André L.M. Lemos, 47, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is Engineer by training, MSc in Science and Technology Policy, COPPE/UFRJ (1991) and PhD in Sociology, Université Paris V, Sorbonne (1995). He is Associate Professor at Faculty of Communication at University Federal of Bahia, Brazil, coordinator of Cybercity Research Group (GPC). He is former President of Brazilian Association of Communications PhD Programs, former Chair of the Department of Communication (Facom/UFBa) and former director of PhD Program in Communication and Culture (Facom/UFBa). He is advisor of Theses and Dissertations on Cyberculture Studies on the PhD Program in Communication and Culture at Facom/UFBa. He is Senior Researcher (level 1) at National Scientific Council (CNPq/MCT-Brazil), and member of the international juries “Best of Blogs”, Deutsche Welle, Germany – 2004-2005; “Ars Electronica” 2004-2009, Linz, Austria, among others. André Lemos has 10 (ten) published books, more than 30 chapters in other published books, and more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals worldwide. André Lemos is member of editorial boards in scientific journals in Brazil and worldwide (“Canadian Journal of Communication,” “Wi. Journal of Mobile Media,” “ICA,” “Herbert Dordick Award of Dissertations,” among others.). Visiting scholar at University of Alberta and McGill University, Canada, 2007-2008. He is now working on mobile communication and locative media studies.
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