Javier J. Amores is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Communications of the Catholic University of Chile (UC), and member of the Audiovisual Content Observatory (OCA) of the University of Salamanca (Spain). Previously he has also been a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Salamanca and the University of Milan (Italy), and completed a four-month research stay at the Media Informatics Laboratory, attached to the School of Journalism and Mass Communications of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). Javier holds a Master's Degree in Audiovisual Communication Research with Extraordinary Award, and a PhD (cum laude) in Communication Sciences with Extraordinary Award by the University of Salamanca. His dissertation won the first award from the Spanish Association of Universities with Degrees in Information and Communication Sciences (ATIC), for the best doctoral thesis in these fields in Spain. Javier has participated in more than 20 national and international funded research projects (including 4 funded by the European Commission), and has published more than 35 academic publications in the fields of communication, information and social sciences. He has also presented more than 40 papers at national and international scientific conferences and has been invited as a speaker in over 25 academic events, including conferences, seminars, and workshops.
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, Castille-Leon, Spain
Sociology and Communication
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile
Journalism
First ATIC Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Information and Communication Sciences in Spain
Spanish Association of Universities with Information and Communication Degrees
Extraordinary Master’s Degree Award for Academic Excellence
Universidad de Salamanca
Extraordinary Doctoral Award for Academic Excellence
Universidad de Salamanca
Post Doctoral Researcher
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
01 Jan 2025 - present
University Lecturer
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
01 Sep 2024 - 01 Dec 2024
Post Doctoral Researcher
Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
01 Sep 2023 - 01 Sep 2024
Post Doctoral Researcher
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
01 Jun 2022 - 01 Sep 2023
Pre Doctoral Researcher
Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
01 Sep 2018 - 01 Jun 2022
Pre Doctoral Researcher
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece
01 Aug 2021 - 01 Dec 2021