Creating a UNESCO Chair for Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship improves ESCS’ relationship with the community, the city and its different institutions, and increases the visibility of both the School and IPL. The mission of the Chair will exemplify ESCS perspectives on communication, media literacy and citizenship through the involvement of teaching staff, researchers and students in project and society development.
Community
More action for a better understanding
Projects
Books serve as a springboard for reflection on reading and the world, connecting the discussion with pressing issues of our time.
The Eco-Schools Council, created in 2019/2020, seeks to raise awareness and educate the ESCS community about more sustainable practices, in academic life and beyond.
Other Initiatives
Documentary screening “A Leitora” [“The Reader”]
Date: 6th November 2025
Place: Carlos Paredes Auditorium (Benfica)
Citizenship Week “Será que Sei?” [“Do I Know?”]
Date: 25th September to 3rd October 2025
Place: IPL Benfica Campus
Commemorative session for International Literacy Day
Date: 8th September 2025
Place: Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa
ATL Playing and Learning at IPL: “As palavras também brincam” [“Words also play”]
Date: 3rd September 2025
Place: IPL
Workshop “Media Literacy: Looking beyond the screen”
Date: 23rd July 2025 and 4th August 2025
Place: Polytechnic University of Lisbon and Polytechnic of Santarém
Book launch “Proceedings of the 6th Congress Literacy, Media and Citizenship: Digital Transition and Public Policies”
Date: 29th May 2025
Place: Palácio Baldaya, Benfica (Lisbon)
Book launch “World Reading Academy: Journalism, Communication and Me”
Date: 4th April 2025
Place: ESCS
II Bootcamp on Sustainability and Circular Economy “Planet ESCS: A journey to the circular economy”
Date: 27th February 2025
Place: ESCS
Documentary “Meat – The Unsustainable Footprint”, by Hugo Almeida
Date: 26th February 2025
Place: ESCS
