{"id":10,"date":"2026-06-23T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:46:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T11:46:28","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"My Career Trajectory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/576\/2026\/06\/01-1-Olga-Castro.jpg\" alt=\"Olga Castro\" class=\"wp-image-92 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/576\/2026\/06\/01-1-Olga-Castro.jpg 344w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/576\/2026\/06\/01-1-Olga-Castro-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>I joined the UAB in 2024 as \u201c<strong>Beatriz Galindo Distinguished Senior Researcher<\/strong>\u201c, a 4-year research fellowship granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, as part of its Talent Attraction programme. My role also involves teaching on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.cat\/sites\/ContentServer\/estudiar\/official-master-s-degrees\/general-information\/-1096480962610.html?param1=1345934162400\">MA in Translation and Intercultural Studies<\/a>\u00a0(MUTEI) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uab.cat\/web\/estudiar\/llistat-de-graus\/informacio-general\/traduccio-i-interpretacio-1216708251447.html?cid=1216708251447&amp;d=Touch&amp;pagename=UAB%2FPage%2FTemplatePageDetallGrauUAB_F4&amp;param1=1228291018508\">BA Translation and Interpreting<\/a>. <br>I am also <strong>Reader in Translation and Transcultural Studies <\/strong>in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Warwick, UK (on leave, 2024-2027).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Academic Positions and Education<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I read Journalism at the&nbsp;<strong>Universidade de Santiago de Compostela<\/strong>&nbsp;(1998-2002) and Translation and Interpreting Studies at the&nbsp;<strong>Universidade de Vigo<\/strong>&nbsp;(2002-2004). After completing my Diploma of Advanced Studies (MRes) in Translation and Paratranslation in 2007, and receiving my&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newvoices.arts.chula.ac.th\/index.php\/en\/article\/view\/153\/130\">PhD in Translation Studies from the Universidade de Vigo<\/a>&nbsp;in 2010 (Sobresaliente cum laude,&nbsp;<em>International Doctorate Mention<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Extraordinary Doctorate Prize<\/em>&nbsp;for the best thesis in the humanities), my postdoctoral career took place entirely in the UK until December 2023. I held positions as Teaching Fellow in Translation at the&nbsp;<strong>University of Exeter<\/strong>&nbsp;(2010-11) and Lecturer in Translation Studies and Spanish at&nbsp;<strong>Aston University<\/strong>&nbsp;(2011-2019), where I completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice in Higher Education in 2014. I joined the&nbsp;<strong>University of Warwick<\/strong>&nbsp;as Assistant Professor in Translation and Transcultural Studies in 2019. I was promoted to Associate Professor in in 2020, and eventually to Reader in 2023. At Warwick, I served as Deputy Director of Graduate Studies (PG Taught Programmes) at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures and was also programme director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/warwick.ac.uk\/fac\/arts\/modernlanguages\/applying\/postgraduate\/matc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MA Translation and Cultures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have completed research stays at\u00a0<strong>Sheffield Hallam University<\/strong>, under the supervision of Professor Sara Mills (2007);\u00a0<strong>Universitat de Vic<\/strong>, under the supervision of Professor Pilar Godayol (2008);\u00a0<strong>Universit\u00e4t Graz<\/strong>, under the supervision of Dr Michaela Wolf (2012), and\u00a0<strong>Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Ferrara<\/strong>, working with Professor Eleonora Federici (2025). I have also delivered sessions as guest lecturer at BA and MA programmes at Universidade de Vigo, University of California at Santa Barbara, Universidad de Granada, Universidade de S\u00e3o Paulo, Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de Barcelona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am&nbsp;<strong>Fellow of the Higher Education Academy<\/strong>&nbsp;in the UK since 2014. In Spain, I received a positive evaluation as \u201c<strong>Profesora Titular\u201d by ANECA<\/strong>&nbsp;in 2021. In December 2024, I was granted&nbsp;<strong>2 six-year research periods \u201csexenios\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;(2008-2013, 2015-2020) by the Catalan Research Agency AQU. In 2026 I obtained the&nbsp;<strong>R3 Certificate&nbsp;<\/strong>from the Spanish Research Agency, recognising my status as an Established Researcher according to the European Framework for Research Careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I joined the UAB in 2024 as \u201cBeatriz Galindo Distinguished Senior Researcher\u201c, a 4-year research fellowship granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, as part of its Talent Attraction programme. My role also involves teaching on the\u00a0MA in Translation and Intercultural Studies\u00a0(MUTEI) and BA Translation and Interpreting. I am also Reader in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/olga-castro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}