Innovation, Sustainability, Health, Start-ups

Mind the Tourism

Mind The Tourism aimed at developing the innovation needed for safer, healthier and more sustainable tourism. We started by mapping opportunities for innovation in tourism, to then promote the creation of market-ready technology solutions. It consisted of two phases – the first, where a new set of ideas for tourism was generated, which were then worked on during a second phase – the hackathon with the aim of developing technological solutions that respond to opportunities within sustainability, health and safety.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

Guide to Carbon Neutrality in Tourism Resorts

In response to the strong need for more environmentally sustainable tourism, the Guide for Carbon Neutrality in Tourism Resorts was designed by NOVA FCT on behalf of and in collaboration with Turismo de Portugal. It aims to didactically showcase guiding principles, concepts, and practices that tourist resorts can and should adopt to reinvent themselves as responsible economic actors. Vila Galé Ericeira provided its data for testing the tool.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

Guide to Sustainable Construction in Tourism Resorts

The Guide for Sustainable Construction in Tourism Resorts was designed by NOVA FCT on behalf and in collaboration with Turismo de Portugal. It aims to be a useful tool for all resorts, enhancing the adoption of sustainable practices and demonstrating how it is possible to make the business more sustainable, with lower consumption of resources, whilst achieving greater economic and environmental benefits. Contributions included external stakeholders, such as ADENE (national energy agency). The final guide features a set of measures and examples that aim to help tourism resorts to increase their eco credentials.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability, Digital

Smart Region

SMART REGION aims to provide the Oeste Intermunicipal Community with the first integrated analytical platform for intermunicipal territorial intelligence that, through a big data and data science approach, offers the ability to collect, store, process, and analyse data from systems, sensors, and people to change the tourism and hospitality planning and management paradigm in a Smart & Sustainable Tourism approach.This project is part of NOVA City – Urban Analytics Laba network of people and organisations representing the actors and interests of stakeholders driving the development of smart and sustainable cities and territories.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

Waste prevention and management at green tourism festivals

To extend and deepen knowledge of festival waste management, the waste@NOVA Lab at the MARE-NOVA research centre conducted an experimental study whose objectives were to understand, by using indicators, how waste is managed at a specific green festival (Andanças festival) and to identify the perceptions of the festival’s stakeholders concerning waste prevention and management measures. Andanças festival has become established as an international world music and folk-dance festival, which takes place every year in Portugal. More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

CAPonLITTER

CAPonLITTER aims to improve policies and practices that can help prevent marine litter resulting from coastal tourism and recreational activities. The project focuses on key waste fractions, such as plastic food and drink containers originating from beach facilities and recreational events, due to improper consumer behaviour but also a lack of incentives and structures for waste prevention, collection, and recycling. The project involves authorities and organisations from Portugal, Spain, France, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Germany, territories where coastal tourism is a key economic activity, which is not only highly impacted by marine litter but can also place significant pressure on local infrastructure and generate large amounts of unmanaged waste.The CAPONLITTER project is coordinated by a team of researchers from NOVA School of Science and Technology and from MARE – Marine and Environment Research Centre. The stakeholders’ network is the basis for this work and recognise the NOVA team as their partners to help disseminate and implement these practices, aiming to achieve better and more sustainable coastal tourism.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

BL.EU Climate - Climate Innovation in Southern Waters

BL.EU Climate is a project developed by Portugal (FCT NOVA), Croatia (Green Energy Cooperative) and Greece (ATHENA), which aims to address the challenge of CO2 emissions by tackling plastic marine littering in southern European waters through innovation. Together with the economic actors from the system around ports in the Mediterranean and Atlantic seas, the consortium led by FCT NOVA gathered around this problem with a common vision of plastic free seas. Each country picked one plastic-related context. Portugal selected ports, fishermen and tourism, because there was a lack of information about waste data for these specific maritime activities. Therefore, the objectives were: i) identify types and quantities of plastic; ii) waste unloaded in ports; iii) learn about plastic waste management options; iv) involve and discuss with stakeholders opportunities to plastic waste reduction and alternatives. The methodology involved the characterisation of the waste produced on board, observation on board of waste prevention and management practices, interviews and workshops with stakeholders linked to maritime activities and a questionnaire applied to cruise tourists in the port of Lisbon.

Innovation, Sustainability

RIVER-SEA

Identifying the sources of terrestrial microplastics and developing strategies to prevent microplastics from reaching the sea are the objectives of the project, which has the University of Lisbon as a partner. Portugal has the two elements that European citizens (Eurobarometer, 2016) most value as a holiday destination: the sun and the beaches. Which is why it is in our coastal areas that we find the largest number of tourist facilities (resort, hotels, parks camping, etc.). The quality of these areas is fundamental to maintaining this industry and the local economies. Municipalities spend a significant amount of money each year to remove marine litter and maintain the quality of our beaches for tourists who visit and frequent them. The microplastics found to date show that the sources could be the plastic processing industry and the environment sector, namely wastewater treatment plants, due to the shape, colour and location where the microplastics were found. These industries will be challenged to analyse the occurrence of the release of microplastics and how they can be detected, so that they can act before they are released. With this analysis, it will be possible to discuss solutions with industries and implement those that are most urgent and effective. This project, under development by MARE NOVA, aims to achieve a guide to support industries that are sources of microplastics, an essential guide for industries to adapt and combat the environmental problem of plastic in the oceans.

Innovation, Sustainability

UAS4LITTER

Portugal's famous coastline is made up of hundreds of miles of sandy beaches. It's no surprise that urbanisation in the region – a result of tourism and fishing activities – has led to the accumulation of marine litter in these areas. But while local organisations focus their efforts on beach cleaning to keep tourist spots looking pristine, nearby sand dunes accumulate plastics, from plastic bottles to octopus fishing pots. The sand dunes are important ecosystems for insects, birds and plantlife, and are generally considered too delicate to census on foot. In Portugal, an interdisciplinary team of scientists is using drones to tally and identify marine litter on local beaches, to understand its origins, and propose methods of protecting these delicate ecosystems.More info here

Innovation, Sustainability

Municipal Sustainable Development Goals monitoring platform

The LocalSDG Platform (Plataforma ODSlocal) has the main objective of promoting public engagement with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda, through a comprehensive mobilisation process involving all Portuguese municipalities. LocalSDG – the Municipal Sustainable Development Goals monitoring platform – aims to spark a broad and open local sustainability movement, with strong multiplier effects, not only to bring local actors and their initiatives into the spotlight but also to promote the creation of an extensive and committed community of agents of change. This initiative is of critical importance in this post-pandemic context, where new challenges and requirements are emerging.More info here

Innovation, Digital, Heritage

LxConventos

The aim of LxConventos is to provide tools and studies that enable the analysis of the impact of the decomposition of religious orders since the 19th century on the urban landscape of Lisbon. The project involved the development of an interactive web platform where users can view and study former religious buildings and their changes over time, whether modifications to the building itself or its surroundings. In this way, LxConventos integrates various types of multimedia data with a time reference, enabling the study of the evolution of buildings from that data. This structure is associated with a map-based interactive interface, where it is possible to analyse the differences in the spatial extent of the buildings between 1834 and 2015. More info here

Innovation, Digital, Heritage

PASEV

Project PASEV aims to open up and explore new perspectives on cultural manifestations in the city of Évora. This will be achieved through the study and analysis of diverse musical activity between 1540 and 1910, which should contribute to the effective preservation of the city's rich soundscape. This is being realised by mapping, both spatially and temporally, the iconic city of Évora, one of Portugal's most important musical centres. Its musical activity was, until the end of the Ancien Régime, dominated by more than twenty religious institutions. The project includes the collection, study and preparation of different types of media, which have been structured so that they can be accessed and thematically searched/filtered within a spatial and temporal context on an interactive map of Évora. More info here

Innovation, Health

CLEAN & SAFE 2021

The NOVA School of Medicine, with the facilitation of toho, developed the support guides for the implementation of Clean & Safe 2021, an update on the certificate/stamp created by Turismo de Portugal. It aims to recognise companies and leisure activities that comply with the health and safety recommendations issued by the National Tourism Authority, following the guidelines of the National Health Authority, with the aim of avoiding risks of Covid-19 contagion.

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Innovation, Digital, Heritage

Artworks Authentication: Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso

Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1918) is considered to be one of the most important Portuguese artists. For some, he is the “early Modernism’s best kept secret”, which made him one of the most counterfeit artists in Portugal. Since 2008, researchers from the Department of Conservation and Restoration at the NOVA University of Lisbon have been enthusiastically studying Amadeo’s artworks. Through an interdisciplinary approach that combines exact sciences, art and technical art history, researchers have carried out an in-depth investigation of Amadeo’s materials and techniques. With sophisticated equipment, researchers unveil his talent, his willingness to choose the best materials, and his little tricks to build his paintings’ colour. With this state-of-the-art knowledge that addresses the complexity of an artist’s paint, researchers are at Amadeo’s service and his work, thus contributing to detecting Amadeo fake paintings.

Innovation, Heritage, Gastronomy & Nutrition

The Mediterranean Diet as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The goal of this research project was to map and discuss the history and genealogy of the “Mediterranean Diet”, but also the present of the processes resulting from this heritagisation that are currently on display, focusing on two of the countries that form part of the UNESCO application for the Mediterranean Diet as cultural and intangible heritage of humanity: Portugal and Morocco. It answered a large group of questions, including: what discourses are conveyed by different groups regarding the heritagisation of the Mediterranean Diet, and what is the impact of this heritagisation at local and national levels? How can heritagisation and the construction of a “Mediterranean Diet” concept, condition the practices of domestic food consumption of local populations? How are the specificities of local and regional food resources mobilised and promoted in the context of a transnational application which conveys a global discourse on the “Mediterranean Diet”?

Innovation, Heritage

Are you a tourist?

An exhibition where 'Tourists' are their own destination. In one of Lisbon's most visited monuments – the Monument to the Discoveries – tourists were invited to look at themselves and ask, 'Am I a tourist?'. This exhibition was designed by CRIA (Centre for Research in Anthropology) to provoke a critical view on the frequent polarisation between 'tourists' and 'locals' and the tensions that may arise from this simplistic perspective. In a playful manner, 'tourists' and 'non-tourists' are invited to swap roles and perform actions usually ascribed to the 'other', and taken into a world where they are confronted with a multitude of travellers motivated by different reasons and others who have no option but to stay. More info here

Education, Digital

Postgraduate Programme in Business Analytics for Hospitality & Tourism

Today, data science enables the development of analytic models that simultaneously promote quality visitation and better monitoring and management of these spaces. This involves adopting metrics that, rather than simply counting the number of visits, objectively evaluate the value created by each tourist. The Postgraduate Programme in Business Analytics for Hospitality & Tourism responds to this need for higher education in a fundamental area for the development of the national economy. It aims to prepare professionals capable of actively participating in the development and application of analytical models for tourism, combining the various areas involved in tourism with a cross-cutting approach to data science to leverage them.

Education, Digital

Master's in Big Data Analysis and Engineering

The Master's in Big Data Analysis and Engineering is aimed at training analysts, project development leaders, and innovation experts in the emerging fields of Data Science and Data Engineering.The course develops competencies for processing and analysing large volumes of data by advanced computational and mathematical methods, and methodologies for searching and finding answers to management, monitoring and optimisation processes, or for extracting knowledge, trends, correlations or forecasts through automatic machine learning.The objectives of the course are aligned with the “National Digital Competence Initiative e.2030”, in the areas of specialisation (item qualification and creation of added value in economics) and research (big data item).More info here

Education, Heritage, Gastronomy & Nutrition

Course "Food, Cooking and Culture: an introduction to the Anthropology of Food"

Food has been a topic addressed by Anthropology since the early days of the discipline. In recent decades, anthropological studies on food have multiplied, particularly ethnographic ones, exploring topics as diverse as gender, identities, migrations, uses of the past, heritage, tourism, classes, nation, globalization, contributing to the affirmation of this field of study. The course “Food, Cooking and Culture: an introduction to the Anthropology of Food” presented at the FCSH|NOVA Summer Schools aimed to survey these issues and frame them theoretically in the light of the Anthropology of Food.

Education, Heritage

Heritage Management Training Course

Mind The Tourism aimed at developing the innovation needed for safer, healthier and more sustainable tourism. We started by mapping opportunities for innovation in tourism, to then promote the creation of market-ready technology solutions. It consisted of two phases – the first, where a new set of ideas for tourism was generated, which were then worked on during a second phase – the hackathon with the aim of developing technological solutions that respond to opportunities within sustainability, health and safety.More info here

Education, Heritage

Bachelor of Conservation-Restoration

The degree course offered by NOVA aims at a solid scientific and technical preparation divided into two phases. The first phase is essentially characterised by the learning of basic knowledge in the fundamental sciences and an understanding of the fundamental role they play in the training of the conservator/restorer. The second phase focuses on the practice of Conservation and Restoration methods and techniques. A professionalising internship completes the theoretical-practical training acquired in the preceding four years, in a setting closely resembling the conditions of independent professional practice.More info here

Education, Heritage

Master's in Conservation and Restoration

The Master in Conservation and Restoration is a professional with the knowledge, tools, training, and understanding required to act autonomously in the field of cultural heritage preservation for the benefit of present and future generations. Throughout the multi and transdisciplinary training, particularly the internship or final dissertation, the Master’s student in Conservation and Restoration will acquire the ability to work in dialogue with the most diverse areas of knowledge. The professional trained at FCT NOVA will be able to innovate, constantly update and compete at an international level.More info here

Education, Heritage

Master of Art and Science of Glass and Ceramics

The Masters Program in the Art and Science of Glass and Ceramics offers an innovative balance and the possibility for effective transdisciplinarity between artistic and scientific fields. This course aims to introduce glass and ceramics as materials to be explored for artistic use. Through in-depth parallel and cross-disciplinary study, reflection, and practice, the conditions for the emergence of novel outcomes are fostered. It is hoped that by following this path, students will explore the aforementioned relationships within their own artistic expression, improve critical thinking skills, and benefit from the development and acceleration of communication and dissemination skills, which are an integral part of the projects undertaken.More info here

Education, Heritage

Master in Museology

The Master in Museology (MM) has the fundamental objective of preparing future museum professionals (conservators) in all areas covered by museological practices: inventory, conservation, management, communication, research and exhibition. The degree is theoretical and practical in nature and is developed in constant collaboration with a wide range of museums, including national museums as well as those under municipal administration or specialised collections. This ensures the MM has a solid interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary function, particularly with the scientific areas of History, Archaeology, Anthropology and Communication Sciences.More info here

Education, Heritage

Master's in Heritage

This Master's degree facilitates reflection, research and the preparation of work within the main themes of heritage. Therefore, it provides qualification and training in work processes, enabling graduates to enter various sectors of the job market, including central, regional and local public administration, research centres, companies, cooperatives, associations or foundations. The course offers in-depth training in the principal areas of heritage specialisation, as well as the development of transversal methodologies within this discipline, connecting them with the realities of sustainability and cultural programming. It aims to train individuals for a wide range of situations encountered in heritage-related work, developing areas less frequently addressed in the context of higher education in Portugal, such as the discussion of identity construction and public policies.More info here

Education, Heritage

Postgraduate Programme in Cultural Communication and Creative Industries

The Postgraduate Programme in Cultural Communication and Creative Industries arises from the need to respond, within an academic context, to the current challenges of one of the most relevant areas for markets, audiences, and the future of cities and their heritage. Bringing together the theoretical-reflexive and practical-experimental dimensions in a single formative offer, the Postgraduate in Cultural Communication and Creative Industries is aimed at students who wish to work in innovation, communication, journalism and editorial content, consulting, and the creation and development of projects specifically framed within these sectors: visual and performing arts, cultural heritage, architecture and design, tourism and cultural experiences, media, and the book, film, record, and leisure software industries. These areas are collectively referred to as cultural and creative industries.More info here

Education, Gastronomy & Nutrition

Master of Gastronomic Sciences

The Course in Gastronomical Sciences aims to address the needs arising from a profound change in consumers' relationship with food and in the process of small-scale food production that has occurred over the last decade. The evolution of cuisine in its many forms, as well as that of the restaurant industry, requires a change in work processes and skill levels. The aim of this Course is to provide thorough scientific and technical training in the field of food science. It should also provide students with an overview of all issues related to gastronomy, which involve other technical and cultural aspects in order to allow for a more comprehensive approach to these issues and/or to create a bridge between the world of knowledge and the real world of various economic and cultural activities related to gastronomy.More info here

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