Department: Sociology and Social Work

Center: Facultad de Comercio y Relaciones Labora

Area: Sociology

Research group: Applied Social Sciences

Email: miguel.varela@uva.es

Doctor by the Universidad de Valladolid with the thesis The shape of cancer socialisation and visual representations of the illness on Instagram 2023. Supervised by Dr. Miguel Vicente Mariño.

Sociologist specializing in the ethical dimension and social impact of digital transformation. PhD from the University of Valladolid (2022), with research focused on digital visual discourses and generative artificial intelligence, exploring how emerging technologies shape social representations of issues such as health, social exclusion, and conflict. Methodological approach integrating computational methods and qualitative analysis, positioning him at the intersection of visual sociology, critical technology studies, and peacebuilding.