Meet our team

Our team is made up of dedicated professionals committed to education and the development of innovative educational content.

Our team is both transnational and transcultural — although based in Brazil, it includes members from different countries, institutions, and cultural backgrounds.

PROJETO I

Transmedia Educommunication for Sustainability in the Context of the Climate Crisis: Applications in Public Schools

General Coordinator:
Geane Carvalho Alzamora (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG)

Associate Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Department of Social Communication. She is a permanent faculty member of UFMG’s Graduate Program in Social Communication, a member of the Coordinating Committee of the UFMG Program for Civic Education in Defense of Democracy, a member of UFMG’s Standing Committee on Artificial Intelligence, and of the Proponent Committee for the Chair on Disinformation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence at the Institute for Advanced Transdisciplinary Studies (IEAT/UFMG).

She served as Vice-Coordinator of UFMG’s Graduate Program in Social Communication (2016–2018) and as Coordinator of the Research Advisory Office at UFMG’s Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences (2021–2024).

Since 2013, she has held a Level 2 Research Productivity Grant from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). She is the leader of the research group Media, Semiotics and Pragmatism – MediaAção (CNPq/UFMG) and co-founder of the Research Network on Semiotics, Interactions and Media Materialities (Rede SIMM).

Curriculum Lattes – Geane Carvalho Alzamora

EQUIPE

Pesquisadores

Leonardo Antunes Cunha

Responsibilities:
Design and supervision of the methodological proposal in schools; supervision of educational materials; on-site participation in didactic experiments and the field mission at JU; coordination of the literary workshop; and academic publication development.
http://lattes.cnpq.br/9110020446893393

Lorena Peret Teixeira Tárcia (IEC Puc Minas)

Design of science communication activities; organization of the methodological proposal in schools; development of educational materials; on-site participation in didactic experiments; data systematization and analysis; and academic publication development.

http://lattes.cnpq.br/6726147601924939

Luciana Andrade Gomes (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de MG)
Conducting focus groups with students and interviews with teachers; administering and analyzing student questionnaires; carrying out evaluation interviews with teachers; development of educational materials; on-site participation in didactic experiments and the field mission at JU; data systematization and analysis; and academic publication development.

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0753812212435182

Colaborators

Aline Homssi
Development of science communication activities; supervision of doctoral, master’s, and undergraduate research students involved in these tasks; participation in data analysis; and academic publication development.
Curriculum Lattes – Aline Homssi

Davi Reis Silva (UFMG)
Technical support for science communication activities, including podcast and video production, and regular updates on the project’s digital platforms, under supervision.
Curriculum Lattes – Davi Reis Silva

Jane Alexandre Zefanias Mutsuque (Universidade Zambeze – UniZambeze, Mozambique)
Responsible for coordinating and implementing the methodological experiment in Beira (Mozambique); participation in data analysis; and academic publication development.

Kalynka Cruz (UFPA)
Responsible for coordinating the didactic experiment in an Indigenous school in Pará; technical support to the team in Pará; and participation in data analysis.
Curriculum Lattes – Kalynka Cruz

Marcelo Loures dos Santos (UFOP)
Discussion of the theoretical and methodological approach based on his experience coordinating an educational outreach project with public schools in an area affected by an environmental disaster; evaluation of the methodological proposal for the didactic experiment in public schools; supervision of the teacher training component of this research, drawing on his expertise in teacher education within the Graduate Program in Education at UFOP; and academic publication development.
Curriculum Lattes – Marcelo Loures dos Santos

PROJECT II

Impacts of Generative Artificial Intelligence on the Disinformation Ecosystem: Applications in Educommunication in the Post-Digital Context

General Coordinator:
Geane Carvalho Alzamora (Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG)

TECHNICAL TEAM

Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Daniel Melo Ribeiro
PhD in Communication and Semiotics. Professor at the Department of Social Communication, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Co-leader of the research group Media, Semiotics and Pragmatism (MediaAção).
Curriculum Lattes – Daniel Melo Ribeiro

Wagner Meira Júnior
Full Professor at UFMG, in the field of Computer Science. CNPq Level 1A Research Productivity Fellow. Coordinator of the National Institute of Science and Technology in Artificial Intelligence (INCT-IA).
Curriculum Lattes – Wagner Meira Júnior

Aline Margotti
PhD student in the Graduate Program in Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), under the supervision of the project coordinator.
Curriculum Lattes – Aline Margotti

Diego de Deus
Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), under the supervision of the project coordinator.
Curriculum Lattes – Diego de Deus

Vinícius Prates da Silva
Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Social Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), under the supervision of the project coordinator.
Curriculum Lattes – Vinícius Prates da Silva

Davi Reis Silva
Undergraduate student in Journalism at the Department of Social Communication, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Research Fellow under the supervision of the project coordinator.
Curriculum Lattes – Davi Reis Silva

Jönköping University (Sweden)

Renira Rampazzo Gambarato
Full Professor of Media and Communication at the School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University (JU). Member of the technical team (Brazilian researcher based at JU, Sweden).
ORCID – Renira Rampazzo Gambarato

Paola Sartoretto
Associate Professor of Media and Communication at the School of Education and Communication, Jönköping University (JU). Member of the technical team (Brazilian researcher based at JU, Sweden).
ORCID – Paola Sartoretto

Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP)

Marcelo Loures dos Santos
PhD in Social Psychology. Professor at the Department of Education, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP).
Curriculum Lattes – Marcelo Loures dos Santos

Natalia Moura Pacheco Cortez
PhD in Social Communication. Professor at the Department of Social Communication and the Graduate Program in Social Communication, Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP).
Curriculum Lattes – Natalia Moura Pacheco Cortez

Federal University of Pará (UFPA)

Kalynka Cruz
PhD in Sociology (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales – EHESS/Paris). Professor at the Faculty of Social Communication, Federal University of Pará (UFPA).
Curriculum Lattes – Kalynka Cruz

Brazilian Institute for Research and Development (IBPD)

Tiago Barcelos Pereira Salgado
PhD in Social Communication. Professor at the Graduate Program in Digital Communication (Stricto Sensu) at the Brazilian Institute for Research and Development (IBPD).
Curriculum Lattes – Tiago Barcelos Pereira Salgado