Marc Yoshimi Beardsley

Marc Yoshimi Beardsley is a researcher and project manager in the TIDE research group at the Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DTIC), Pompeu Fabra University (UPF). He holds a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies (Summa Cum Laude, 2021) from UPF. His work focuses on designing educational interventions with digital technologies, emphasizing the Science of Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, and Data Privacy. He has led multiple European and locally funded projects, including the Erasmus+ initiatives Illumine (2020–2023), Spotlighters (2018–2021), and Illuminated (2017–2020).

He teaches and designs courses for undergraduate and master’s students at UPF, while also overseeing educator professional development workshops. Marc is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with over a decade of industry experience, including founding a venture capital-backed e-commerce business and managing a customer service training company.

His research outputs include peer-reviewed articles in Q1 journals, international conferences, and Open Educational Resources (OERs) such as digital handbooks and open online courses. He created the ClassMood App and co-developed the Illumine platform to support educators. Marc is actively pursuing multidisciplinary collaborations to address challenges in education through design-based research.