Research

LECTURES, CONFERENCES AND TALKS

Baía Reis, António, Blein, Jorge Esteban. 2023. “Performance and metaverses: a foundational study on live theatre in social virtual reality.” IAMCR 2023 - International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference. Lyon, France. [upcoming]. PAPER PRESENTATION

Lotero, David, Baía Reis, António. 2023. “Immersive media and war reporting: uses, potentialities and challenges of 360° video to narrate armed conflicts”. IAMCR 2023 - International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference. Lyon, France. [upcoming]. PAPER PRESENTATION

Lotero, David, Baía Reis, António. 2023. “Immersive media and war reporting in Colombia: uses, potentialities and challenges of 360° video to narrate armed conflicts.” iLRN 2023: 9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network. California, USA. [upcoming]. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2023. “VR at your service!: immersive media for enhancing well-being in organizations”. iNOVA Media Lab. Lisbon, Portugal. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION.

A. Sá-Sousa; T. Rodrigues; S. Fernandes; P. Matos; N. Fonseca; I. Garcia-Lema; E. Dias Da Costa; M. Areia; L. Pereira Dias; C. Chaves Loureiro; J. Laerte Boechat; A. Baía Reis; D. Figueiredo; J. Almeida Fonseca; AL. Neves; C. Jácome. 2023. “ConectAR - Collaborative network of patients with chronic respiratory diseases and carers actively involved in health research: an initiative for the patient and public involvement.” EAACI Hybrid Congress 2023. [upcoming] POSTER PRESENTATION

C. Jácome; N. Fonseca; T. Rodrigues; S. Fernandes; E. Dias Da Costa; R. Amaral; P. Matos; M. Areia; L. Dias; M. Vilaverde; C. Chaves Loureiro; J. Laerte Boechat; A. Baía Reis; D. Figueiredo; AL. Neves; P. Simões; L. Taborda Barata; J. Almeida Fonseca; A. Sá-Sousa. 2023. “PAAI - Interactive online self-learning programme for patients with asthma: a patient-and carer-centred approach on the most relevant topics to address.” EAACI Hybrid Congress 2023. [upcoming] PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2023. “Navigating the Avatarium: A Journey Through Virtual Live Performances and Ecosystems”. Open talk – Digital Media Doctoral Program. Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. LECTURE

Baía Reis, António. 2023. “Virtually Alive: Unveiling Emergent Practices and Ecosystems in Virtual Reality Performances.” Open talk – Master in Multimedia. Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. LECTURE

Bonini, Eduardo, Sá Sousa, Ana, Baía Reis, António, Dias da Costa, Emília. 2023. “The Metaverse in the dissemination of respiratory health science and promotion of innovative socialization dynamics.” IJUP 2023 - 16th Meeting of Young Researchers, University of Porto, Porto. PAPER PRESENTATION

Bonini, Eduardo, Sá Sousa, Ana, Baía Reis, António, Dias da Costa, Emília. 2023. “Metaverse platforms for socialization and communication of science on respiratory health.” SOPCOM 2023 – Portuguese Communication Sciences Association Young Researchers Meeting, University of Coimbra, Coimbra. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2023. “Live performance in the metaverse.” OnLive Festival, Fondazione Piemonte – Turin, Italy KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Raider of the lost sculpture: a practice-based research virtual reality storytelling for social impact and the role of digital media practitioners as academics, artists, and advocates.” ICA International Communication Association Conference 2022 – Paris, France PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “From storytelling to storyliving: live acting in the metaverse as an innovative means for science and heritage communication.” III Conference on Scientific Heritage – Salamanca, Spain KEYNOTE PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Immersive media and social change: from the empathic machine to emotional geography.” XII SOPCOM Communication Sciences Congress, Communication and Disruption: Technological, Social and Cultural Challenges – NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities – Lisbon, Portugal. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2022. ‘The “theatreverse” and the future of live performance’. 5G Creative Explorer Lighting Talks. Conventry, UK. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Somewhere over the theatreverse: a working in progress artistic manifesto on live performance in virtual reality.” HOPE Conference 2022, Immersive Theatre in expanded spaces – Berlin, Germany. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Into the `theatreverse’ we go! Bits and pieces and other metaverse paraphernalia at the crossroads of live performance and XR technologies” - iLAB University of Calgary – Calgary, Canada KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Workshop future of engineering education.” Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto – Porto, Portugal KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Immersive media and emotions: the role of empathy in meaningful storytelling”. International Communication Seminar. University of Passau. LECTURE

Baía Reis, António and Ashmore, Mark. 2021. “When theatre meets the metaverse: a conceptual framework for live theatre and performance in virtual reality.” Theatre Conference JAMU. Theatre Faculty of Janácek Academy of Performing Arts – Brno, Czech Republic. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António; Esteban Blein, Jorge; Duran Fonseca, Estefany; Serra, Roger; Peña, Inma. “It is not about doing theatre in VR. It is about theatricalizing the metaverse!”. VR Days Europe 2021 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António; Esteban Blein, Jorge; Duran Fonseca, Estefany; Serra, Roger; Peña, Inma. “La Cuarta Pared VR and the new theatrum mundi: an arts-based research on live acting and performance in virtual reality platforms.” International Theatre Conference CARTEMAD 2021. Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Madrid, Spain. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António; Esteban Blein, Jorge; Duran Fonseca, Estefany; Serra, Roger; Peña, Inma. 2021. “From theatre venues to theatre worlds: an arts-based study on live acting and performance in virtual reality.” Immersive Storytelling Symposium: Opportunities for Innovation. University of Nottingham – Nottingham, UK. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António; Lima Santos de, Mathias Felipe. “From 19th century camarae obscurae to 360-degree photography: the evolution of photography through Walter Benjamin’s ‘optical unconscious’”. The VI International Cinema & Territory Meeting. The University of Madeira – Madeira, Portugal. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “Beyond academia: the scholar as an advocate for social change.” The VI International Cinema & Territory Meeting. The University of Madeira – Madeira, Portugal. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “La Cuarta Pared VR [The Fourth Wall VR] and live performance in VR”. Open Studio Ways of InteXRaction, LEV Festival at Matadero – Madrid, Spain. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “Acting in the metaverse: from Stanislavski to Avatarmorphism”. Medialab Prado Madrid at Matadero – Madrid, Spain KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “The art of saving art: immersive storytelling for social change.” 25th annual DRHA conference is Digital Matters: Designing/Performing Agency for the Anthropocene. Humboldt University Berlin and Free University Berlin – Berlin, Germany. PAPER PRESENTATION AND ART INSTALLATION

Baía Reis, António and Kick, Lukas. 2021. “Immersive journalism, social change, and ethics: a gateway for rethinking the future of a socially and emotionally driven media”. Normedia 2021. Reykjavik University. Reykjavik – Iceland. WORKSHOP PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “Immersive media and social change: the ‘empathy machine’ is dead, long live ‘emotional geography’!”. JOLT – CICOM Conference “Harnessing Data and Technology for Journalism”. University of Navarra – Pamplona, Spain. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “The media practitioner as an academic, artist and advocate: a practice-based research on immersive media and creativity.” MPE/MeCCSA Practice Network Symposium 2021. Solent University. Southhampton - UK. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021 “Immersive narratives and social change: from the empathy machine towards emotional geography.” Audiences and Publics Work Group (SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences) 2nd Scientific Meeting. Porto – Portugal. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “The art of saving art: immersive storytelling for social change.” Digital Storytelling Conference 2021 - Storytelling for a "just" future. Loughborough University. Loughborough - UK. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “Immersive media and social change: beyond the empathy machine.” Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto. Porto – Portugal. LECTURE

Pinto, Rui and Baía Reis, António and Cónego, Leonor and Gonçalves, Gil. 2021. “New Pedagogical Approaches to Shaping the Next Generation of Portuguese Manufacturing Professionals”. Proceedings of the Conference on Learning Factories 2021. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2021. “Introduction to Extended Reality.” Porto Business School. Porto – Portugal. LECTURE

Baía Reis, António and Coelho, António. 2019. “Immersive Journalism and Emotion”. Future of Journalism Conference 2019. Cardiff University. Cardiff – UK. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António, Coelho, António, and Kasprzak, Michelle. 2019. “’The Kids of the Cardboard Boxes are Back on Top Again’: Leveraging Immersive Media for Social Change”. IAMCR 2019 – International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Madrid – Spain. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António and Coelho, António. 2018. “Immersive Journalism and Empathy: The Next Frontier in Social and Cultural Awareness?”. ECREA 2018 – European Communication and Research Education Association Conference, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2017. “Immersive journalism and audiences: immersion, presence, and emotion in the construction of the concept of immersive media audience”. SOPCOM – 10th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences, The School of Education of Viseu, Viseu. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2017. “Immersive Journalism: A theoretical and conceptual framework”. Future of Journalism 2017 – Journalism in a Post-Truth Age? School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies – Cardiff University. Cardiff – UK. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António and Moutinho, Nuno. 2017. “Theatre criticism in Portugal: historical paths and current dynamics”. XV Congreso da Asociación de Historiadores de la Comunicación 2017 - Comunicación y Espectáculo. Media Innovation Lab - University of Porto. Porto. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2017. “Immersive journalism, audiences and emotion. Towards a definition of immersive media audience”. ECREA Journalism Studies Section Conference 2017 – Changing Audiences, Changing Journalism. Centre for Journalism – University of Southern Denmark. Odense – Denmark. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Journalism and virtual reality: A theoretical and conceptual overview on immersive journalism”. 5th Doctoral Seminar in Communication and Cultural Studies. University of Minho. Braga. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Virtual Worlds and Immersive Journalism: An historical and conceptual overview”. 3rd Journalism and Society Work Group Meeting - SOPCOM (Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences). University of Porto. Porto. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Activism ‘as if you were there’: Virtual reality journalism concepts, uses, opportunities and limits towards a new form of activist media practice”. European Sociological Association (ESA) - Research Network 18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research Mid-Term Conference: Rethinking Power in Communicative Capitalism Critical Perspectives on Media, Culture and Society, ISCTE-IUL - University Institute of Lisbon, Lisbon. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Theatre Criticism and Theatre Critics: Obliteration or Rising Phoenix?”. I International Conference of Young Researchers on Theatre Studies, University of Murcia, Murcia. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Virtual Reality and Prejudice: Immersive Journalism as a means for Social and Cultural Awareness”. Cyberculture Conference: Thought, archives and knowledge transcultural networks circumnavigations, SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences Cyberculture Work Group Special Keynote Panel, University of Minho, Braga. KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Theatre criticism history in Portugal: From Francisco Bernardo Lima’s eighteenth century feuilletonism to copy-pasted press releases”. I Communication History Seminar, University of Minho, Braga. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Systematic Combining: A methodological abductive approach for the study of theatre criticism in Portugal”. 3rd Meeting of Young Researchers in Communication Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, 2016. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “The Whereabouts of Theatre Criticism”. IJUP 2016 - 9th Meeting of Young Researchers, University of Porto, Porto. PAPER PRESENTATION

Baía Reis, António and Moutinho, Nuno. 2015. “Theatre criticism as a cultural journalism subgenre: An historical overview of theatre criticism in Europe and Portugal and its relation with social phenomena and press history”. SOPCOM – 9th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra. PAPER PRESENTATION

PUBLICATIONS

Baía Reis, António. “Immersive media and social change: the ‘empathy machine’ is dead, long live ‘emotional geography’!” .Anàlisi. [Accepted for publication] RESEARCH ARTICLE

Lotero, David, Baía Reis, António. “Immersive media and war reporting in Colombia: uses, potentialities and challenges of 360° video to narrate armed conflicts.”. Digital Journalism – Visual War Journalism in a Digital Age special issue. [Accepted for publication] RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António, Kick, Lukas, Hahn, Oliver. Book chapter “Immersive Media Technologies and their Impact on todays and Future Media and Communication Landscape: Potentialities and Challenges through the Lens of Riepl’s Law”. To be published in the book “Digital Disruption and Media Transformation-How Technological Innovation Shapes the Future of Communication” for Springer. [In Press]. BOOK CHAPTER

Jácome, Cristina, Fonseca, Nancy, Rodrigues, Tânia, Fernandes, Silvana, Dias da Costa, Emília, Amaral, Rita, Matos, Paula, Areia, Margarida, Dias, Liliana, Vilaverde, Marisa, Chaves Loureiro, Cláudia, Laerte Boechat, José, Baía Reis, António, Figueiredo, Daniela, Neves, Ana Luísa, Simões, Pedro, Taborda Barata, Luís, Almeida Fonseca, João, Sá-Sousa, Ana. “PAAI - Interactive online self-learning programme for patients with asthma: protocol for co-creation and impact.”. Revista Portuguesa de Imunalergologia. [Accepted for publication] RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António, Kick, Lukas, Oliveto, Marina. 2023. Book chapter "Main concepts in immersive journalism”. Edited by Ana Luisa Sánchez Laws. Published in the book “Insights on Immersive Journalism” for Routledge Journalism Insights series. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003260813 BOOK CHAPTER

Sá-Sousa A, Rodrigues T, Fernandes S, Santos AM, Garcia-Lema I, Costa ED, Chaves Loureiro C, Boechat JL, et al. 2022. “ConectAR: Collaborative network of patients with asthma and carers actively involved in health research. A protocol for patient and public involvement.” European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. http://doi.org/10.23822/EurAnnACI.1764-1489.249 RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António, Pérez-Seijo, Sara, Benítez de Gracia, María José. 2022. Book chapter "Immersed in the news. How VR and 360-degree video have triggered a shift in journalistic storytelling." Edited by Sara Pérez-Seijo. Published in the book “Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism” for Routledge. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003217008 BOOK CHAPTER

Baía Reis, António. 2022. “Theatricalizing the metaverse through VR.”. The Writing Platform. https://thewritingplatform.com/2022/03/theatricalizing-the-metaverse-through-vr/ RESEARCH ARTICLE

A. Sá-Sousa, T. Rodrigues, S. Fernandes, A. M. Santos, I. Garcia-Lema, E. D. Costa, C. Chaves Loureiro, J. L. Boechat, A. Baía Reis, D. Figueiredo, J. A. Fonseca, A. L. Neves, C. Jácome. “ConectAR: Collaborative network of patients with asthma and carers actively involved in health research. A protocol for patient and public involvement”. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35261226/ RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António, Ashmore, Mark. 2022. “From video streaming to virtual reality worlds: an academic, reflective, and creative study on live theatre and performance in the metaverse.” International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2021.2024398 RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António. 2021. "Immersive media, social change, and creativity: a framework for designing collaborative 360º video productions". PhD thesis. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Stanford University. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/132047/2/441799.pdf THESIS

Baía Reis, António and Coelho, António. 2020. “Unveiling the landscape: an exploratory study on 360 video, creativity, digital literacy and social change”. Digital Citizenship, Literacies and Contexts of Inequalities”. 187-196. https://cicant.ulusofona.pt/page/105/ BOOK CHAPTER

Baía Reis, António and Kasprzak, Michelle. 2020. “Unraveling the Landscape: a 360° workshop”. EASST Review 39 (1). https://www.easst.net/article/unraveling-the-landscape-a-360-workshop/ RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António. 2018. “Virtual Reality and Journalism: a gateway to conceptualizing immersive journalism”. Digital Journalism. 6 (8) (2018): 1090-1100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2018.1502046 RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António. 2018. "Is Portuguese theatre criticism still relevant?". Sinais de Cena 2 (3): 69-87. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António and Moutinho, Nuno. 2018. “Theatre criticism in Portugal: historical paths and current dynamics”. XV Congreso da Asociación de Historiadores de la Comunicación 2017 - Comunicación y Espectáculo. Media Innovation Lab - University of Porto. 179-192. ISBN 978-989-746-183-5. CONFERENCE PAPER

Baía Reis, António. 2017. "Conceptualizing Mediatization: Is ‘Have Your Say’ a Kind of Transnational Public Sphere for Public Deliberation?". Mediatization Studies. https://journals.umcs.pl/ms/article/viewFile/4634/pdf RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António. 2016. “Virtual Worlds and Immersive Journalism: An historical and conceptual overview”. Estudos de Jornalismo (Journalism Studies) 1 (6). 100-112. ISSN: 2182-7044. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António. 2016. "Systematic Combining: A methodological abductive approach for the study of theatre criticism in Portugal". Comunicando 5 (1). 66-85. ISSN: 2182-4037. RESEARCH ARTICLE

Baía Reis, António e Moutinho, Nuno. 2015. “Theatre criticism as a cultural journalism subgenre: An historical overview of theatre criticism in Europe and Portugal and its relation with social phenomena and press history”. 9th Conference of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences Proceedings 4. 66-78. ISBN: 978-989-99840-2-8. CONFERENCE PAPER

Baía Reis, António. 2015. “Theatre Criticism in Portugal: Past, Present, and Future”. Master’s thesis. THESIS

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

SEAL OF EXCELLENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions call HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01-01 — MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021. “Science communication through immersive media arts: an innovative framework for arts-based science communication”. Research project recognized as a high-quality project proposal in a highly competitive evaluation process with a final score of 92.00%/100.00%. (European Commission, 2021).

“MIT Reality Hack 2023”. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT Media Lab. One of 300 Creative Technologists selected worldwide to participate in a Virtual and Augmented Reality Hackathon at MIT Media Lab focused on developing innovative solutions for real-world problems using immersive media technologies (USA, 2023).

“Vodafone 5GLabInnova Award”. Vodafone Spain. For innovating the use of social virtual reality technologies to advance the production of live digital entertainment through the La Cuarta Pared VR immersive theater collective. Cuarta Pared VR was officially selected as one of the ten most innovative metaverse projects and was integrated and accelerated by its Vodafone 5GLabInnova (Spain, 2022).

“Digital Artist Grant – No Strings Attached 2022”. Moniker Foundation and Creative Debuts. Award for supporting the development of arts-based research with immersive media arts around social impact. (UK, 2022).

“SPAIC – AstraZeneca 2021 and 2022 Award”. SPAIC Astrazeneca. Award for the project ConectAR, a citizen lab for the study of chronic asthma with an digital media arts-based science communication approach. (Portugal, 2021).

“Container Artistic Residency” Award. Container Magazine. Award for the arts-based research project Queer ec(h)o, a work revolving around climate emergency, queer justice and VR acting. (UK, 2021)

“Medialab Prado Project Development Award”. Medialab Prado. Award for the development of the project La Cuarta Pared VR [The Fourth Wall VR], an arts-based research project focused on performing arts in virtual reality environments. (Spain, 2021)

“FLAD Luso-American Development Foundation “PAPERS@USA 2019”. FLAD. Award for the presentation of the work “Raider of the lost sculpture: An auto-ethnographical journey at the remote edge of Europe” at the Doing Autoetnography 2020 Conference (USA, 2020).

“EASST 2019 Fund Award”. EASST - European Association for the Study of Science and Technology. Award for “Unraveling the Landscape: a 360-degree video workshop” (The Netherlands, 2018).

“Most Distinguished Young Researcher”. Communication Sciences Young Researchers Work Group. SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences. (Portugal, 2016).

“Prix Ars Electronica 2014”. Nomination for the category “Digital Communities” with the project “Porto Paralelo” (Germany, 2014).

MEMBERSHIPS

Premium member of Immerse UK – UK’s Immersive Technology Network
Member of ICA - International Communication Association
Member of ECREA – European Communication Research and Education Association
Member of EASST - European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
Member of SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences
Member of MeCCSA - Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Member of IFTR - The International Federation for Theatre Research
Member of TaPRA - The Theatre & Performance Research Association
Member of IAMCR / ESN - International Association for Media and Communication Research / Emerging Scholars - Network
Founding Member of INMERSIVA XR - The Spanish Association of Extended Reality.
Founding Member of the Audiences and Publics Work Group (SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of - -- Communication Sciences)
Founding Member of the Cyberculture Work Group (SOPCOM – Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)
Founding Member of the Intercultural Communication Work Group (SOPCOM - Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences)
Founding Member of Asociación de Jóvenes Investigadores en Estudios Teatrales [Association of Young Researchers on Theater Studies].