Research Team

He holds a PhD in Media Research from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication (UC3M) and in Humanities (UC3M), and is a technical engineer in IT Systems (Universidad de Granada). His research has focused on audiovisual esthetics, narratives and geopolitics. He has formed part of the GeoCine research group since 2009, participating as a researcher and digital developer in diverse projects focused on the relationship between Geography and Cinema. Currently he is Assistant Professor at UC3M and technology specialist in the City of Madrid Film Office.

vic.aertsen@gmail.com

She is an architect who holds a PhD in Urbanism from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). In 2011, she obtained a La Caixa grant to carry out a Master’s degree in Urban Studies at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and in 2013 was awarded a Ministry of Education Faculty Training grant. At the UPC, she teaches various courses in urbanism and design. She has undertaken research stays at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and at Newcastle University. She has also taken part in more than 20 international congresses, round table discussions and presentations, and has published and edited numerous articles, book chapters and books.

ines.aquilue@upc.edu

She holds a PhD in Tourism Management and Planning and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management. Since 2007, she has collaborated in coordinator duties in the University Master’s program in Tourism Management and Planning in Ourense, and she has taught classes as an interim professor in the Financial Economics and Accounting and Business Organization and Marketing departments (University of Vigo). She participates in diverse research projects related to the tourism and business sector. She is a member of the Universidad de Vigo Emitur (Marketing and Tourism) research group. She also holds a MBA in SMEs, winning an award for best business project.

naraujo@uvigo.es

She is a doctoral student in Media Research, holding a University Master’s in Media, and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Audiovisual Communication (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) as well as an undergraduate degree in Photography from EFTI (Center for Photography and Cinema). She has worked as a film critic in different specialized journals and as cultural manager at the Filmoteca Española. She has been a member of the Geocine research group since 2017. At present, she is working on her doctoral thesis, Habitar la ciudad en el cine español filmado en Madrid (2000-2019) (Inhabiting the city in Spanish movies shot in Madrid 2000-2019).

pbordona@pa.uc3m.es

She is Associate Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where she is a member of the TECMERIN research group and director of the Master’s Program in Film and TV Scripting. She has written or edited nine books, along with over 70 articles and book chapters on television fiction and the history of the media, including articles in reviews such as Hispanic Cinemas, Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Catalan Journal of Communication and Cultural Studies, Television and New Media, Hispanic Research Journal and Feminist Media Studies. Her current line of research is the transformation of the TV industry in Spain in the wake of video-on- demand services.

ccvirino@hum.uc3m.es

She is a lecturer in the Department of Media and Communication (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and a researcher at ITI-LARSyS (Portugal). She obtained her PhD in Communication Studies from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (cum laude, 2015), sponsored by the Spanish government. In 2016, she moved to Portugal for her work at the Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute as a post-doctoral researcher. In 2017-2018, she was Visiting Assistant Professor at the Universidade da Madeira. Her main research interests lie in the fields of audience and television studies. In May 2020, she began a new project on media tourism in Spain. The research is funded by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions – Individual Fellowship program.

castromarino@eshcc.eur.nl

Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, she is a specialist in intermediality and transmedia narrative. Currently she is a Visiting Scholar at the Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia). Since 2009, she has been an associate researcher and project manager for digital information at the ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. She has also been a guest researcher at distinguished international centers of higher learning such as Yale University, Bayreuth Universität, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Bremen Universität, Universiteit Utrecht and Sapienza Università de Roma.

carolfer@hum.uc3m.es

Associate Professor at the Universidad de Vigo, he has directed 15 doctoral theses. He is the principal investigator of the EMITUR research group, enabling him to carry out research projects with private companies and public institutions, as well as organize seminars, national and international conferences and congresses. The principal lines of his research group are focused on Health Tourism (particularly Spa tourism) and Film and TV series tourism. He has been Dean of the School of Business Sciences and Tourism and is presently coordinator of the University Master’s degree in Domestic and Health Tourism Planning and Management and the Doctoral program in Tourism.

jafraiz@uvigo.es

PhD student in the Doctoral Programme in Media Research. Master's Degree in Film and Television, Bachelor in Film, Television and Media Studies (UC3M), Master's Degree in Journalistic and Audiovisual Production (UdC) and Master's Degree in Teacher Training (UIB). He has worked in production and direction departments. He's developing his own projects. Also he's an collaborating lecturer on the Bachelor's Degree in Communication at the UOC, while he's developing his PhD The role of the Film Commissions in Serial Fiction in Spain. The case of the Mallorca Film Commission.

produccion@andreufullana.es

Assistant Professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid (URJC) and professor at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR). She holds a PhD with European honors from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), a Master’s degree In Literature, Artistic Institutions and Cultural Communication from the Ortega y Gasset University Research Institute (IUIOG), and a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Public Relations from UCM. She has carried out research stays at the University of Edinburg and at Paris-Sorbonne IV. She is an editor and coordinator of Área Abierta, an audiovisual communication and advertising review. She has published scientific texts in books and academic journals, as well as co-directing research conferences. She has worked as a tutor and professor at the UCM and the National University of Distance Education (UNED), with professional experience in the communication sector in London, New York and Madrid, and as project manager in Corporate Excellence - Centre for Reputation Leadership, and executive associate at Kreab España.

marta.garcia.sahagun@hotmail.com

Associate Professor in Human Geography at the Universidad de Alicante (UA), he is academic co-director of the Official Master’s Degree in Local Development and Territorial (DELEITE-UA). He heads the AVANT Interuniversity Chair (Rural development and Depopulation) of the Community of Valencia Regional Government at the UA and is a researcher at the International Institute for Social Studies on Latin America (IUESAL). He has been Vice Dean of Students, Tourism and Geography at the UA School of Philosophy and Letters (2006-2011). His lines of research include Territorial Development, depopulation and rural development, sustainable cultural tourism, and participative strategic planning. Since January 2021, he has been Director of the Research Observatory for Local Development and Economic Geography (GEOBINDEL) within the UA Interuniversity Institute of Geography, and president of the Local Development work group of the Spanish Geographical Association (AGE).

antonio.martinez@ua.es

He is currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Information and Documentation, Advertising and Audiovisual Communication Area at the Universidad de Murcia. Additionally, he is carrying out his doctoral thesis on the creation of place branding tourism through audiovisual fiction. He holds a Diploma of Advanced Doctoral Studies in Current Techniques and Methods in Information and Documentation and a postgraduate degree in Tourism Products Marketing (UNED). He combines his academic and research facet with his profession as a consultant for branding and creative advertising, and as project director for audiovisual production, institutional communication offices and advertising agencies.

visamapu@gmail.com

She holds a University Master’s degree in Geographic Information Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography and Spatial Planning (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). She has a specialization in spatial data analysis and processing as well as in operation of GIS tools. She carried out her master’s professional internship at the Ciemat (Research Center for Energy, Environment and Technology), undertaking her thesis on Geographic Information Systems and renewable energies.

pmonteci@pa.uc3m.es

Associate Professor at the CETT-UB Barcelona School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy, he holds a PhD in Didactics of Social Sciences and Heritage from the Universidad de Barcelona and is head of CETT research. He is also coordinator of the renowned TURCiT (Tourism, Culture and Territory) research group and co-director of the new CETT academic review CETT Tourism & Heritage Journal. In addition, he is academic director (since its creation in 2015) of the UB Chair in CETT Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy, the first chair in this discipline in Barcelona. As a professor and researcher, he has focused on marketing and cultural tourism, and during the past ten years, he has specialized in the duality of tourism and film.

e.osacar@cett.cat

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism, specializing in management of local development and preservation of Cultural Heritage. She received her PhD in Geography from the Universidad de Sevilla (2019), where she was a pre-doc researcher (2014-2018). In addition, she has carried out research stays at Université Paris 1 – Pantheon-Sorbonne (2015), the University of Leeds (2016) and the University of Birmingham (2017). Her academic research focuses on the relationship between national and territorial identity and cinema, with special emphasis on analysis of films that depict the tourist’s experience in Andalusia.

mpuche@us.es

He is a geographer, professor and researcher in the Geographic Analysis research group, at the Department of Geography, Universidad de Malaga, with a background in the area of territorial, urbanistic and environment consultancy. His doctoral thesis is entitled “Culture representations of landscape in the western Costa del Sol”, analyzing content of film representations in this area of study.

sergioreyes@uma.es

Historian, PhD in Media Research and adjunct professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Universidad Complutense. She has specialized in popular culture and history of the twentieth century, whose research has focused on the role of horror films and monstrosity in shaping contemporary mentalities from an intersectional perspective.

etiburci@hum.uc3m.es