CV Summary

Bruno Frutuoso Costa is a PhD candidate in Communication Sciences at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) and a visiting researcher at the School of Journalism, Media, and Culture (JOMEC), Cardiff University. Bruno is vice president of the Student Union of Pius XII University College (UECUP—Colégio Universitário Pio XII) and president of the Pius XII Cultural and Religious Center. In 2024, he specialized in data analysis in social sciences at ISCTE-IUL. As a scholarship holder for doctoral research from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) at CIES-Iscte, Bruno is developing his project “Aversion2agony: A cross-national comparative analysis of journalistic mediation of euthanasia in Portugal and the United Kingdom” (Reference 2023.04877. BD; DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.04877.BD; Website https://aversion2agony.com/). In 2021, he conducted a pioneering study in Portugal on the phenomenon of digital and in-person violence against women journalists, which was published in a book by Media XXI. His main areas of research include journalism, media, and gender studies, focusing on topics such as public space and news production, participation and social media, digital platforms and sociability, gender violence and hate speech, as well as the mediation of death and mourning rituals.

Academic Qualifications
University/Institution Type Degree Period
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
PhD Ciências da Comunicação 2022 - 2026
Cardiff University
School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC) - United Kingdom - Cardiff
PhD Investigador visitante 2025 - 2025
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
Post-graduation Análise de Dados em Ciências Sociais 2023 - 2024
ISCTE-Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
Portugal - Lisboa
Training Session Métodos Digitais (SOCMINT e OSINT) 2023 - 2024
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Estudos Sociais
Portugal - Coimbra
Training Session Eutanásia e morte medicamente assistida: Tempos e contratempos da nova lei 2023 - 2023
Universidade do Minho
Portugal - Braga
Training Session Dos códigos aos sentidos: A ferramenta do MAXQDA 2022 - 2022
Universidade de Coimbra
Portugal - Coimbra
M.Sc. Jornalismo e Comunicação - Investigação 2019 - 2021
Instituto Politecnico de Leiria
Portugal - Leiria
Licenciate Comunicação e Media 2015 - 2018
Universidade do Vale do Taquari
Brazil - Lajeado
Finishing Licenciate Intercâmbio académico em Jornalismo 2018 - 2018
Palavras Ditas, Comunicação Global, Lda
Portugal - Lisboa
Training Session Públicos e Mercados: Todos Diferentes, Todos Iguais 2016 - 2016
Research Interests
Journalism, media, gender and death studies
Sociology Social Sciences
Media and Communications Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences Social Sciences