The Centre of Research in Information, Communication and Culture has two consolidated research groups, as recognized by the Government of Catalonia:
1. CBCD: Culture, Libraries and Digital Content (SGR 2021-282)
Members: Cristobal Urbano Salido (coord.), Ernest Abadal Falgueras, Lluis Agusti Ruiz, Ruben Alcaraz Martinez, Jordi Andreu Daufi, Jordi Ardanuy Baro, Silvia Argudo Plans, Julia Baena Argudo, Monica Baro Llambias, Lluis Bonet Agusti, Angel Borrego Huerta, Juan Jose Bote Vericad, Florentino Carreño Morales, Ramon Castells Ros, Miguel Angel Centelles Velilla, Maite Comalat Navarra, Jose Alberto De Gregorio Prieto, Nuria Ferran Ferrer, Jorge Franganillo Fernández, Javier Guallar Delgado, Ignasi Labastida Juan, Carlos Lopezosa, Mario Pérez-Montoro Gutiérrez, Amadeu Pons i Serra, Carina Rey Martin, Jose Manuel Rodriguez Gairin, Concepcion Rodriguez Parada, Marina Salse Rovira, Gema Santos Hermosa, Marta Somoza Fernandez, Andres Sule Duesa, Miquel Termens Graells, Maria Socorro Vállez Letrado, Ana Villarroya Planas, Sabina Batlle Baro, Aurora Vall Casas, Maria Candela Olle Castella.
Research lines:
- To analyse the situation of open access to science in Spain.
- To analyse the markets and the economic dimension of digital and cultural production.
- To analyse cultural dynamics and models of social and governmental intervention.
- To analyse collection policies and the use of metadata in institutional repositories and digital collections in Catalonia and Spain.
2. DHIGECS-COM: History, Geography and other Social Sciences Didactics - Communication (SGR 2021-418)
Membres: Lydia Sánchez Gómez (coord.), Maria Alba Ambros Pallares, Elvira Barriga Ubed, Ilaria Bellatti , Adrien Faure Carvallo, Concepcion Fuentes Moreno, Hibai López González, Maddalena Fedele, Carolina Martin Piñol, Tania Martinez Gil, Maria Jose Masanet Jorda, Isidora V Saez Rosenkranz, Sergio Villanueva Baselga, Margarida Carnice Mur
Research lines:
- Transversal line of research in gender and diversities
- Education, Communication and Media
- – Communication, participation and cognition in media environments.
- – Narrative and aesthetics of audiovisual representations in educational environments.
- – Literacy, Media and Information.
- Teaching and learning of Social Sciences
- – Teaching and learning of Social Sciences in educational environments.
- – Professionalisation of teaching.
- – Museums and education.
- – Mobile learning and virtuality.
- – Didactics of heritage.