Pilar Carrera

Pilar Carrera serves as an Associate Professor at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), where she directs the Master's Program in Transmedia Documentary. Her academic journey began with a BA in Communication Sciences from País Vasco University, followed by doctoral studies at École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, where she completed her PhD with honors on German philosopher Walter Benjamin. Her excellence in research was recognized with the UC3M Young Researchers Excellence Award in 2014. Her academic career includes prestigious visiting scholar positions at Yale University (as a Salvador de Madariaga scholar), Harvard University, and London School of Economics. As a prolific author in film and media theory, she has published significant works including books on filmmakers Aki Kaurismäki and Andrei Tarkovski. Currently, she teaches Media Theory and Theory of Documentary while serving as Vice-president of Communication and Culture at UC3M. Her research focuses on communication, film and documentary theory, digital journalism, and transmedia storytelling, contributing to both Spanish and international academic discourse in media studies.