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.

Alterity and eighteenth-century music: Sounds of foreigners in the Iberian Peninsula

PhD Dissertation defense: Ana Filipa Ferreira

PhD Dissertation Defense

Moresca(s): Performing dominance across empires

EUROVISIONS – 9th Edition

Latest news

2026 · 04 · 02

CEDJMB-ML launches new database

2026 · 03 · 31

Term Work Contract for a Doctorate equivalent to Principal Researcher | Scientific area of Music

2026 · 03 · 24

Hugo Paquete selected as Junior Researcher under the CEEC Individual Call – 7th Edition

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

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

Revolutions per Minute: Finding Utopia(s) in Brazilian Sound Art

AI as Catalyst: Transformative Impacts on Digital Performance, Computational Music, and Cultural Creativity

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

Atlantic Drums Routes: circulation, transformation, and mediation of percussion instruments between Africa and South America

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

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Branches of INET.md