Research

Main research areas

  • Journalism ethics and media accountability instruments
  • Content creation and dissemination in the digital age
  • Communication and sport

PhD dissertation

Sports journalism ethics and quality of information. The coverage of the London 2012 Olympics in the British, American and Spanish press. May 2016. Advisor: Dr. Salvador Alsius

Affiliation with research groups

Grup de Recerca en Comunicació Política, Periodisme i Democràcia [Research Group on Political Communication, Journalism and Democracy] (POLCOM-GRP), Department of Communication, Pompeu Fabra University

Sport Research Institute – Autonomous University of Barcelona (IRE-UAB)

Research projects

Euromedia Ownership Monitor – EurOMo (2021-2022; European Commission, LC-01678544). Role: Researcher.

Media Accountability Instruments against disinformation: The impact of fact-checking platforms as media accountability tools and curricular proposal (2020-2023; Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, PID2019-106367GB-100/ AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033). Role: Researcher.

Accountability and Media Systems in Spain: Real impact and good practices in Spanish Media (2016-2020; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness; CSO2015-66404-P). Role: Researcher.

Model EDvidence: un sistema de gestió per a les noves demandes del canvi educatiu i del coneixement [EDvidence Model: A management system for the new demands of education and knowledge change] (2019-2021; ACC1Ó/FEDER; COMRDI18-1-0013-00). Role: Researcher.

Media, participation and democracy (2020-2022; Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Planetary Wellbeing Initiative, PLAWB00119). Role: Researcher.

Transparency and Media Accountability (2013-2015; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness; CSO2012-39138). Role: Researcher.

Integrated Journalism in Europe (2012-2015; European Commission; 528057-LLP-1-2012-1-ES-ERASMUS-FEXI). Role: Researcher.

Research ACCREDITATIONS

Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU): Accreditation of research – Associate professor (June 2020); Report for tenure-track lecturer – Assistant professor (October 2017); Merits in Research, 2013 – 2018 (July 2019).

National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA): Senior Lecturer (January 2023); PhD Lecturer, PhD Assistant Lecturer, and Private University Lecturer (December 2017).

Research visits

Sport Research Institute – Autonomous University of Barcelona (IRE-UAB), Spain. February – August 2023.

Department of Journalism II, University of Seville, Spain. June – September 2022.

Division of Communications, Media and Culture (CMC), University of Stirling, United Kingdom. May – July 2017.

Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. September – December 2013.

College of Communication and Information Sciences (CIS), University of Alabama, United States of America. July 2014.

International Olympic Committee Olympic Studies Centre (OSC), Lausanne, Switzerland. May 2014.

Academic memberships