CV Summary

Bruno Frutuoso Costa is a PhD candidate in Communication Sciences at the University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL). In 2024, he completed a postgraduate course in Data Analysis in Social Sciences at the same institution. Bruno is a PhD research fellow of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) at CIES-Iscte, where he is developing his funded project "Aversion2agony: A cross-national comparative analysis of journalistic mediation of euthanasia in Portugal and the United Kingdom" (Reference 2023.04877.BD; Website https://aversion2agony.com/). In 2021, Bruno conducted a pioneering study in Portugal about the phenomenon of digital and face-to-face violence against women journalists, which was published as 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 the media, digital platforms and sociability, gender-based 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
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
Media and Communications Social Sciences
Other Social Sciences Social Sciences