Docente
Ana Figueiras

Resume

Ana Figueiras is an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona and a Research Scientist at CICANT, where she serves as Assistant Scientific Coordinator of MagLab. Her research focuses on information visualization, particularly visual storytelling and the integration of narrative elements into visualization. She also explores digital journalism and is currently developing with Carla Rodrigues Cardoso (later joined by Pantelis Vatikiotis and Ilo Alexandre) a new theoretical concept, Interconnected Journalism, which promotes the exploration of themes across all kinds of borders and fosters awareness of the interconnections between individuals and communities. Ana holds a Ph.D. in Digital Media from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UT Austin | Portugal Program), as well as a Master’s degree in New Media and a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences from the same institution.

Graus

• Mestrado integrado
  Novos Media e Práticas Web
• Licenciatura
  Ciências da Comunicação
• Doutoramento
  Digital Media

Publicações

Journal issue

• 2024-08-12, International Journal of Magazine Studies, 1

Journal article

• 2025-08-11, Much More than Paper: The Magazine as a Universal Communication Platform, International Journal of Magazine Studies
• 2024-08-12, The Inspiring Role of Magazine Studies: The Interconnected Journalism Example, International Journal of Magazine Studies
• 2024-08-12, Editorial: The Inspiring Role of Magazine Studies: The Interconnected Journalism Example, International Journal of Magazine Studies
• 2023-07, Sustainability at Play: Educational Design Research for the Development of a Digital Educational Resource for Primary Education, Social Sciences
• 2021-12, Evaluating Narrative in Geoportals for Territorial Public Policies, Cartographica

Thesis / Dissertation

• 2016-10-24, How to tell stories using visualization
• 2016, PhD, How to tell stories using visualization: strategies towards narrative visualization
• 2010, Master, Concepção e desenvolvimento do website da revista N

Book chapter

• 2022, Information Visualization: Features and Challenges in the Production of Data Stories, Springer International Publishing
• 2020, From infographics to postinfographics, Information Visualization in The Era of Innovative Journalism, 1, Routledge

Website

• 2015, ReThinking Visualization, ReThinking Visualization intends to be a resource for anyone interested in information visualization. The project's main goal is to help to build a better understanding all the pieces that compose a visualization and to help to detect patterns in visualizations across different areas or disciplines. It is part of my research as a PhD student at Universidade Nova de Lisboa., https://rethinkingvis.com/

Conference paper

• 2025-08-05, Bridging Disciplines: Understanding Science Animation Production for Effective Audio-Visual Communication
• 2022-07, Visualization overview: Using modern text mining techniques to provide insight into visualization research practice
• 2020-09, There and then
• 2019-07, Once Upon a Time in a Land Far Away: Guidelines for Spatio-Temporal Narrative Visualization
• 2018, A review of visualization assessment in terms of user performance and experience
• 2015, Towards the Understanding of Interaction in Information Visualization
• 2014, Narrative visualization: A case study of how to incorporate narrative elements in existing visualizations
• 2014, How to tell stories using visualization
• 2013, A typology for data visualization on the web

Conference abstract

• 2026-02-10, Política visual no Instagram: Como o The New York Times cobriu os primeiros 100 dias do segundo mandato de Donald Trump com recurso a visualização de informação, SOPCOM
• 2026, O ensino do Jornalismo Interconectado: promover a empatia e quebrar preconceitos, SOPCOM
• 2025-06-15, Interconnected Journalism: Opportunities and Challenges, 75th ANNUAL ICA CONFERENCE
• 2024-11-21, How Data Visualization is Gaining Space on the Instagram Profile of News Outlets, VIII Congresso Internacional de Ciberjornalismo
• 2024-09-26, Interconnected Journalism: Fighting against social disorder, ECREA 2024