Ernesto Priego

Dr. Ernesto Priego is a researcher at City St George's, University of London, affiliated with the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design. His work bridges comics scholarship, digital humanities, open access publishing, and data visualization, focusing on how comics can serve as tools for public health and social interest research. He co-founded and co-edits The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, a peer-reviewed open access journal, and has contributed to UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. Priego’s research explores user-centered design, participatory co-creation, and the haptics of digital comics, emphasizing their immersive potential.

• PhD, University College London
• MA, University of East Anglia
• BA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Research Interests: Priego’s work spans data science, digital humanities, comics as research tools, open educational resources, and scholarly communications. He investigates how digital comics engage readers through haptic interactions and device materiality, particularly in projects like Parables of Care (2017-2021), which used comics to enhance dementia care research. His collaborations with institutions like the British Library and Open Library of Humanities highlight his commitment to open science and public engagement.

Scientific Contributions: Priego has supervised multiple PhD projects on digital comics, urban narratives, and fan communities. He has held leadership roles in international digital humanities committees, including the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations and Association for Computers in the Humanities. His dataset curation (e.g., Twitter archives for conferences, open access policy analysis) underscores his advocacy for accessible research infrastructure.

Labs/Teams: Priego collaborates with the City Interaction Lab and Symbola Comics on pandemic response comics and Brexit-related educational narratives. His AHRC-funded UK Digital Comics project (2019-ongoing) examines reader experiences through human-computer interaction (HCI) methods.