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On 22 October, Fernanda Bonacho, chairholder of the UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-UPL/LIACOM), participated as a keynote speaker at the conference “Future-Ready Teachers for Future-Ready Learners”, held in Brussels. In her presentation, the researcher emphasised the urgency of recognising that media literacy is no longer merely an addition to […]

The U!REKA community is launching U!READ, the book club of our European university alliance, with a session dedicated to the values that guide our work: inclusion, co-creation and boldness. The first meeting will take place online on Thursday, October 29, at 5 p.m. (Lisbon time) – see also on U!REKA’s events page. For this moment, […]

The UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-UPL/LIACOM) is taking part in the ORBICOM Annual Conference, a leading international gathering of UNESCO Chairs dedicated to communication. The event takes place from 26 to 30 October in Montreal, Canada. Under the theme “Media, Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: Communicational imaginaries in a fragmented […]

Every year, from 24 to 31 October, UNESCO celebrates the Global Media and Information Literacy Week (Global MIL Week), an initiative that seeks to mobilise social actors around the world to raise awareness to the importance of media and information literacy, broaden countries’ engagement and celebrate the progress made in this field. This year, the […]

Two workshops, around 40 ESCS students, a mural in Lisbon and communication campaigns to combat climate misinformation. The InfoClima – Youth in Action Against Climate Disinformation project has now come to an end, bringing together online the results of the work carried out throughout 2026. The project was promoted by ZERO – Associação Sistema Terrestre […]

The UNESCO Chair of Communication, Media and Information Literacy and Citizenship (ESCS-UPL/LIACOM), Fernanda Bonacho, was a guest speaker on 2 October at the “Sente Espanto – Fórum de Educação de Viana do Castelo” (“Feel Wonder – Viana do Castelo Education Forum”), organised by the Viana do Castelo city council. As part of the conferences dedicated […]