The media and the other cultural and creative industries have, in their essence, creativity (individual talent), innovation (the ability to generate economic or social value), and technology (present in almost the entire cultural cycle).
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in turn, recognizes the role of creativity and innovation in all dimensions of sustainability.
We are a transdisciplinary team, bringing together researchers, students, and industry professionals, driven by the premises of open science and innovation. We identify competencies, environments, and other conditions that enhance sustainable innovation and creativity, but also the obstacles to their realization, in several lines of research and intervention.
Analyze the role of innovation in the development of Portuguese CCIs
Contribute to national and international research lines
Generate annual indicators for the academic community and civil society
Helping CCI professionals maximize the potential for innovation and creativity
Working with the academic, professional and civilian community, in a logic of open science and innovation
Supporting PhD students in developing their research in these fields
Develop a database of resources related to innovation in CCIs
To be an observatory of international best practices
Stimulate science communication and promote actions and knowledge sharing platform
Identify obstacles to innovation and contribute to their realization
Promote research and artistic practice in the field of innovation, through residencies and training in methodologies
Promote an annual conference on media innovation
Collaborate with international networks
Gather annually cases of innovation in the Portuguese media and other occasional CCI
Promote debate on cultural and creative literacy
Promote studies within the scope of ICC hearings
Ensure interdisciplinarity, interaction and inclusion
With our research and intervention we propose to achieve eight of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals defined by the 2030 Agenda. We believe that this is only possible with an integrative vision of the social sciences, the arts, technologies and engineering, and the humanities.
Underpinned by 18 commitments, we want to have, above all, a positive impact on the academic community, on professionals in the media and other cultural and creative industries (ICC), and on civil society.
Explore our agenda in the image.
Sharing is the basis of knowledge. We regularly update our database with both Obi.Media developed publications and international resources.
We work in articulation with business, government and civil society in the scope of our research and intervention. We prepare national and international applications in partnership, develop observation and impact studies, information actions, among other services and collaborations.
Areas of innovation, communication, knowledge dissemination and use of formats and media
Collaboration in the areas of our intervention
Observation, impact analysis, and other studies involving specific methodologies
Tailor-made, in-person or e-learning
