The research unit LabCom.IFP – Communication, Philosophy, and Humanities is the result of the merge of two previous research units of the Faculty of Letters of University of Beira Interior: the Online Communication Lab (LabCom) and the Institute of Practical Philosophy (IFP).
LabCom.IFP research unit includes three research groups: (1) Practical Philosophy; (2) Communication and Media; and (3) Arts and Humanities. The Practical Philosophy Group includes the researchers from the former Institute for Practical Philosophy (IFP); the other research groups include the researchers from the former LabCom.
Interdisciplinary work is carried out under three lines of research which are:
- Information, Media and Society;
- Ethics and Politics;
- Culture and New Humanities.
The most distinctive feature of LabCom.IFP is its strong online presence, with:
5 online journals:
DOC On-Line - Revista Digital de Cinema Documentário (Documentary Cinema)
Eikon – Journal on Semiotics and Culture
Estudos em Comunicação / Communication Studies
RECENSIO - Revista de Recensões de Comunicação e Cultura (Recensions), www.recensio.ubi.pt
Revista Rhêtorikê - Revista Digital de Retórica (Rhetorics)
4 online libraries:
BOAL - Biblioteca On-line Audio de Literatura (Audio Literature)
BOCC - Biblioteca On-line de Ciências da Comunicação (Communication Sciences)
BOND – Bilioteca On-line de Design (Design)
LusoSofia - Biblioteca On-line de Filosofia e Cultura (Philosophy and Culture)
1 online publisher:
Livros LabCom-IFP / LabCom–IFP Books
1 digital newspaper:
Urbi et Orbi - Jornal Online da UBI, da Região e do Resto
1 online radio:
RUBI - Rádio Universitária da Beira Interior
1 online television:
TUBI - Televisão Universitária da Beira Interior
3 databases in the areas of cinema and image:
CINEPT · CINEMA PORTUGUÊS (Portuguese Cinema),
Imagens On-Line (Images)
Investigações Científicas sobre Imagem em Movimento (Research on Moving Image)