Dr. Lluis De Nadal Alsina

Biography

Lluis de Nadal Alsina is a Lecturer in Media, Culture, and Society at the University of Glasgow, whose research focuses on resistance to Net Zero policies and the influence of misinformation on climate communication policy. He received his Ph.D. in Communications from Columbia University in 2021, where his doctoral research, supervised by Todd Gitlin, concentrated on how populist social movements and political parties harness digital technology for organizational decision-making. His research interests have expanded to include the analysis of climate obstruction strategies employed by the populist right, with an emphasis on the role of emerging political influencers. His work examines the use of misinformation and conspiracy theories, which are central to his current teaching and research efforts. He is a member of the Glasgow University Media Group, researching the roles of media in political developments such as the cost of living crisis and the opposition to the climate agenda in the context of the global rise of populism, utilizing focus groups and content analysis. In his current role at the University of Glasgow, he has held a teaching fellowship at Warwick University's Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies and a visiting fellowship at CELSA - Paris IV Sorbonne Université. His research on populism and digital media was recognized with the 2016 James Thomas Memorial Prize from the Political Studies Association (Media Politics division) and he was a recipient of the prestigious ‘la Caixa’ Foundation Fellowship (2012-2014). He has delivered multiple keynote talks both in the UK and internationally and has been published in independent media and policy outlets such as OpenDemocracy and the Green European Journal, with his work also featured in mainstream news outlets like The Guardian and FranceInfo.

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