María Eugenia Larreina Morales
María Eugenia Larreina Morales holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and a MA in Audiovisual Translation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
She is a predoctoral researcher working on videogame accessibility and the potential applications of audiodescription to the medium.
The PhD grant she has been awarded is linked to the Researching Audio Description: Translation, Delivery and New Scenarios (RAD) project.
Besides media accessibility, she is also interested in the use of music in audiovisual products. Her professional experience includes a translation traineeship at the European Parliament in Luxembourg and volunteering as an interpreter.
Mariona González Sordé
Mariona González Sordé holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting from the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), a BA in Applied Languages from the same university, and a MA in Audiovisual Translation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).
Before joining UAB, she worked as a subtitler and as a translation project coordinator.
She is currently a PhD student at the UAB, working on Easy Language and media accessibility. Her research is backed up by a scholarship linked to the Mediaverse project.
Marina Pujadas Farreras
Marina Pujadas Farreras is a predoctoral researcher in the Department of Translation, Interpreting and East Asian Studies at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
She holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting from the UAB and a MA in Audiovisual Translation from this same university.
She has been awarded a PhD grant by the Catalan Government, which will allow her to pursue her research interest in media accessibility.
Miguel Ángel Oliza Zamora
Miguel Ángel Oliva Zamora holds a BA in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Granada (UGR) and an MA in Audiovisual Translation from the Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB).
Thanks to the PhD grant he has been awarded with, he is now able to research videogame accessibility and the implementation of easy-to-understand languages.
Before joining the research team in UAB, he was working as project manager and copywriter in SEAT for the online applications of the vehicles’ radio from 2019 to 2022.