INET-md

Transdisciplinary Research

Arts, Sciences and Humanities

INET-md is a music and dance research unit, headquartered at NOVA FCSH and with other three branches at DeCA UA, FMH-ULisboa and ESE-P.Porto.

Social and cultural relevance

Networks and Partnerships

INET-md is invested in partnerships with communities, scholars, artists, policymakers and non-academic institutions in pursuit of democratic and decolonial constructions of knowledge.

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Upcoming events

INET-md holds various events, some of which are regular, such as the permanent seminars of its research groups and the INET-md Forums. You can also follow INET-md’s agenda via the monthly newletter and our social networks.

Conference of the José Mário Branco Studies and Documentation Centre – Music and Freedom

How Sensory Musicking enhances inclusive learning in music education

Spring School | Theatre, Drama and Education: Here and Now

Investigating at the National Museum of Music

Latest news

2026 · 03 · 03

CfP: 9th International Conference Eurovisions – Science Slam 2026

2026 · 03 · 02

INET-md achieves excellent results in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie 2025 postdoctoral fellowship competition

2026 · 02 · 20

CfP: Musical Commemorations/Contestations in Postcolonial Contexts: Negotiating Memory, Identity, and Power

2026 · 02 · 20

INET-md’s researcher selected as general editor of the journal Ethnomusicology

2026 · 02 · 17

CfP: Beyond Borders – 24th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities

Research Groups

Ethnomusicology and Popular Music Studies

Historical and Cultural Studies in Music

Creation, Performance, and Artistic Research

Education, Music, and Theater in the Community

Musical Acoustics and Sound Studies

Thematic Lines

Digital and Technological Performativities

Heritage(s), Archives and Museums

Power, Politics and Activism

Studies on Women, Gender and Sexuality

Ongoing Projects

Sarabanda Atlântica

Songs of Seeking e Fragmentos de Viagem

Resonating Mwenje: Documenting the timbila making process and the techniques of the masters from Zavala, Mozambique

FEMUS 18: Spaces and Profiles of Women Making Music in 18th-Century Portugal

Music, Performing Arts and Diplomacy in the 18th century: Portuguese networks in the international stage

Battle of frequencies: Musical experience and radio propaganda in times of war in Mozambique (1964-1974)

A Sound centered approach to Music Education: A Pedagogical Framework for a new paradigm in teaching and learning music during childhood

IncArt – Migrants and refugees in Europe: arts as tools for sociocultural inclusion

Postcolonial Feedback: Brazilian Musics in Portugal

Sound-healing in the Iberian Peninsula: a multidisciplinary study

Discover our Projects

Branches of INET.md