Bruno Giesteira

Bruno Giesteira is a Professor with Habilitation at the University of Porto, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design Department, pursuing studies in Human-Centred Design, cognitive and somaesthetic dimensions, when mediated by computational interactive artefacts, namely in Health and Wellbeing scopes. He has had extensive experience in managing HCI's research teams and has been widely published. Examples are participating in various international health and wellbeing projects in developed and developing countries. Director of the Communication Design Bachelor at Fine Arts Faculty and postgraduate courses in Interaction Design and Games and Design Technologies for Health. __ Researcher at ID+, Group HEAD: Health + Design Lab __ Researcher Collaborator at INESC TEC: At HumanISE Center __ Director of the Communication Design Bachelor at Fine Arts Faculty __ Director of the postgraduate course: 'Interaction Design, Web and Games' __ Director of the postgraduate course: 'Design Technologies for Health.' __ Member of HFES: 'Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - Europe Chapter' __ Member of SUPERA: 'Portuguese Society of Rehabilitation and Accessibility Engineering'

Publications

Inclusivity Play: Web Platform and Games for Inclusion and Diversity in the University - The Skills for a Next-Generation Project
Inclusivity Play: Web Platform and Games for Inclusion and Diversity in the University - The Skills for a Next-Generation Project
Bruno Giesteira, Viviane Peçaibes, Pedro Cardoso, Guilherme Vila Maior, Isabel Quaresma. © 2024. 18 pages.
“Portal for sharing teaching experience in the inclusion of diversity” corresponds to axis 4.2. of the project Skills for the Next Generation of the University of Porto by...
Positive Play: Games for Human Potential and the Yet Unexplored Case of Anorexia Nervosa
Positive Play: Games for Human Potential and the Yet Unexplored Case of Anorexia Nervosa
Pedro Cardoso, Viviane Peçaibes, Bruno Giesteira, Liliana Correia de Castro. © 2021. 32 pages.
This chapter's first goal is to present the concept of Positive Play as an expression of play focused on social, psychological, and physical well-being and human potential....
Carnival Play: eHealth Solution to Evaluate, Rehabilitate, and Monitor Dexterity and Manual Strength
Carnival Play: eHealth Solution to Evaluate, Rehabilitate, and Monitor Dexterity and Manual Strength
Bruno Giesteira, Joana Silva, Teresa Sarmento, Paulo Abreu, Maria Teresa Restivo. © 2021. 37 pages.
Developed within the scope of a SciTech research project, this chapter records in a procedural way the design centred on senior users for a set of three serious games for the...
HCI4D Guidelines for Interactive Content
HCI4D Guidelines for Interactive Content
Bruno Giesteira, Eduardo Pereira. © 2018. 29 pages.
Fraunhofer AICOS, a research and development institute, and University of Porto made a joint venture with Mandela Metropolitan University and Eduardo Mondlane University in order...