MIGUEL FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ LABAYEN

Dr. Miguel Fernández Rodriguez Labayen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Communication Studies in Carlos III University of Madrid. He directs the university's Doctoral Program in Media Research and leads the TECMERIN research group (Television-Cinema: Memory, Representation, and Industry) while collaborating with the University Institute of Spanish Cinema. His work spans film studies, sociology, information science, and art theory.

His research focuses on

• Transnational cinema movements
• Postcolonial audiovisual representation
• Digital media's impact on migration narratives
• Experimental film archiving

through projects analyzing border dynamics, institutional censorship, and cultural memory practices.

Major publication trends reveal:

• 2024-2022: Transnational film industry mobility and colonial trauma landscapes
• 2022-2019: Migrant self-representation and digital placemaking
• 2017-2015: Experimental cinema workshops and television's role in democratization

Current principal investigator roles include

• Colonial Film Archives (2022-2025, Agencia Estatal de Investigación)
• Dictatorship Film Recovery (2024-2025, Ministry of Democratic Memory)
• Hispanic Atlantic Film Cartography (2018-2022, Ministry of Economy)

Teaching specializations include

• Documentary theory
• Transnational media industries
• Experimental film practices
• Digital migration narratives

with international research experience at Vassar College (2015) and Karlstad University (2011).