Casandra López Marcos

IndexCom Board Member

Dr Casandra López Marcos is an IndexCom board member and Assistant Professor at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, accredited by ANECA for the rank of Associate Professor. She holds a PhD in Communication with a European mention and an Outstanding Doctoral Award, a master's degree in Applied Communication Research and a degree in Journalism.

She belongs to the High-Performance Research Group in Innovation, Education and Communication (INECO) and the NODOS Teaching Innovation Group. Her academic work focuses on journalism, political and institutional communication, and public opinion.

Her research has paid particular attention to social media, disinformation and political communication. Her doctoral thesis analysed journalists' involvement on social media during the Scottish independence referendum and the Catalan sovereignty consultation.

She is a member of the editorial team of the scientific journal index.comunicación. Previously, she worked as a journalist in media outlets, agencies and public administrations, where she held positions of responsibility.

As an IndexCom board member, she contributes to the association's academic and institutional development and its initiatives in research, communication and knowledge transfer.