Biography
Dr Carlos A Scolari is Professor in Theory and Analysis of Interactive Digital Communication in the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, where he coordinated the university’s PhD Program in Communication from 2018 to 2023. His research has focused on the new media ecology and evolution, interfaces, and transmedia narratives. He has been Principal Investigator of several projects, including the EU H2020 TRANSLITERACY project and the TRANSALFABETISMOS project through the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) from 2015 to 2018, and PLATCOM through the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN) from 2020 to 2024. He is currently PI of the project LITERAC-ia with the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation & Universities (MCIU) from 2024 through 2027. His most recent books include Las leyes de la interfaz (Gedisa, 2018), Media Evolution with Fernando Rapa (La Marca, 2019), Cultura Snack (La Marca, 2020), La guerra de las plataformas (Anagrama, 2022), and On the Evolution of Media (Routledge, 2023), published in Spanish as Sobre la evolución de los medios (Ampersand, 2024). According to DIALNET, Professor Scolari is the most cited Spanish researcher in Media and Communication.