The centre includes two full time media researchers and several other researchers. The full time media research staff is integrated with the ISCTE (Lisbon Universitary Institute) research department CIES, giving the centre an inter-disciplinary foundation.
OberCom also develops research in cooperation with several Portuguese universities. OberCom currently develops, or has developed, research together with the following Portuguese academic institutions: ISCTE, ESCS, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Universidade da Beira Interior, ISCSP, Universidade do Minho and Universidade Lusófona.
The centre is chaired by Professor Gustavo Cardoso. He and Dra Rita Espanha supervise the centre’s scientific research development; manage the centre research networking and institutional relations.
