PAULO CARLOS LOPEZ LOPEZ

PAULO CARLOS LOPEZ LOPEZ is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He holds dual doctorates in Political Science (University of Valencia, 2023) and Communication (University of Santiago de Compostela, 2016). His academic work focuses on political communication, digital politics, electoral processes, and disinformation dynamics in Latin America and Europe. He has held visiting professorships at universities in Chile, Argentina, Portugal, and Ecuador, and has coordinated international academic workshops on political communication and technology. Lopez-Lopez is a member of the Political Research Team at USC and the XESCOM network. He has published extensively in top journals like Revista Española de Ciencia Política and Communication & Society, with over 100 indexed publications.

His research explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and political behavior, particularly analyzing social media's role in shaping public opinion and election outcomes. Key topics include fake news control mechanisms, emotional polarization in digital communities, and AI-driven communication strategies. Lopez-Lopez has also contributed to public policy through roles in coalition governments and academic think tanks.

Professionally, he coordinates master's programs in political communication and leads research initiatives on transparency in public broadcasting. His political engagement includes past leadership roles in Galician nationalist movements and a 2014 European parliamentary candidacy with Compromiso por Galicia. Despite stepping back from party politics in 2016, his academic work continues to address socio-political challenges in Galicia and beyond.