Eduardo Nunes

Profile

Project manager and learning designer specialising in educational games, gamification and digital learning resources. Almost 20 years of project management and coordination of multidisciplinary teams. Degree in Economics (University of Coimbra) and Master’s in Management (Católica Porto). Designs game-based and gamified learning experiences for schools, higher education, healthcare and corporate training. Invited assistant lecturer at the School of Health of the Polytechnic of Porto. Inventor of Utility Model no. 12414.

Work experience

• 2025/11 – present
  Peer reviewer, scientific papers Reviewer · Innovations in Pedagogy and Technology (ZYIE, Malásia) / ARTII 2024

  Reviewing papers for ARTII 2024 and for the IPT journal (ZYIE, Malaysia).

• 2021 – present
  CEO — Kendir Studios CEO and founder · Vila Nova de Gaia

  SME creating educational games and learning environments, based in Vila Nova de Gaia.

• 2015/02 – 2021/02
  Board member — High Play Arts and Sports Association Associação de Artes e Desporto High Play · Vila Nova de Gaia

  • Coordinated activities and events for the Design for Change competition (2015–2019)
  • Produced project-based learning (PBL) materials for lower secondary schools
  • Teacher training and school workshops on PBL and Design for Change
  • Represented Portugal at Design for Change Global 2019
  • Coordinated teams for educational and sports activities for primary pupils in Vila Nova de Gaia

• 2012/01 – 2021/02
  Project Manager — High Play Consultores High Play Consultores, Lda. · Vila Nova de Gaia

  • Project management, budgeting and design of training projects
  • Coordination of project teams
  • Coordination of development teams for gamified adult training solutions
  • Budget and financial management

• 2007/11 – 2011/05
  Project Manager — Dell'Acqua Environmental Engineering Dell'Acqua – Engenharia Ambiental, Lda. · Vila Nova de Gaia

  • Overall management of the company (administration and finance)
  • Plans and budgets for wastewater treatment systems for clients such as Porto Editora, Vicer, Labesfal and Grupo Ferro, including business model and strategy
  • Project support and impact assessment tools

Education and certifications

• 2025/09 – present
  PhD in Educational Technology — Selinus University PhD by publication · Selinus University of Science and Literature — Faculty of Arts & Humanities

  Thesis: “Frameworks for humanized gamification and aesthetics application in digital educational scenarios and resources”.

• 2024/11
  PRINCE2 Foundation — PeopleCert

  Certification valid until 06/11/2027.

• 2009/09 – 2011/08
  Master’s in Management — Universidade Católica Portuguesa Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) · Porto
• 2001/09 – 2006/07
  Degree in Economics — University of Coimbra Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra · Coimbra

Awards

• 2022/08
  Best game design — educational game fostering resilience in young adults Jennifer Ann's Foundation
• 2022/02
  DigiEduHack'21 (Lisbon) — Best educational solution European Commission

Skills and languages

Languages: Portuguese (native); English C2 in all skills.
Project management: PRINCE2, Microsoft Project, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence).
Design and development: Figma, Adobe XD, graphic design, Unity3D (basic), Linux desktop and server (basic).
Other: Microsoft Office and Visio.
Areas: game-based learning, gamification, instructional design, narrative design, escape rooms, WebGL with xAPI/cmi5, A/B testing of learning resources.

Projects

• 2026/08
  Utility Model no. 12414 — Twin system for interactive teaching Inventor and holder · INPI · Boletim da Propriedade Industrial n.º 152/2026
• 2024/08 – 2024/12
  Patrulha Ação Azul Digital Library — Oceano Azul Foundation Lead Designer · Fundação Oceano Azul
• 2024/05 – 2024/09
  SkillScapes — escape rooms for skills development Lead Designer
• 2024/03 – present
  Economia para Tod@s — gamified financial literacy (Bank of Portugal) Lead Designer (winning proposal) · Banco de Portugal (concurso nacional)
• 2023/10 – present
  Digital resource “Play, Struggle and Act” Project Manager e Learning Architect
• 2023/10 – present
  Digital resource “Fibonacci and the Golden Ratio” Project Manager e Instructional Designer
• 2023/10 – present
  Digital resource “How to Be an Astronaut for the Day” Project Manager e Instructional Designer
• 2023/01 – 2024/08
  Digital resource “Living Better on Earth, Ensuring the Planet’s Sustainability” Contract Manager e Lead Instructional Designer
• 2020/10 – present
  Schoolers and Scholars (SNS) — RPGs in primary education Lead Coordinator
• Pixel — Villages
• ECD — Digital Skills Rehearsal
• ATLAS
• RED2026 Consortium — Digital Learning Resources
• EDEH — Game-based learning squad & workshop

Teaching and training delivered

• 2025/02 – present
  Gamification in Health and Rehabilitation — School of Health, P.Porto Invited Assistant Lecturer (module leader) · E2S — Escola Superior de Saúde, Politécnico do Porto
• 2024/08 – 2024/08
  Personalized Learning: Essential Strategies for Educators — Erasmus+ (Sinerconsult) Trainer (course design and delivery) · Porto
• 2024/05/07
  Flash Course “Digital learning resources and other classroom tools for active learning” — School of Education, P.Porto Trainer · Escola Superior de Educação – P.Porto
• 2024/03 – 2024/03
  Gamification Design — IPAM (Postgraduate in Gamification and Customer Engagement) Invited Assistant Lecturer · IPAM – Marketing Business School (Universidade Europeia)
• 2023/01/14
  Flash Course “How to Use Games in Education” — School of Education, P.Porto Trainer · Escola Superior de Educação – P.Porto
• 2022/10/18
  Flash Seminar “Fostering innovative, creative and hybrid approaches in Education” Trainer · Centro de Inovação Pedagógica do P.Porto — ESS

Talks and conferences

• 2024/11/14
  Workshop on Digital Escape Rooms — Erasmus+ Math Digger (ISEP) Speaker · ISEP – P.Porto
• 2024/11/07
  DIGICOM 2024 — A/B Testing Protocol for Digital Educational Resources Paper presentation · Escola de Design do IPCA · 8th International Conference on Design & Digital Communication
• 2024/07/04
  P.Pic24 — Round table “Exploring the Next Frontier: ChatGPT, AI, and Education's Future” Speaker · Porto
• 2022/11/02
  Seminar “Designing and implementing gamification and game-based learning” Invited speaker
• 2022/10/07
  ECGBL'22 — Presenting the Liber Domus game Presentation · European Conference on Games Based Learning 2022
• 2022/05/10
  Designing and developing the educational game Liber Domus Speaker · CEDEI
• 2021/11
  Seminar on Educational Game Design — ESMAD Invited speaker · ESMAD – P.Porto

Publications

• 2024
  A/B Testing Protocol for Digital Educational Resources International Conference on Design and Digital Communication (DIGICOM), SSDI vol. 51 Inês Reis, Eduardo Nunes, Rui Rodrigues
• 2022
  Role-play Game Applied to Maths Teaching: Representations of Students about a Digital Role-Play Gaming Platform ICERI 2022 – 15th Annual Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
• 2022
  Liber Domus – Development of a Prototype RPG for 6th Grade Mathematics and Science Learning IxD&A Journal
• 2021
  Age of Society – Building a game to/while learn(ing) Simpósio de Engenharia Informática
• 2021
  Schoolers & Scholars: A project focusing on RPG in Elementary Education Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Games Based Learning
• 2021
  Games based learning environments: A review of potential steps forward for virtual learning Sensos-e, Vol. VIII, n.º 1
• 2021
  Game-Based Learning: a Push for Introducing a C(classroom)-MORG Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
• 2011
  Metodologias de mapeamento de clusters em sectores estratégicos regionais