Organizada pela Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e pelo Center for Media@Risk da Annenberg School for Communication (University of Pennsylvania), em colaboração com a School of Journalism and Communication (Chinese University of Hong Kong), a Annenberg School for Media and Journalism (University of Southern California), a Faculty of Social Sciences (University of Helsinki) e com o apoio da rede Europeaum, a Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication proporciona aos alunos a oportunidade de discutir questões centrais da comunicação num ambiente verdadeiramente internacional.

A 5.ª edição da Lisbon Winter School, em 2024/2025, foi dedicada ao tema “Media and Fear”, tendo contado com os seguintes oradores:

• David Altheide (Arizona State University)
• Carlo Bordoni (Mercatorum Univeristy)
• Isabel Capella Gil (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• István Rev (Central European University)
• Johanna Sumiala  (University of Helsinki) 
• Frank Furei (University of Kent)
• Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania) 

A 4.ª edição da Lisbon Winter School, em 2023/2024, adoptou uma abordagem comparativa e global do estudo de “Media and Ambivalence” e contou com os seguintes oradores:

• Sarah Banet-Weiser (University of Southern California)
• Kecheng Fang (Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong)
• Ciara Greene (University  College Dublin)
• Admire Mare ((University of Johannesburg)
• Nina L. Khrushcheva (The New School)
• Courtney C. Radsch (UCLA)
• Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• Francesca Tripodi (University of North Carolina)
• David Welch (University of Kent)

Em 2022/23 o tema da 3.ª Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication foi “Media and Propaganda” e contou com os seguintes keynote speakers:

• Sarah Banet-Weiser (University of Southern California)
• Kecheng Fang (Chinese Univeristy of Hong Kong)
• Ciara Greene (University  College Dublin)
• Admire Mare ((University of Johannesburg)
• Nina L. Khrushcheva (The New School)
• Courtney C. Radsch (UCLA)
• Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• Francesca Tripodi (University of North Carolina)
• David Welch (University of Kent)

Em 2019/20 o tema da 2.ª Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication foi “Media and Uncertainty” e contou com os seguintes keynote speakers:

• Teresa Ashe (The Open University)
• Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics & Political Science)
• Fathali Moghaddam (Georgetown University)
• Victor Pickard (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)
• James Painter (University of Oxford)
• Saskia Witteborn (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Barbie Zelizer (Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania)
• Carla Ganito (Universidade Católica Portuguesa

 Em 2018/19 o tema da Winter School foi “Media and Populism” e contou com os seguintes keynote speakers:

• Barbie Zelizer (Annenberg School for Communication)
• Francis Lee (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University
• Nelson Ribeiro (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
• Risto Kunelius (University of Tampere)
• Rolien Hoyng (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Ruth Wodak (LAncaster University)
• Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics and Political Sciences)
• Silvio Waisbord (George Washington University)

Mais informações podem ser obtidas no site da Lisbon Winter School for the Study of Communication.