UAB Experts Guide for journalists

Joan Deus Yela

Keywords: neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry, psychopathology, clinical evaluation, neuroimaging, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, chronic pain

Josep Deví Bastida

He is an expert in gerontology, psychogeriatrics, dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Keywords: gerontology, psychogeriatrics, dementia, Alzheimer's

Miquel Domènech Argemí

His research interests are framed in the Studies of Science and Technology. Three lines of work. 1) Study of care technologies: it is focused on the analysis of the impact that the introduction of technological devices for care has on people's daily lives. 2) Study of citizen participation in the Knowledge Society: His interest here focuses on the relationships between experts and lay people, either in public controversy as well as in deliberative processes or, also, citizen science experiences. 3) Ethics of technology: currently with special emphasis on the ethical implications of robotics development .

Keywords: science and technology studies, citizen participation, care technologies, knowledge society, ethics of technology, social robotics

Melinda Dooly Owenby

Applied linguist, expert in foreign language teaching, plurilingual pedagogy, educational ethnography and teacher education. Specific focus of research: language learning mediated through communication technology and telecollaboration (virtual exchange).

Keywords: foreign language teaching, plurilingual pedagogy, educational ethnography, teacher education, technology-enhanced language teaching and learning, telecollaboration (virtual exchange)

David Duran Gisbert

He coordinates a research group on peer learning: studying how interactions between student can be organised to promote they can learn from each other. He has designed programs of peer tutoring (students in pairs learning through their differences) and investigated them. In this context, and in cooperative learning, he has studied how people learn by teaching others (learning-by-teaching). He also works -and has acted as an expert for various administrations- in the field of inclusive education: how to improve education so that all students, without exception, can learn.

Keywords: aprendizaje entre iguales, tutoría entre iguales, aprendizaje cooperativo, cooperación, colaboración, educación inclusiva, inclusión, aprenseñar

Ana Maria Enrique Jiménez

Expert in communication management of companies and institutions. She has specialised in strategies of communication in crisis situations. She focus in the processes of management and efficiency of the strategies. She teaches classes of business communication at the Faculty of Communication Studies ( UAB ) and masters of national universities. She is academic coordinator of the Máster in Business and Institutional Communication (On site, on-line). Member of the Research Group Publiradio and DCEI.

Keywords: communication, strategies, crisis, management, Dircom, company, institution

Cristina Escobar Urmeneta

She is an expert in foreign language education, teaching english as a foreign language (TEFL, CLIL). Also in teacher education and teacher development, and in Classroom Interactional Competence o CIC.

Keywords: foreign language education, TEFL, CLIL, teacher education, teacher development, CIC

Eduard Escrich Escriche

Expert on nutrition and breast cancer. He is also an expert on physiology and medicine of the altitude.

Keywords: breast cáncer, nutrition, mediterranean diet, olive oil, seed oil, fats altitude, physiology, Medicine

Eloy Espin Basany

He is an expert on colorectal surgery, cancer of the colon, rectum and anus, colo-rectal diseases and proctology.

Keywords: colorectal surgery, cancer of the colon, rectum and anus, colo-rectal diseases and proctology

Josep Espluga Trenc

Sociologist specialized in public perception of technological and environmental risks, occupational health, environmental policies, public engagement, rural development and agro-ecological policies.

Keywords: technological risk, environmental risk, occupational risk, participation, rural development, environmental policies, agro-ecological policies

Rossano Eusebio

He is professor of Marketing and expert in consumer behavior, digital and social media marketing, and advertising.

Keywords: marketing, consumer, digital marketing, social networks, advertising

Isabel Fernández Alonso

Director of the Daniel Jones Research Group in Communication Structure and Policies. The aim of this group is to contribute to the academic analysis, both critical and comparative, of media systems in the Western European area, with emphasis on the countries of Mediterranean Europe and the Spanish and Catalan media systems. The group studies the strategies and behaviours of the economic, political and social actors that coexist within these systems, as well as the interrelations that are forged among them. The group members consider that media systems, as they are shaped, contribute to the replication of dominant structures of power and economics.

Keywords: public broadcasting service, regulators, DTT, press subsidies