The Project aims at developing the role that universities and research centres have in the knowledge society as well as their contribute to citizenship.

This investment will be made simultaneously through science dissemination and the ethical reflection on science advancement. Therefore, being its horizon the motivation and involvement of Portuguese population in life sciences and its ethical issues, the project assumes as its specific objectives 1) to make a rigorous and systematic diagnosis of the different publics and their specific needs; 2) to innovate in science dissemination methodologies; 3) to develop significant multimedia and audiovisual contents and make them available through the diverse media; 4) to develop national and international networks with science dissemination as their goal (together with educational, media and museum entities); 5) to organize events to divulge the developed contents.

Requirements: The applicant will be responsible for the different aspects of content production, including concept, content and communicating design, by analyzing specific life science content and user scenarios for different target audiences and proposing new user interaction design and content production to meet project goals for the best possible user experience. The applicant will work with multidisciplinary teams to plan the navigational structure, design the interface requirements, and develop multimedia content needs for the different types of projects that can vary from CD/DVD-ROMs, Flash applications, or Web Applications.