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Elga Ferreira holds a PhD in Creative Technologies (2010) from the London School of Film, Media and Design, London, England. In 2002 she completed a Master Degree in Multimedia at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Catholic University of Portugal) in Porto. She has been lecturing Multimedia Design at ESAD ¿ Escola Superior de Arte e Design in Caldas da Rainha since 2000 (she did not teach between 2004 e 2008) and between 2010 and 2015 at IADE ¿ Creative University in Lisbon. She is coordinator of the Master in Design for Health and Wellbeing at ESAD ¿ School of Art and Design of Caldas da Rainha. This master's degree is pioneering and unique at national level in this area of studies and presents an innovative study plan as it integrates a programmatic contents that crosses the domain of design, with knowledge of the areas of life sciences and engineering. She is a member of the coordinating committee and an integrated member of the Research Unit of LIDA ¿Research Laboratory in Design and Arts. Her research interests focus on the exploration of design in the area of health and well-being with the aim of promoting the quality of life of citizens and reducing inequalities. Between 2008 and 2012 she was a founding partner and interaction designer at the company NearInteraction. This company was created with the support of European Program NEOTEC ("finances technology-based companies that require (...¿) knowledge developed from research activity") and was specialised in developing interactive solutions with a strong focus on experimentation resorting to emerging computing technologies (multi-touch, gestural interfaces, and apps for mobile devices) to create interactive communication. In 2002 she was awarded the Ernesto Sousa Scholarship granted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the Luso-American Foundation for Development. In 2006 she was granted the SPEED Scholarship, Higher Education Funding Council England, UK.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Elga Ferreira

Citation names

  • Ferreira, Elga

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7511-CD1F-8E26

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Arts - Architectural design

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2010/09/08
Concluded
 Creative Technologies (Doctor of Philosophy)
University of West London, United Kingdom
 Aprovado
2009
Concluded
 Master in Sound and Image / Mestrado em Som e Imagem (Mestrado)
Major in Digital Arts and Multimedia / Artes Digitais e Multimédia
Universidade Católica Portuguesa Escola das Artes, Portugal
""UnReal" - Virtual-Real Installation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Bom com Distinção
1998/06
Concluded
 Graduation in Design / Licenciatura em Design (Licenciatura)
Major in Visual
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
"Não aplicável " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/02/14 - Current Coordinator of the Master's course in Design for Health and Wellbeing /Coordenadora do curso de Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-estar Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2011/07 - 2013/07 Coordinator of the Technological Specialization Course in Multimedia Product Development / Coordenadora do Curso de Especialização Tecnológica de Desenvolvimento de Produtos Multimédia Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/09 - Current Integrated member / Membro integrado LIDA – Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2000/03/01 - Current Professor of several disciplines in the area of Multimedia Design and Health Design / Professora Adjunta de diversas disciplinas na área do Design Multimedia e Design para a Saúde Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2010/02/01 - 2015/04/17 Guest Professor of the Degree in Design and the Master's in Design and Visual Culture / Professora Convidada da Licenciatura de Design e do Mestrado em Design e Cultura Visual Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/12/01 - 2023/06/30 SAFETRACK (UIDB/05468/2020) a “Miniaturised wireless device for continuous monitoring of users in the emergency department ”
CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-070111
Researcher
LIDA – Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2021/09 - 2022/09 LISA - Estudo Longitudinal de Literacia em Saúde no Concelho de Leiria
UIDB/05468/2020
Supervisor
LIDA – Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Ferreira, Elga; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Rocha, Constança; Marques, Daniela; Soares-dos-Santos, Estêvão; Dias, Sara. "Cohort Study Good Practices: Design Communication and Capacitation Processes". Paper presented in AHFE 2022 International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, New York, 2022.
    10.54941/ahfe1001406
  2. Camacho, Lea; Penedos-Santiago, Eliana; Ferreira, Elga. "Health and Design at Service of a Refugee Camp in Iraq". Paper presented in AHFE 2022 International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics and the Affiliated Conferences, New York, 2022.
    10.54941/ahfe1001412
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, Elga Patricia Maximiano. "UnReal VirtualReal installation". Master, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/11127.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2024/01 - Current A co-design Approach for Mapping Thermal Vulnerability Among the Residents of the West Region of Portugal
Supervisor of Ana do Mar Libório Gaudêncio
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Aumentar o acesso a consultas no Serviço Nacional de Saúde através do Design de espaços dedicados à telemedicina: identificação e seleção de elementos espaciais para o design de espaços de teleconsulta (Increasing access to consultations in the National Health Service through the design of spaces dedicated to telemedicine: identification and selection of spatial elements for the design of teleconsultation spaces )
Supervisor of Ana Luísa Bóia Cação
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024/01 - Current O design com recurso à atividade física como ferramenta de combate à solidão na população idosa (Design using physical activity as a tool to combat loneliness in the elderly population)
Supervisor of Laura de Almeida Santos e Guerra Ferreira
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2024/01 - Current Let’s Go Outside! – Design para a Saúde Mental de pessoas em situação de Dependência Física (Let's Go Outside! - Design for the Mental Health of People with Physical Dependence)
Supervisor of Maria Margarida Rafael Praxedes
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/02/19 - Current Contribuição do Design para perceber e melhorar a experiência dos Cuidadores Informais de pessoas com Demência (Design's contribution to understanding and improving the experience of Informal Carers of people with Dementia)
Supervisor of Tatiana Patrícia Gonçalves Sousa
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/02/19 - Current Design para as Perturbações do Neurodesenvolvimento: Capacitação e Construção de Ferramentas de Apoio para Educadores do Primeiro Ciclo de Estudos (Design for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Training and Building Support Tools for Early Childhood Educators)
Supervisor of Mariana Morais Bastos da Luz
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-Estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2022/01 - Current Design Approaches: Health Literacy Training in the Council of Leiria
Supervisor of Constança Rocha
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2022/01 - 2023/09/29 Guidelines for the Construction of an Oral Health Plan in the Context of Social Support Organizations (Guidelines para a Construção de um Plano de Saúde Oral em Contexto de Organizações de Apoio Social)
Supervisor of Juliana Fernandes
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2021 - 2023/07 Codesign participativo para melhorar a monitorização de utentes no serviço de urgência hospitalar (Participatory codesign to improve patient monitoring in hospital emergency service)
Co-supervisor of Vera Santos Oliveira
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2022/01 - 2022/12/13 Comunicação diária da doença de Parkinson (Daily communication of Parkinson's disease)
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Design para a Saúde e Bem-estar (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2019 - 2021 Design, tecnologia e sustentabilidade: Desenvolvimento de uma interface interactiva digital que apele à consciencialização dos problemas de sustentabilidade ambiental (Design, technology and sustainability: Development of an interactive digital interface to raise awareness of environmental sustainability issues)
Supervisor of Sara Janeiro Pinto
 Mestrado em Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2018 - 2020/01/10 Interactive Communication via Virtuality and Reality. AR Application Game Design
Supervisor
 Mestrado em Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2019 - 2020 Identidade Visual para o Festival da Juventude do concelho de Vila Franca de Xira (Visual Identity for the Youth Festival in Vila Franca de Xira)
Co-supervisor of Cláudia Sofia Aleixo da Encarnação
Master in Design Graphic (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2017 - 2020 Interactive communication via virtuality and reality: AR application game design
Supervisor of Wanjou Lu
 Mestrado de Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2018 - 2019 Redefining Editorial Experience - User Experience & User Interface Design in digital publications
Supervisor of Melissa Trevino
 Mestrado em Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2017 - 2018 User Experience & User Interface - Desenvolvimento e Concepção de Projetos Digitais (User Experience & User Interface - Development and Design of Digital Projects)
Supervisor of Yara Neves
Mestrado em Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2013 - 2014 Relatório de estágio na empresa Hi-interactive (Internship report at Hi-interactive)
Supervisor of João Guerra
 Mestrado em Design Gráfico (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2010 - 2012 Relatório de estágio na empresa Fullsix: Motion Design (Internship report at Fullsix company: Motion Design)
Supervisor of Francisco Fialho da Rosa
Mestrado em Design e Cultura Visual (Master)
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2010 - 2011 Marketing Digital para Redes Sociais (Digital Marketing for Social Networks)
Supervisor of Joel Silvestre
Mestrado em Marketing na área de Marketing Digital (Master)
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/12/13 - Current Design Research Forum - This anual forum aims to establish a primary contact between the students of the Master in Design for Health and Wellbeing and the community of researchers and teachers in the field of Design, thus obtaining a first informal validation of their project. External Guests over the 3 editions: Ana Raposo (ESAD Matosinhos), Cláudia Lima (Univ. Lusófona), Rute Gomes (Faculdade de Arquitetura), Sara Gancho e Hande Vanborge (IADE), Susana Barreto e Tiago Assis (Faculdade de Belas Artes) e Hernani Oliveira (Univ. de Évora) (2021/12/13 - 2021/12/14)
Symposium (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2011 - 2019 The EVA Festival is an annual event organized by students and teachers of the Graphic Design and Multimedia course at ESAD.CR. This event aims to reflect on design and digital media - through conferences, workshops, exhibitions and a market with author objects. The event's programme is designed to share experiences between professionals and the academic community. (2011 - 2019)
Festival (President of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2024/02/05 Transmedia as a Vector in Science Communication and Health Literacy - The Japan-Portugal Historical and Cultural Connections to Produce New Health Communication Materials
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Miguel Esteves Correia da Silva Cardoso (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Portugal
2023/12/19 Codesign - Prática criativa como processo de análise: A empatia com a natureza através da educação (Codesign - Creative practice as a process of analysis: Empathising with nature through education)
President of the jury
 Paula Cristina Cainço Domingues Mendes (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/12/18 Comunicação Visual de Circo: captação digital do movimento como ferramenta para Design Gráfico (Circus Visual Communication: digital capture of movement as a tool for Graphic Design)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rita Alves e Olivença (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/12/04 Design for Oceanic Health & Wellbeing Through Sustainable Practices. An Online Platform for Educational Content Creation and Incentivising Innovation, Driven by Open Science and Blockchain Technology
President of the jury
 Joseph Frederick Flynn (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/11/24 Prompting Criatividade – A influência de sistemas de Inteligência Artificial no processo criativo do Design de Comunicação (Prompting Creativity - The influence of Artificial Intelligence systems on the creative process of Communication Design)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Gonçalo Miguel Sousa Barros (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/11/21 Experience Measurement in Maternity Care: integrative review and directions for future research
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Filipa Quintinha Landeiro (Master)
Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/10/13 Como transformar desafios em soluções visuais? (How do you turn challenges into visual solutions?)
President of the jury
 Inês da Conceição Ferreira Piçarra (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/09/06 Humanized Maternity Care: A Framework for Prototyping and Testing Experiences
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Catarina Lamego Martins (Master)
Universidade Europeia, Portugal
2023/07/03 Guidelines para a construção de uma ferramenta que avalie o índice de sucesso da intervenção terapêutica na reabilitação para a perturbação da deglutição (Guidelines for building a tool to assess the success rate of therapeutic intervention in swallowing disorder rehabilitation)
President of the jury
 Mariana Amado Alves Ferreira Martins (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2023/06 User experience e User interface design em digital collections culturais: Uma interface para um arquivo digital de lendas tradicionais algarvias.
(Thesis) Arguer
 Ana Catarina Cavaco Simão (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2022/09 Design para o Autismo: Contribuição do Design para a Sociabilização em Contexto Familiar
(Thesis) Arguer
 Maria Elisa Cavaco Caetano, (PhD)
Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/11/21 A Portal proposal for Prostate Cancer Professionals And Patients: A Service Design Approach
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Jéssica Barros de Pontes (Master)
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2021/09/29 Interface como Mecanismo de Autoconhecimento Pessoal e Profissional (Interface as a Mechanism for Personal and Professional Self-Knowledge)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Madalena Gomes da Silva dos Reis Mendes (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2020 Experiência do Utilizador Aplicada em Sistemas Internos (User Experience Applied to Internal Systems)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Moreira Pimentel Leonor Dias (Master)
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2019 A forma do livro: encadernação para designers (The shape of the book: bookbinding for designers)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Ana Isabel Pinto Neves (Master)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
2019 O papel de um designer dentro de uma consultora (The role of a designer within a consultant agency)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Vera Micaela Buinho Infante (Master)
Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2018 Design de genéricos para filmes (Opening credits film design)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Djalme Martins (Master)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
2018 Jogo digital 2D Islazoo O Design Gráfico na Criação de Jogos Digitais para Crianças (2D digital game Islazoo Graphic Design in the Creation of Digital Games for Children)
(Thesis) Arguer
 Filipe Vieira (Master)
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2018 Plataforma Digital Interna da Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Matosinhos (Internal Digital Platform School of Arts and Design, Matosinhos)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Sofia Barbosa (Master)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
2014 O videomapping com ferramenta de branding (Videomapping as a branding tool)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Diogo Matos Martins (Master)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
2014 O Website da Escola Superior de Artes e Design de Matosinhos (The Matosinhos School of Arts and Design Website)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Diogo Vilar Correia Fonseca (Master)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal
2013 Desenvolvimento de um arquivo online do Museu da Ciência (Development of an online archive of the Science Museum)
(Thesis) Main arguer
 João Carlos Araújo Matos (Master)
Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Portugal

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2022 - Current Oeste Respira - Mental Health Impact Incubator Mentor

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2019/09/01 - Current Member of the Scientific Committee of the Degree in Graphic and Multimedia Design
Member
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2011 - 2015 Scientific Committee of the Degree in Graphic and Multimedia Design
Member
 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023 - Current 8ª edição da Conferência Digicom – 7th International Conference on Design & Digital Communication Research Institute for Design Media and Culture [ID+], Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave (IPCA), Communication and Society Research Centre [CECS]
2022 - Current 8ª edição da Conferência EIMAD – Encontro Internacional de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco

Other jury / evaluation

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/02/08 - 2024/02/08 Public academic test to obtain the Title of Specialist in Audiovisual and Media Production for Prof. Nuno Filipe Esteves Videira Instituto Politécnico de Viseu, Portugal
2023/03 - 2023/03 Member of the jury for a Research Grant (BI) in Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Multimedia, Computer Technology or related areas, under the project "SafeTrack - Miniaturised wireless devices for continuous monitoring of users in the emergency service" (70111)" Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022/06/20 - 2022/06/20 Member of the jury for a Research Grant (BI) under the project LiDA - Programme Funding for the Design and Arts Research Laboratory UIDP/05468/2020 LIDA – Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2022 - 2022 Member of the jury of the public academic exam for the approval of the student's doctoral study programme Hernâni de Souza Santos Alves Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2021/09/27 - 2021/09/27 Member of the jury for a Research Grant (BI) in Computer Engineering Computer Engineering, Multimedia, Computer Technology or related areas, under the project "SafeTrack - Miniaturised wireless devices for continuous monitoring of users in the emergency service" (70111)" Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Public academic test to obtain the Title of Specialist in Audiovisual and Media Production for Prof. Paulo Jorge de Melo Cristóvão Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Member of the jury for a Research Grant (BI) in Design, under the project "SafeTrack - Miniaturised wireless devices for continuous monitoring of users in the emergency service" (70111)" LIDA – Laboratório de Investigação em Design e Artes - Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Public academic test to obtain the Title of Specialist in Audiovisual and Multimedia for Prof. Filipa Fialho Lanita Saião Lopes Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Member of the jury of the public academic exam for the approval of the student's doctoral study programme Craig Jeffcott Instituto de Arte Design e Empresa - Universitário, Portugal
2016 - 2016 Public academic test to obtain the Title of Specialist for Prof. Dânia Afonso Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Artes e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Member of the jury for the evaluation of documentary evidence to obtain the Specialist Title of Prof. Luís Miguel Macedo Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2013 - 2013 Public academic test to obtain the Title of Specialist in the area of Video and Multimedia of Prof. Pedro Guilherme de Carvalho Baptista Mota da Silva Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2006 SPEED Scholarship
Higher Education Funding Council for England, United Kingdom
2002 Bolsa Ernesto Sousa (Fellowship)
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal

Fundação Luso-Americana, Portugal
1999 Jovens Criadores Contest - Final selection
1999 Festival VideoViana - Honourable mention