Dr. Mabel Machado

Biography

Mabel Machado joined the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College London in 2022 as a lecturer, specializing in Cultural Entrepreneurship. Her research emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches that focus on cultural and social change processes. Previously, she worked as a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of International Management at Loughborough University, participating in a project funded by the Trans-Atlantic Platform that explored social innovation processes within multinational corporations. Mabel has also served as a teaching fellow and module leader at the Institute of Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University. She earned her PhD from the Institute of Media and Creative Industries at Loughborough University, where her research examined how entrepreneurship can contribute to urban change, particularly in peripheral post-socialist contexts. In addition, she holds a Master's degree in Media Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Havana. With eight years of previous experience at the School of Communications at the University of Havana, Mabel has spent a decade as a reporter and editor in Cuban media.

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