Master of Arts in Communication Management

She also lectures at various universities and business schools (UPF, UOC, UB, EAE, UJI, University of Malaga) and provides in-company training. She has collaborated with: TMB, Fundació Jaume Bofill, Menarini, Abertis, TV3 and the Red Cross, among others. She is the author of more than 10 books on digital communication, most recently: Relaciones públicas 2.0. Cómo gestionar la comunicación corporativa en el entorno digital (Editorial UOC, 2018); Nuevas narrativas digitales. Aplicaciones en relaciones públicas, periodismo y marca personal (Amazon Kindle, 2015); and Redes sociales en una semana (Gestión 2000, 2010).

Also, he holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the Pompeu Fabra University and a degree in Sociology from the Universitat de Barcelona 

He teaches Structure of Communication, Public Opinion and Audience Research. He has published in the areas of media reception, structures of the Catalan media landscape, qualitative analysis of media texts and education. He worked in the Audience Department of Televisió de Catalunya, the Catalan public service broadcaster.

Also, she holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Communication from the BSM (BSM-UPF).

Before joining the university, she has worked for more than 10 years in public relations consultancies (Llorente & Cuenca, Hill + Knowlton Strategies) and in-house communication departments (CAATEEB, DiR). She also teaches at the Department of Communication of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), at the BSM (BSM-UPF), at the University Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED). She has been a visiting scholar at the Leeds Beckett University (UK) and at the University of Huddersfield (UK).
Her research interests are focused basically on public relations, creativity, social media and gamification.

Her articles have been accepted for publication in Public Relations Review, Emerald, Peter Lang, Sphera Publica, Revista Internacional de Relaciones Públicas, El Profesional de la Información, and Trípodos, among others.

For more than a decade, she has combined her academic career with a professional career in the media and communication agencies, as well as event organisation. She is the author of books including Eventos y Protocolo. La gestión estratégica de actos corporativos e institucionales, UOC, 2017 and Manual d'Organització d'Esdeveniments. El Pla Estratègic de Gestió d'Esdeveniments com a eina d'imatge de marca, Eumo Editorial, 2007.

Also, he is the coordinator of the Communication, Advertising and Society (CAS) research group at the UPF.

His main research interests are branding, digital media, political communication, advertising, and physicophysiological measures. He recently gained a scholarship to be a visiting scholar at Texas Tech University.

Maria developed her professional career in the UK, where she worked for a wide range of brands operating in Europe, America and Asia. Her expertise covers both B2B and B2C campaigns for an extended range of markets: software, high-fashion, jewellery, beauty, food, beverages and travel, among others. Her academic background covers Advertising and Public Relations, as well as Business Administration.  

He also works for the English department of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and for the Film School ESCAC. He has degrees in Audiovisual Communication (UPF) and Translation (UAB), Masters in English Studies and Gender Studies (UB). He teaches PR and Internal Communication, Film Studies, Gender Studies and English. He has worked as a Higher Technician in Communication at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

He also coordinates the PhD Program of Communication at UPF. His researches have focused on transmedia storytelling and media ecology/evolution of media and interfaces. He’s been visiting researcher at University of Toronto and NYU. Between 2015-18 he coordinated the H2020 Transmedia Literacy research project.

Also, he has a BA in English (York), an MA in Japanese Studies (Essex/Tokyo). He is director of the MA programme in International Political Journalism at the UPF-BSM. He teaches international political journalism, international journalism history, global media and has published in the fields of political communication, journalism practice, journalism history in international academic journals such as Journal of Communication Inquiry, Journalism Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator and International Journal of Iberian Studies among others.

Also, he has a degree in Advertising Communication and a Master's in International Peace, Conflict and Development Studies from the Jaume I University. He is currently finishing a PhD in Communication at UPF. He teaches communication theory, media industries and audience trends and has published in the areas of gender and communication, LGBT/Queer media studies, communication theory and communication for social change.

Also, she teaches fundamentals of advertising, branding, and place branding courses. She has published in the areas of online communication practices and their contribution to building brand image and personality.