Maria Gonçalves, Priscilla Domingos and Rita Capucho, PhD students at Lusófona University, have been awarded doctoral scholarships in the latest national competition held by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT).
Maria Gonçalves is pursuing her PhD in Communication Sciences and her thesis is titled "Between commercial pressures and a civic ethos - an ethnography of Portuguese independent journalism organizations". As for Priscilla Domingos, she is enrolled in the PhD program in Communication and Activism and is pursuing a thesis titled "Intersectional Feminism and Resistance: Analysis of Media Coverage of the #EleNão Movement in Portugal". The highly competitive FCT scholarships provide vital support for advanced research and are a significant recognition of the academic merit and potential of the selected candidates. Rita Capucho, also a student at the Communication and Activism PhD program, is conducting a thesis with the title "Women's Film Festivals as Spaces for Feminist Artivism".
The students expressed their enthusiasm for the opportunity to deepen their research and contribute to the growing field of communication studies in Portugal.