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Scopus Author ID: 8271087400
ResearcherID: C-9716-2009
Ciência ID: D419-A8C0-87C8

Keywords

engagement, games, narrative, creativity

Countries

Portugal

Biography

Nelson Zagalo is a Professor and Researcher at the University of Aveiro and Scientific Coordinator of DigiMedia - Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre. He founded the Portuguese Society for Video Game Sciences and the Journal of Digital Media & Interaction. He has been a technological and scientific consultant for companies, European and national funding programmes and the accreditation of higher education courses. He has published over a hundred and a half peer-reviewed articles in journals, books and conferences around the world. He wrote the books "Interactive Emotions" (2009), "Video Games in Portugal" (2013), and "Engagement Design" (2020).

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Employment (3)

University of Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2023-09-01 to present | Full Professor
Employment
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Nelson Zagalo

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2017-09 to 2022-02 | Associate Professor (Communication and Art)
Employment
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Nelson Zagalo

Universidade do Minho: Braga, PT

2007-07-18 to 2017-08-31 | Assistant Professor (Communication Sciences)
Employment
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Nelson Zagalo

Education and qualifications (2)

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2022-02 to 2022-02 | Habilitation (Communication and Art)
Qualification
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Nelson Zagalo

Universidade de Aveiro: Aveiro, PT

2002-02-01 to 2007-07-16 | PhD Communication Technologies (Communication and Arts)
Education
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Nelson Zagalo

Funding (23)

Descentralizar Portugal com Blockchain

2023-01 to 2025-12 | Contract
PRR (Lisbon, PT)
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

Agenda Acelerar e Transformar o Turismo

2022-12 to 2025-12 | Contract
PRR (Lisbon, PT)
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

YO-MEDIA: Youngsters’ Media Literacy in Times of Crisis Portuguese Press Editors and Publishers

2022-12 to 2024-05 | Contract
European Media and Information Fund (Lisbon, PT)
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing

2022-09 to 2025-09 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

SENSINGHOME – Consortium Illiance High Performing Energy

2022-07 to 2025-12 | Contract
PRR (Lisbon, PT)
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

Digital Media and Interaction Research Center

2020-01 to 2023-12 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UIDP/05460/2020
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Digital Media and Interaction Research Center

2020-01 to 2023-12 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

UIDB/05460/2020
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

FlavourGame – Participate and Change, Playing with textures and flavours

2019-07 to 2022-06 | Contract
FCT – Portuguese Foundation for the Science and the Technology (N/A, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031024
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

6.849,32 New Scientific Journal Articles Everyday: Visualize or Perish!

2018-07 to 2022-07 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/COM-INF/28284/2017
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

playfuL cOnneCted rUral territorieS - the Internet of Things in the intergenerational creative production of cultural georeferenced contents

2018-07 to 2022-06 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/COM-CSS/29228/2017
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Learn 21: Game-based m-learning for children in kindergarten

2017-10 to 2018-10 | Grant
Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-009828
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

Development of interactive books through smart and functional materials

2016-06 to 2018-06 | Contract
Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/EEI-SII/5582/2014

GRANT_NUMBER:

FCT PTDC/EEI-SII/5582/2014
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Bridging Book - Traditional books for the new generation,

2014-10 to 2016-09 | Contract
Hung Hing Printing (Hong Kong, CN)
GRANT_NUMBER:

EL-HHP-2014
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

SIMPE - Superfícies Interactivas Multitoque baseadas em Polímeros Electroactivos

2014-01 to 2016-08 | Grant
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

QREN-ADI- 23122
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

Produção de Vídeos Regionais

2013-01 to 2013-10 | Contract
Comunidade Intermunicipal do Ave (Braga, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CIM/CECS/04/2013
Source: Self-asserted source
Nelson Zagalo

From Games to Mobile-Learning Interactive Activities

2012-12 to 2015-11 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 118337
GRANT_NUMBER: 118337
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/CPE-CED/118337/2010
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
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Juxtapositioned reflective performance enabling science and technology learning

2012-10 to 2015-09 | Contract
European Commission (Brussel, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

FP7-ICT-2011-8 CP-FP-INFSO
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

EngageBook: touch, read and play

2012-04-01 to 2015-01-31 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 119030
GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 119030
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Nelson Zagalo via DimensionsWizard
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Developing the next generation of hybrid learning materials

2011-01-01 to 2014-06-30 | Contract
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisboa, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 110417
GRANT_NUMBER:

FCT PTDC/CPE-CED/110417/2009

GRANT_NUMBER: 110417
GRANT_NUMBER:

PTDC/CPE-CED/110417/2009
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CIÊNCIAVITAE
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Processing Social Signals in Human-Computer Interaction

2010-04-01 to 2013-04-30 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 98634
GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 98634
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Nelson Zagalo via DimensionsWizard
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VirtualActor - Development of a software framework for animating 3D virtual characters, employing partially autonomous virtual actors

2008-01-01 to 2010-10-31 | Grant
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Lisbon, PT)
GRANT_NUMBER: 69236
GRANT_NUMBER: Provided by PTCRIS: 69236
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Nelson Zagalo via DimensionsWizard
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Development of a sketch-based instructional laboratory for Digital Arts and Computer Graphics

2007-01 to 2008-12 | Contract
Hewlett Packard (USA) (N/A, US)
GRANT_NUMBER:

HP Teaching Tech 2007
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

INSCAPE - Interactive Storytelling for Creative People

2004-09 to 2008-08 | Contract
European Commission (Brussel, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

FP6 - IST - IP - 0041500
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CIÊNCIAVITAE

Peer review (31 reviews for 15 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACM transactions on computer-human interaction. (1)
Review activity for Applied sciences. (4)
Review activity for Communication papers. (1)
Review activity for Complex adaptive systems modeling. (1)
Review activity for Computational cognitive science. (1)
Review activity for Cyberpsychology. (1)
Review activity for Ekphrasis. (1)
Review activity for European journal of communication (1)
Review activity for IGI Global Book Chapter Peer Reviews (3)
Review activity for International journal of child-computer interaction. (1)
Review activity for International journal of creative interfaces and computer graphics. (9)
Review activity for Journal of computing in higher education. (4)
Review activity for Loading ... (1)
Review activity for Multimedia tools and applications. (1)
Review activity for Organised sound. (1)
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