Bio

My full name is Joan Pla Vivoles, and I am a PhD candidate at Østfold University College (Norway), starting in August 2024, as part of the Digitalisation and Society programme. Although a junior researcher, I am senior in life (b. 1980). My background includes journalism and UX design, with a broad academic experience primarily gained in universities in Barcelona, as well as in Sweden, where I have lived for the past decade.

My current research focuses on decentralised communication protocols, particularly social networking protocols, approached from a political economy perspective. I am for technological self-determination.
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Background

• 2023 Interaction design (Master’s degree) – Malmö University
  • Master’s thesis: “Newspaperless. Material Explorations on Written News in a Post-Printing Era” (supervisor: David Cuartielles)
• 2013 Advanced Journalism. Reporting (Master’s degree) – Ramon Llull University (Barcelona)
  • Master’s thesis: “From Pericles to Microblogging: An Analysis of the Main Twitter Accounts of Eight Western Newspapers: The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, El País, La Repubblica, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Aftenposten, and Dagens Nyheter” (supervisor: Carlos Ruiz)
• 2009 Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature (Bachelor’s degree) – University of Barcelona
  • Erasmus student at the University of Manchester, UK
• 2005 Photojournalism (Postgraduate dipploma) – Autonomous University of Barcelona
• 2003 Journalism (Bachelor’s degree) – Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona)
• 2001 Geography (Bachelor’s degree, 1st cycle) – University of Girona