Elena Llorca-Asensi is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Alicante (UA), teaching Sociology of Law and innovation related subjects. She has a degree in Sociology (UA, 1995), a master’s in Digital Communication (UMH, 2011), and a diploma of University Expert in Political Leadership (UA, 2014), with a professional background of more than twenty years as sociologist in the tech field. Former dean of the professional college for Politics and Sociology of the region, she is part of the University Research Group SOC-INNOVA (Sociology of Innovation and Social Change), her main research interest being the impact of technologies on society, economy, and politics. She is currently expanding into disinformation threats to democracies, with a doctoral thesis on Legal Disinformation on the Internet, which was awarded with a grant to develop her research at Lucentia Lab, a Technology Based Company specialized in Big Data and artificial intelligence.
Elena Llorca-Asensi is an Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Alicante (UA), teaching Sociology of Law and innovation related subjects. She has a degree in Sociology (UA, 1995), a master’s in Digital Communication (UMH, 2011), and a diploma of University Expert in Political Leadership (UA, 2014), with a professional background of more than twenty years as sociologist in the tech field. Former dean of the professional college for Politics and Sociology of the region, she is part of the University Research Group SOC-INNOVA (Sociology of Innovation and Social Change), her main research interest being the impact of technologies on society, economy, and politics. She is currently expanding into disinformation threats to democracies, with a doctoral thesis on Legal Disinformation on the Internet, which was awarded with a grant to develop her research at Lucentia Lab, a Technology Based Company specialized in Big Data and artificial intelligence.