Below you will find my English CV. There is also a resume of my activities in Spanish and a list of my academic publications.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
– Degree in Media Studies (Journalism), Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
– Doctorate in Media Studies. Title of thesis: Agencias de Noticias y Sociedad Internacional: el Pool de los No Alineados e Inter Press Service (News Agencies and International Society: the Non-Aligned Pool and Inter Press Service).
– 30th Course on National Defence, held in the Higher Centre for National Defence Studies (CESEDEN) of the Spanish Defence Headquarters Ministry of Defence. January – April 2010.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
– Lecturer at the Faculty of Media Studies, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain. Address: Avenida Complutense s/n. 28040 Madrid. Tel.: 91 394 21 91.
– Undergraduate and graduate subjects taught: International Relations in the Audiovisual Media, International News Agencies, International Mass Media, International Relations in Central and Eastern Europe, Russian Foreign Policy.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
– Editor at the Spanish National Radio and Television Network (RTVE), Spanish National Radio Network (RNE) and Spanish Television Network (TVE) from 1987 to 1990.
– Organiser of the Master’s in International Relations and Communication. Faculty of Media Studies, UCM, 1996-2004.

SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGES (B=basic notions, G=good command, F=fluent)
LANGUAGE    SPOKEN    READING    WRITING
English   G    G    G
French   G    G    G

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
– Member of Research Group: International Relations in the 21st Century (RIS-XXI) since 02/09/2008. UCM.
– Project: Use of new technologies in Islamic terrorist strategies. UCM/Banco de Santander. From 01/12/2005 to 30/11/2007
– Project: Terrorism, political processes and conflict control mechanisms, a comparison between Northern Ireland and the Basque Country. Madrid Region. From 01/01/2005 to 01/01/2006.
– Project: Reporting terrorism in Eastern European countries (1977-1987). An empirical study. UCM. From October 1988 to September 1989.
– Project: Editor of the Report on Immigration and Racism: analysis of Spanish radio, television and press. Institute of Migrations and Social Services (Ministry of Social Affairs). January-December 2001.

PUBLISHED WORKS:
Articles:
– “La Descentralización de la información: la televisión por satélite árabe y su cobertura de la Guerra de Irak” (The decentralisation of information: Arabic satellite television and its coverage of the Iraq War), in Estudios Internacionales de la Complutense, nº1, Vol. 11. ISSN 1575-7056, pages 79-96 (2009).
– “El marco político de los medios de comunicación en Rusia” (Politics and the mass media in Russia), in Ámbitos. Revista Internacional de la Comunicación, nº 17, 2007, ISSN 1139-1979, pages 283-299 (2008).
– “Comunicación para el desarrollo” (Communication for development), in Revista Mexicana de Comunicación, nº 99, 2006. ISSN 0187-8190, pages 47-52 (2006).
– “Relaciones Internacionales de cooperación: cultura y comunicación para el desarrollo”, (International cooperation relations: culture and communication for development), in Relaciones Internacionales (UNAM, México), nº 96, 2006. ISSN 0185-0814, pages 167-179 (2006).
“Realidades y limitaciones de los medios de comunicación africanos” (Reality and limitations of African mass media), in Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, nº 16. ISSN 1137-8875, pages 135-143 (2005).
-“Aproximación a la evolución de los medios de comunicación para el desarrollo” (Overview of the evolution of communication for development) in Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, nº 15. ISSN 1137-8875, pages 47-60 (2005).
– “Cooperación internacional para la comunicación” (International cooperation for communication) in Revista Latinoamericana de Comunicación Chasqui, nº 89. Ecuador. ISSN 13901079, pages 26-32 (2005).
– “La comunicación: un área de cooperación internacional” (Communication: a sphere of international cooperation) in Revista Española de Desarrollo y Cooperación, nº 5. ISSN 1137-8875, pages 91-108 (2000).
– “Actores de las Relaciones Internacionales: las empresas globales de comunicación a partir de los recientes procesos de fusión” (Agents of international relations: global communication corporations resulting from recent mergers) in Trípodos, nº 1, 2000. ISSN 1138-3305, pages 79-90 (2000).
– “El mundo de Inter Press Service: una cobertura informativa global” (The world of Inter Press Service: global information coverage), in CIC Cuadernos de Información y Comunicación, nº 2, 1996. ISSN 1135-7991, pages 89-98 (1996).

Chapters in books:
“La crisis de Europa del Este y de la Unión Soviética. Los cambios geopolíticos en la Europa Central y Oriental” (The crisis of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Geopolitical changes in Central and Eastern Europe), in PEREIRA, J. C. (Coord.): Historia de las Relaciones Internacionales, Editorial Ariel, Barcelona, 2009. ISBN 978-84-344-1835-6, pages 637-656 (2009).
“Las agencias internacionales de noticias en la Sociedad de la Información: la especialización a la carta” (International press agencies in the Information Society: a la carte specialisation), in FERNANDEZ SANZ, J. J.; SANZ ESTABLES, C.; RUBIO MORAGA, A. L. (Coords.): Prensa y periodismo especializado, Vol. 1. Editores del Henares, Guadalajara, 2007. ISBN 978-84-613-0457-8, pages 169- 180 (2007).
“El papel de los medios de comunicación en el diálogo de civilizaciones” (The role of the mass media in the dialogue among civilisations) ABU WARDA, N. (Ed.): Dialogue of civilisation: Islam and the West. Egyptian Institute for Islamic Studies, ISBN: 978-84-691-0649-5, pages 275-293 (2008).
“Efectos de la implantación de las nuevas tecnologías en la comercialización de la información: las agencias informativas” (The effect of the introduction of new technologies in selling information: news agencies) in Actas de las XIV Jornadas Internacionales de Jóvenes Investigadores en comunicación, University of Málaga, ISBN: 978-84-690-8232-4, 2007.
“Los medios de comunicación de Marruecos en el Proceso de Barcelona” (The Moroccan mass media in the Barcelona Process), in FERNANDEZ, A.; GODED, M. (Coords.): Europa y Marruecos. Diez años del Proceso de Barcelona, Biblioteca Nueva, Madrid, ISBN 978-84-9742-683-1, pages 143-152 (2007).
“Comunicación y Relaciones Internacionales: el impacto de la tecnología» (Communication and International Relations: the impact of technology) in Actas de las XIII Jornadas Internacionales de Jóvenes Investigadores en Comunicación, Universidad San Jorge, Zaragoza, ISBN: 84-87175-29-5, pages 1193-1205 (2006).

WORK EXPERIENCE ABROAD
– TANJUG Non-Aligned News Agency Pool Belgrade (Serbia), November 1990.
– UNESCO Library. Paris (France), December 1990.
– UNESCO Centre for Culture and Communication. Paris (France), September 1991.
– UNESCO Centre for Culture and Communication, UNESCO Library, Documentation Centre of the French Documentation Centre, Paris (France), November 1992.
– Headquarters of the Inter Press Service Agency (IPS), Rome (Italy) October 1992.

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS

• Research paper, Tutor:
• – Rosana Martín Grillo: “El papel de la seguridad energética en las relaciones Rusia-Unión Europea” (The role of energy safety in Russia-EU relations), September 2010. Grade obtained: A.
• – Mar Gueimonde Ruiz: “Representaciones de Irak: construcción de una imagen” (Portrayal of Iraq: the creation of an image), September 2010. Grade obtained: B.
• – Elena Pérez Fernández: “Corresponsales de guerra: Mujeres en “la tribu” (War correspondents: Women in «the clan»), September 2010. Grade obtained: B.
• -Lara López Sánchez: “La política informativa de la República Popular China ante los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing 2008” (Information policy pursued by the People’s Republic of China during the Beijing Olympics), September 2009. Grade obtained: A.
• – Research Paper (Master of Advanced Studies), Tutor: David Penado Fernández: “Legitimación del poder en la República Popular China y medios de comunicación” (Legitimisation of power in the People’s Republic of China and the mass media), September 2007. Grade obtained: A.

Other teaching achievements:
– Director of the Complutense Summer Course (ECV): International Journalism, July 2011.
– Director of the ECV course: Terrorism and the Media, July 2009.
– ECV course lecturer: Dialogue among Civilisations: Islam and the West, July 2007.
– Course lecturer: Specialist/Expert in International Information and Southern Countries, from 1995-1996 to 2004-2005.
– UCM course lecturer: Master in Institutional and Corporate Journalism, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
– UCM course lecturer: Master in International Cooperation, from 2001-2002 to 2010-2011.
– Complutense Institute for International Studies (ICEI) course lecturer: Master in International Relations and Communication, from 1996-1997 to present day.

Other academic and research achievements:
– Organiser of work experience of students from the Master in International Relations and Communication in the EFE news agency, from 1996-1997 to 2002-2003.
– Member of the Spanish Association of International Public Law and International Relations Professors.