Research Team

Anna Tous Rovirosa
Principal Investigator of the Sports- Politics Project and Associate Professor at the Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences (UAB).

Raquel Crisóstomo
Raquel Crisóstomo Gálvez holds a PhD in Humanities (UPF, 2011) and a PhD in Communication (UPF, 2019) with a thesis on identity in television fiction.

Jorge Martínez Lucena
Full Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU (Barcelona). His scholarship explores social imaginaries in film and television series within contemporary culture.

Luisa de C. Martínez García
Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication, at the UAB. She holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising.

Elena Neira Borrajo
Holds degrees in Law and Audiovisual Communication and a PhD in Humanities and Communication. She specializes in new models of audiovisual distribution.

Laura Pousa
PhD in Film History from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and combines her profession al career as a screenwriter and director with academic management, teaching and research.

Joaquín Puig González
PhD in Communication Sciences (1989). Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the UAB (1990). Member of the Department of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising.

Natividad Ramajo Hernandez
Associate Professor of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising at the UAB.

Leonor Balbuena
Lecturer at the Faculty of Communication, Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She holds a PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising.
Project Collaborators

Elena Fedotova
Doctoral student at the Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences (UAB). Her research focuses on television films, festive programming, and media nostalgia.

Rogmary García Sánchez
Graduate in Journalism from the University of Havana. Master’s degree in Audiovisual Scriptwriting from the University of Seville. She is a doctoral student at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Alexandre Ternianov
MD degree and a PhD in Pharmacology. Currently a family physician at a primary care center in Barcelona, he is a person of reference in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, chair of the center’s research committee.

Qianyi Yin
Doctoral student in Communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and Hosting Art from Liaoning University.
Advisory Board

Milly Buonanno
She was Full Professor of Television Studies at the Department of Communication and Social Research of Sapienza University of Rome. She is the founder of the research unit Gender and Media Matters (2010–present).

Stephen Glynn
Film writer and lecturer, most recently affiliated with De Montfort University, UK. The author of a dozen monographs, he is acknowledged as a specialist in the field of British cinema studies.

Diane Negra
Full Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture at University College Dublin. A member of the Royal Irish Academy, she is the author, editor, or co-editor of fourteen books.

Melanie Williams
Full Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom. She is well known for work relating to gender issues in relation to British cinema and broader cultural history.