper presented in IJUP – 9.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto [9th Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto], Porto, 2016. Published Baía Reis, António. "Activism 'as if you were there': Virtual reality journalism concepts, uses, opportunities and limits towards a new form of activist media practice". Paper presented in European Sociological Association (ESA) - Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research Mid-Term Conference: Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism Critical Perspectives on Media, Culture and Society, Lisboa, 2016. Published Baía Reis, António. "Theatre Criticism and Theatre Critics: Obliteration or Rising Phoenix?". Paper presented in I International Conference of Young Researchers on Theatre Studies, Murcia, 2016. Published
Conference paper	Baía Reis, António. "Immersive journalism, audiences and emotion. Towards a definition of immersive media audience". Paper presented in ECREA Journalism Studies Section Conference 2017 – Changing Audiences, Changing Journalism. Centre for Journalism – University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 2017. Published Baía Reis, António. "Theatre criticism in Portugal: historical paths and current dynamics". Paper presented in XV Congreso da Asociación de Historiadores de la Comunicación 2017 - Comunicación y Espectáculo, Porto, 2017. Published Baía Reis, António; Nuno Moutinho. "A crítica de teatro como subgénero do jornalismo cultural: Visão histórica da crítica de teatro na Europa e em Portugal e a sua relação com fenómenos sociais e a história da imprensa [Theatre criticism as a cultural journalism subgenre: An historical overview of theatre criticism in Europe and Portugal and its relation with social phenomena and press history]". Paper presented in 9.º Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação [9th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences], Coimbra, 2015. Published
Journal article	Baía Reis, António. "Unraveling the Landscape: a 360° workshop". EASST Review 39 1 (2020): https://easst.net/article/unraveling-the-landscape-a-360-workshop/. Open access • Published Baía Reis, António; Reis, António; Baía Reis, António. "Is Portuguese theatre criticism still relevant?". Sinais de Cena 2 3 (2018): 69-87. https://www.orfeunegro.org/products/sinais-de-cena-2018-revista-de-estudos-de-teatro-e-artes-performativas. Published Baía Reis, António; Coelho, António Fernando Vasconcelos Cunha. "Virtual Reality and Journalism: a gateway to conceptualizing immersive journalism". Digital Journalism 6 8 (2018): 1090-1100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1502046. Published • 10.1080/21670811.2018.1502046 Baía Reis, António; António Alberto Castro Baía Reis. "Conceptualizing Mediatization: Is Have Your Say a Kind of Transnational Public Sphere for Public Deliberation?". Mediatization Studies 1 (2017): 25-29. http://journals.umcs.pl/ms/article/view/4634/pdf. Published • 10.17951/ms/2017.1.1.23 Baía Reis, António; Reis, António; Baía Reis, António. "Mundos virtuais e jornalismo imersivo: uma resenha histórica e conceptual [Virtual Worlds and Immersive Journalism: An historical and conceptual overview]". 3.º Encontro do GT Jornalismo e Sociedade da SOPCOM [3rd Journalism and Society Work Group Meeting - SOPCOM (Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)] 1 6 (2016): 100-112. http://www.revistaej.sopcom.pt/ficheiros/20161231-ej6_v1_2016.pdf. Published Reis, António; Baía Reis, António; Baía Reis, António. "Systematic Combining: Uma Abordagem Metodológica Abdutiva para o Estudo da Crítica de Teatro em Portugal [Systematic Combining: A methodological abductive approach for the study of theatre criticism in Portugal]". Revista Comunicando 5 1 (2016): 66-85. http://www.revistacomunicando.sopcom.pt/ficheiros/20160706-artigo4.pdf. Published
Thesis / Dissertation	Baía Reis, António. "Immersive media, social change, and creativity: a framework for designing collaborative 360º video productions". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2021. https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/PUB_GERAL.PUB_VIEW?pi_pub_base_id=441799. Faculdade de Letras. "A crítica de Teatro em Portugal: Passado, Presente e Futuro". Master, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/81413.

Artistic / Performance

Artistic performance	2020. Uma escultura deixada ao esquecimento [A sculpture left to oblivion] (Performative installation). Madeira, Portugal. 2018. Dados (movie acting). 2017. Sensis (media art installation). Semibreve Festival 2017. 2017. O Portugal Futuro (Performance poetry). 2015. 2 AM (movie acting).
Musical composition	Baía Reis, António. A garden on an island. 2019. Baía Reis, António. Variation on Acordai by Lopes-Graça. 2019. Baía Reis, António. Note on futurism. 2018. Baía Reis, António. Remembrance - Chapter I. 2017. Baía Reis, António. Remembrance - Chapter II. 2017. Baía Reis, António. On Sakamoto. 2016. Baía Reis, António. Dois de um (film soundtrack). 2015.
Musical performance	Bits of Jazz. 2015. Instrumentalist Song bie. 2009. Tenor
Theatre play	2015. An unexpected oasis. 2015. Histórias Mínimas. 2014. Carnevaliamo. 2014. Projeto K..
Visual artwork	Baía Reis, António. Badedammen (360º, VR documentary film - 2020). Baía Reis, António. Rendimento Diário - Uma escultura deixada ao esquecimento [Daily Income - A sculpture left to oblivion] (360º, VR documentary film - 2018). Baía Reis, António. Essência [Essence] (360º, VR documentary film - 2019). Baía Reis, António. Schnauzer die bewegen [Moving moustaches] (360º, VR documentary film - 2020). Baía Reis, António. Bailinha - O Mestre Calafate [Bailinha - The Master Boat Builder] (360º, VR documentary film - 2018). Baía Reis, António. Não vejas o mundo a preto e branco [Don't see the world in black and white] (360º, VR documentary film - 2017). Baía Reis, António. Plax (360º, VR documentary film - 2017). Baía Reis, António. What about now Minsky? (Video art, 2020). Baía Reis, António. Emovere (Performative video art - 2015). Baía Reis, António; Francisco Modesto. Apollon est Nadir Nadir est Apollon (Experimental video art - 2020).

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2019	Immersive Journalism, storytelling and ethics	Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim, Norway)
2019	The Kids of the Cardboard Boxes are Back on Top Again”: Leveraging Immersive Media for Social Change	IAMCR 2019 – International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference 2019 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2019	Immersive Journalism: Getting inside the story	European University of Tirana (Tirana, Albania)
2019	Immersive Journalism and Emotion	Future of Journalism 2019 Cardiff University (Cardiff, United Kingdom)
2018	Immersive journalism as a mean to social and cultural awareness: a 360-degree video documentary approach to António Rodrigues’s art piece “Rendimento Diário"	Immersive journalism as a mean to social and cultural awareness: a 360-degree video documentary approach to António Rodrigues’s art piece “Rendimento Diário" Art & Design Department, The University of Madeira (Funchal, Portugal)
2018	Immersive Journalism and Empathy: The Next Frontier in Social and Cultural Awareness?	ECREA 2018 – European Communication and Research Education Association Conference Università della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano, Switzerland)
2018	Immersive Journalism: Theories and Practices	Guest Lecture University of Passau (Passau, Germany)
2018	Immersive Journalism: Theories and Practices	First Network Meeting of the BayWISS joint program on Communication and Media Universität Der Bundeswehr München (Munique, Germany)
2017	Humor, Média e Crítica Social [Humor, Media and Social Critique]	Aula Aberta [Open Class] Universidade do Minho [University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2016	The Whereabouts of Theatre Criticism	IJUP 2016 – 9.º Encontro de Investigação Jovem da Universidade do Porto [9th Meeting of Young Researchers at University of Porto] Universidade do Porto [University of Porto] (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Systematic Combining: Uma Abordagem Metodológica Abdutiva para o Estudo da Crítica de Teatro em Portugal [Systematic Combining: A Methodological Abductive Approach for the Study of Theatre Criticism in Portugal]	3.º Encontro de Jovens Investigadores de Ciências da Comunicação [3rd Meeting of Young Researchers in Communication Sciences] Grupo de Trabalho de Jovens Investigadores da SOPCOM - Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação [Young Researchers Work Group, SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences] (Braga, Portugal)
2016	Specialized Training Seminar – Public Speaking and Communication Skills, FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto]	DEI \| FEUP - Departamento de Engenharia Informática da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [Informatics Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto] (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Specialized Training Seminar – Public Speaking and Communication Concepts and Techniques, FBAUP - Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto [The Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto]	Comissão Científica de Design de Comunicação da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto [Communication Design Scientific Committee - Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto] (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Jornalismo e realidade virtual: Uma visão teórico-conceptual do jornalismo imersivo [Journalism and virtual reality: A theoretical and conceptual overview on immersive journalism]	V Jornadas Doutorais em Comunicação e Estudos Culturais [5th Doctoral Seminar in Communication and Cultural Studies] Universidade do Minho [University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2016	Mundos Virtuais e Jornalismo Imersivo: uma resenha histórica e conceptual [Virtual Worlds and Immersive Journalism: An historical and conceptual overview]	3.º Encontro do GT de Jornalismo e Sociedade da SOPCOM [3rd Journalism and Society Work Group Meeting - SOPCOM] GT de Jornalismo e Sociedade da SOPCOM (Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação [Journalism and Society Work Group - SOPMCOM (Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)] (Porto, Portugal)
2016	Activism `as if you were there´: Virtual reality journalism concepts, uses, opportunities and limits towards a new form of activist media practice	European Sociological Association (ESA) - Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research Mid-Term Conference: Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism Critical Perspectives on Media, Culture and Society European Sociological Association (ESA) - Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research (Lisboa, Portugal)
2016	Theatre Criticism and Theatre Critics: Obliteration or Rising Phoenix?	I International Conference of Young Researchers on Theatre Studies Universidad de Murcia [University of Murcia] (Murcia, Spain)
2016	Realidade Virtual e Preconceito: O Jornalismo Imersivo enquanto dispositivo de Consciencialização Social e Cultural [Virtual Reality and Prejudice: Immersive Journalism as a means for Social and Cultural Awareness]	Congresso de Cibercultura: Circum-navegações em redes transculturais de conhecimento, arquivos e pensamento [Cyberculture Conference: Thought, archives and knowledge transcultural networks circumnavigations Universidade do Minho [University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2016	A história da crítica de teatro em Portugal: do folhetinismo oitocentista de Francisco Bernardo Lima ao copy paste de comunicados de imprensa [Theatre criticism history in Portugal: From Francisco Bernardo Lima’s eighteenth century feuilletonism to copy-pasted press releases]	I Seminário de História da Comunicação [I Communication History Seminar] Universidade do Minho [University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2015	A crítica de teatro como subgénero do jornalismo cultural: Visão histórica da crítica de teatro na Europa e em Portugal e a sua relação com fenómenos sociais e a história da imprensa [Theatre criticism as a cultural journalism subgenre: An historical overview of theatre criticism in Europe and Portugal and its relation with social phenomena and press history]	9.º Congresso da Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação [9th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences] SOPCOM - Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação [Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences] (Coimbra, Portugal)
2015	Specialized Training Seminar – Public Speaking and Communication Skills, FEUP - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto]	DEI \| FEUP - Departamento de Engenharia Informática da Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto [Informatics Engineering Department at the Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto] (Porto, Portugal)
2014	O Caso Porto Paralelo: Reabilitar o Comércio Tradicional [Porto Paralelo – Case Study: Enhancing the Traditional Trade]	Seminário de Marketing e Publicidade [Advertising and Marketing Seminar] ISCET - Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e do Turismo [Higher Institute for Commercial Science and Tourism] (Porto, Portugal)
2010	República Popular da China – Conselho de Segurança e Comité dos Direitos Humanos [People's Republic of China – Security Council and Human Rights Committee]	Sim-ONU - Simulação da Organização das Nações Unidas [Sim-ONU - United Nations Organization Simulation] CECRI - Centro de Estudos do Curso de Relações Internacionais, Universidade do Minho [International Relations Course Studies Centre, University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2010	As Particularidades da Aprendizagem da Língua Chinesa Moderna [The Specificities of Learning Modern Chinese Language], Associação Nacional para o Estudo e Intervenção na Sobredotação [National Association for the Gifted]	Associação Nacional para o Estudo e Intervenção na Sobredotação [National Association for the Gifted] (Braga, Portugal)
2009	República Popular e Democrática do Laos – Conselho de Segurança [Lao People's Democratic Republic – Security Council]	Sim-ONU - Simulação da Organização das Nações Unidas [Sim-ONU - United Nations Organization Simulation] CECRI - Centro de Estudos do Curso de Relações Internacionais, Universidade do Minho [International Relations Course Studies Centre, University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)
2008	República Popular e Democrática do Laos – Banco Mundial e Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento [Lao People's Democratic Republic – World Bank and United Nations Development Program]	Sim-ONU - Simulação da Organização das Nações Unidas [Sim-ONU - United Nations Organization Simulation] CECRI - Centro de Estudos do Curso de Relações Internacionais, Universidade do Minho [International Relations Course Studies Centre, University of Minho] (Braga, Portugal)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	An Education 4.0 Methodology Proposal for Teaching Smart Manufacturing to High School Students Co-supervisor	Multimédia (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - Current	Multimedia Journalism, Interactivity and Narrative Co-supervisor	Multimédia (Master) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019 - 2019	CommunicationandImage@DEI Supervisor	Multimedia Individual Research Fellowship (Other) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Association member

	Society Organization name	Role
2018 - Current	EASST - European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
Current	SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences
Current	IAMCR / ESN - International Association for Media and Communication Research / Emerging Scholars Network
Current	MeCCSA - Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Current	IFTR - The International Federation for Theatre Research
Current	TaPRA - The Theatre & Performance Research Association
Current	Communication Sciences Young Researchers Work Group (SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)
Current	Cyberculture Work Group (SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)
Current	ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Current	Intercultural Communication Work Group (SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences).

Consulting

	Activity description	Institution / Organization
2020 - Current	Scientific consultant within the project 'Shaping4youth', a European project focused on raising awareness of young European students to shape the future of manufacturing.	European Institute of Innovation & Technology Manufacturing, France
2020 - 2020	Creative consultant within the project 'Cyber-Physical Production Systems 101', a European project focused on innovation in education in the field of engineering and technology	European Institute of Innovation & Technology Manufacturing, France

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

	Activity description	Newspaper / Forum
2019/11/14	'Rendimento à espera' - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias
2019/05/03	"Realizador do documentário Bailinha - O Mestre Calafate dedica trabalho 'à paixão pela arte e ao talento deste homem'" - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias
2019/05/01	'Documentário em RV evoca mestre calafate Bailinha' - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias
2018/06/20	'Meninos das caixinhas voltam a tema de conversa' - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias
2018/05/15	'Câmara desocupa oficina do Baillinha' - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias
2018/05/12	'Rigo 23 nas Malvinas com novo projecto' - article related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.	Diário de Notícias

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2020 - 2020	RTP - Casa das Artes	Artivism and social change
2019 - 2019	Porto Canal - Mentes que brilham	Immersive media and social change
2018 - 2018	RTP - Telejornal	Immersive media, social change and public art
2018 - 2018	Antena 1 - Jornal da Cultura	Interview related to practice-based research done within the Ph.D. research project on immersive media, social change, and creativity.

Distinctions

Award

2019	EASST 2019 Fund Award - Award for “Unraveling the Landscape: a 360-degree video workshop”
2019	FLAD Luso-American Development Foundation PAPERS@USA 2019 Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal

Other distinction

2016	“Most Distinguished Young Researcher” - Communication Sciences Young Researchers Work Group SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences (Portugal), Portugal
2014	Porto Paralelo’s nomination for the category “Digital Communities” of “Prix Ars Electronica 2014"; International Festival for Art, Technology and Society. (António Baía Reis was Head of Communications at Porto Paralelo) Ars Electronica (Germany), Portugal
2014	Porto Paralelo's political acknowledgement; The Portuguese Parliament. Open letter from Maria da Assunção A. Esteves Portuguese Parliament President (Lisboa), Portugal
2010	“Most Distinguished Speaker” at the SimONU (United Nations Organization Simulation) University of Minho (Braga), Portugal
2009	Portuguese Representative at the 2009 Confucius Institutes Annual Talent Show Cast in Beijing (Participation in the television program “Let me understand your language” channel CCTV 9) Confucius Institute, University of Minho (China), Portugal