Ph.D. Ignacio Aguaded is a Full Professor of Media Education and Technologies applied to Education at the University of Huelva (Spain). He has a degree in both Spanish Studies and Education and also holds a PhD. He is the founding President of Comunicar (a group of teachers and journalists that aims to raise the profile of media education). He has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Research Journal ‘Comunicar’ (indexed in Scopus-Q1 and Journal Citation Reports-Q1) (from 1993 to 2023; 30 years) and is also a regular contributor to various international publications. He has led the Research Group ‘Agora’, part of the Andalusia Research Plan and has conducted various research projects within the framework of Spanish and International programmes, such as Interreg III, E-learning…, all related to the area of media education. He has lectured at National and International forums, conferences and universities. Author of a long list of scientific books and papers, he has also chaired over twenty international scientific events. He is currently Vice-Chancellor for Technology and Quality at the University of Huelva. Best Researcher Award of the University of Huelva 2015, Ibero-American Communication Award 2022 (ASICOM) and UNESCO-MIL World Prize as President of Alfamed in 2023, and in 2019 as Editor of ‘Comunicar‘. Member of the Spanish Society for Academic Excellence (SEDEA), and top 2% worldwide researchers by academic career 2025 in the Stanford Ranking