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Ana Rodrigues holds a degree in Meteorology and Geophysics Oceanography and a master’s degree in Multimedia Communication, both from University of Aveiro. Ana is the Executive Director of the Environmental Economics Knowledge Center (2019-2021; 2023-present). Previously, she worked as a meteorologist and environment consultant (2009-2013) and, as science communicator and outreach officer (2008-2017). She also did research in NLI – Natural Language Interaction for IPTV systems (2018-2019) and integrated the Technology Transfer Office of the University of Aveiro - UACOOPERA (2022) as Science and Technology Manager, where she dealt with University-enterprise cooperation mainly in the area of energy, environment, technology and industrial processes. Ana has several years of experience in project and program management in topics related to environment, environmental economics, communication, science communication, innovation, technology, formal and informal education and knowledge transfer. Ana is curiosity driven and interested in science and technology. Currently, she is especially interested in research in the fields of Environmental Economics, Environmental Literacy, Communication, Sustainability and Research Management.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Rodrigues

Citation names

  • Rodrigues, Ana

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
2D10-9E8F-E623
ORCID iD
0000-0001-9485-1727

Knowledge fields

  • Social Sciences - Media and Communications
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2015 - 2017
Concluded
 Multimedia Communication (Mestrado)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal
2006 - 2013
Concluded
 Meteorology and Geophysics Oceanography (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - 2022 Science management, communication and outreach at Environmental Economics Knowledge Center Universidade Nova de Lisboa Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
2018/01 - 2019/04 Researcher Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte Digimedia, Portugal
2009 - 2017 Outreach officer & Science Communicator Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Comunicação e Arte Digimedia, Portugal
2010 - 2013 Meteorologist at Micro-Climatic Characterization of Baixo Sabor Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Física, Portugal
2009 - 2013 Environmental & Meteorological Consultant Several Institutions: APC, ANA, EDP, ISA, Quantific and UA, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021 - 2024 OceanSchool
PT-INNOVATION-0079-OceanSchool
Project Management and Communication
EEA Grants
Concluded
2021 - 2024 Blueforest | Seaforests for blue carbon - natural capital from nature-based solutions
PT-INNOVATION-0081-Blueforest
Project Management and Communication
EEA Grants
Concluded
2019 - 2022 iRec - Innovation in recycling
06_Call#1_iREC - Inovar a Reciclagem
Project Management and Research
EEA Grants
Ongoing
2018 - 2019 CHIC - Cooperative Holistic View on Internet and Content
Mobilizador – 24498
Research Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2016 - 2017 O Homem em Movimento
48-2014/1975
Research and Outreach
Ciência Viva
Concluded
2014 - 2015 Researchers Night: science@aveiro
H2020-SupportAction-GrantAgreement633219
Outreach and technical development
EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Science with and for Society
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2012 - 2017 Cientistas na Serra
n/a
Science communication and outreach
Câmara Municipal da Pampilhosa
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2016 - 2017 Ciência Viva no Verão em Rede
n/a
Project management and science communication and outreach
Ciência Viva
Concluded
2014 - 2016 Casa da Ciência do Mindelo
n/a
Research and technical development
MESCI - Ministério do Ensino Superior da Ciência e Inovação. Governo de Cabo Verde.
Concluded
2011 - 2012 Casa da Ciência da Praia
n/a
Research and technical development
MESCI - Ministério do Ensino Superior da Ciência e Inovação. Governo de Cabo Verde.
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Pedro Beça; Jorge Abreu; Rita Santos; Ana Rodrigues. "Evaluating the Performance of ASR Systems for TV Interactions in Several Domestic Noise Scenarios". 2019.
    10.1007/978-3-030-23862-9_12
  2. Jorge Abreu; Pedro Almeida; Sílvia Fernandes; Ana Velhinho; Ana Rodrigues. "Content Unification: A Trend Reshaping the iTV Ecosystem". 297-300. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
    10.1007/978-3-319-99426-0_33
Conference paper
  1. Rodrigues, A.; Santos, R.; Abreu, J.; Beça, P.; Almeida, P.; Fernandes, Sí.. "Analyzing the performance of ASR systems: The effects of noise, distance to the device, age and gender". 2019.
    10.1145/3335595.3335635
  2. Abreu, J.; Beça, P.; Santos, R.; Cardoso, B.; Fernandes, S.; Rodrigues, A.. "Voice interaction on TV: Analysis of natural language interaction models". 2018.
    10.1145/3233824.3233853
  3. Rodrigues, Ana. "Dispositivos móveis em museus". Paper presented in InvTur, 2017.
  4. Rodrigues, Ana. "Relação entre a variabilidade climática e a produção de cereja". Paper presented in XXXII Jornadas Científicas de la Asociación Meteorológica Española (2012), 2012.
Conference poster
  1. Rodrigues, Ana. "BICIA.TE - Aplicação mobile para a BUGA". Paper presented in Techdays 2016, 2016.
  2. Rodrigues, Ana. "Características de la tendencia de evapotranspiración anual en la Cuenca del Duero". Paper presented in VIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Climatología (2012), 2012.
Journal article
  1. Santos, Rita; Abreu, Jorge; Beça, Pedro; Rodrigues, Ana; Fernandes, Sílvia. "Voice interaction on TV: analysis of natural language interaction models and recommendations for voice user interfaces". Multimedia Tools and Applications (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-08710-2.
    10.1007/s11042-020-08710-2
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2017 Food:a gateway to science Ecsite Annual Conference 2017 (Porto)
(Portugal)
2017 The chemistry of cake Science is Wonder-full!, Noite Europeia dos Investigadores Science is Wonder-fu!l, Noite Europeia dos Investigadores
(Belgium)
2016 Science Show Física Viva La Nuit de la Science - Science-me
(Switzerland)
2015 Cordão Dunar e Reserva das Dunas de São Jacinto III Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa III Congresso Internacional de Educação Ambiental dos Países e Comunidades de Língua Portuguesa
(Portugal)
2015 Science Show Física Viva - A Educação à Luz da Literatura, da Arte e da Ciência! A Educação à Luz da Literatura, da Arte e da Ciência
(Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2017 - 2017 2017 Ecsite Conference (2017 - 2017)
Conference
 Ciência Viva, Portugal

Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2015 - 2015 European Researchers Night in Aveiro European Researchers’ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. They showcase the diversity of research and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives. The aim is also to motivate young people to embark on research careers. The events promote how researchers contribute to our society by displaying their work in an interactive and engaging forum. (2015 - 2015)
Festival
 Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva of Aveiro and LOBA (Globaz SA), Portugal
2014 - 2014 11th International Conference on Hands-on Science (2014 - 2014)
Conference
 Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2014 - 2014 European Researchers Night in Aveiro European Researchers¿ Nights are public events dedicated to bringing researchers closer to the public. They showcase the diversity of research and highlight the impact of research on our daily lives. The aim is also to motivate young people to embark on research careers. The events promote how researchers contribute to our society by displaying their work in an interactive and engaging forum. (2014 - 2014)
Festival
 Fábrica Centro Ciência Viva of Aveiro and LOBA (Globaz SA), Portugal

Consulting

Activity description Institution / Organization
2020 - 2021 Analysis of the blue economy in the municipality of Cascais Câmara Municipal de Cascais, Portugal
Distinctions

Award

2017 Laboração Contínua: Comunicar Ciência através da imprensa escrita: 1º Prize on the modality “Trabajos de Divulgación Científica.” Ciencia en Acción, Ermua e Eibar, Spain (2017)
2016 Science show “Física Viva”: 1º Prize on the First edition of the European science show competition “Science Me!”, Geneva, Switzerland