Dora Santos Silva is a lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH), in the Department of Communication Sciences, and a researcher at ICNOVA - NOVA's Communication Institute.

She has a degree in Communication Sciences, a master's degree in Contemporary Culture and New Technologies (both from NOVA FCSH) and a PhD in Digital Media from the UT Austin | Portugal international program.

She coordinates the Postgraduate Program in Cultural Communication and Creative Industries, the Master's Degree in Journalism and Obi.Media - Media Innovation Observatory, which she founded in 2021.

Dora Santos Silva

Basic information

Name
Dora Santos Silva
Title
Lecturer
Expertise
Journalism, Solutions Journalism
Country
Portugal
City
Lisboa
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Supported projects

Housing Cities

  • Cities
  • Social affairs

LISBON - As cities battle with the dual challenge of maintaining resident populations amidst rising real estate interests and overtourism, the team investigated if there are any evidence-based ways to stop or slow gentrification and other issues through public, cooperative and social housing.

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Inês Leote

Heat-Resilient Cities

  • Cities
  • Climate

MADRID - Heat is killing thousands of people in Southern European cities but what is being done in Barcelona, Milan and Lisbon about it? In 2023, more than 45.000 people died in Europe due to heat-related causes, with the southern countries topping the list.

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Rita Ansone