Dr. Roberto Suárez Candel
Roberto Suárez Candel holds a PhD in Social Communication (2009) from the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona – Spain). In his doctoral dissertation, he analysed the public policies addressing the implementation of Digital Terrestrial Television within the European Union and compared the cases of Sweden and Spain. In 2010, Roberto Suárez's dissertation was awarded with the "1st Audiovisual Communication Research Prize" by the Catalan Audiovisual Council. Previously, in 2006, his PhD project was also awarded with the “International Prize for PhD Projects” from the Fundación Autor-SGAE.
He has also a Master’s degree in Social Communication Research (2005) and a Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication (2001), both from the Pompeu Fabra University.
From 2002 until January 2010, Roberto Suárez worked as a researcher and associated lecturer at the Department of Communication of the Pompeu Fabra University. Within that period, from 2002 to 2005, he enjoyed a research scholarship from the Catalan Government.
In order to carry out fieldwork for his PhD, in 2004 he visited the Institutionen för Journalistik, Medier och Kommunikation (JMK) at the Stockholms University for half a year.
Roberto Suárez’s research interests are: Communication Public Policy & Law, Public Service Media, Digital and Hybrid Television, Media structure and economics. He has also experience in the Audiovisual Production market (Cinema, TV & Advertising), where he worked as a production assistant from 1999 to 2001.
In 2009, Roberto Suárez obtained a two years Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship for Career Development from the European Commission in order to carry out a post-doctoral research project at the Hans Bredow Institut for Media Research in Hamburg. From February 2010, the project "Redefining and repositioning Public Service Broadcasting in the Digital and Multiplatform Scenario: Agents and Strategies – An international comparative analysis within the European Union" will analyse how Public Service Media adapt to the multiplatform scenario. An international comparison (Germany, Spain and Poland) will be carried out.
- more about the project: psb-digital.eu
- personal website
Latest publications
Suárez Candel, R. (2010): Digitalising Terrestrial Broadcasting - Public Policy and Public Service Issues. In: Communication, Politics & Culture, vol. 43(2), pp. 99-117.
Latest lectures
“Adapting PSB to the European Commission’s requirements concerning State Aid the situation in Germany”, lecture by R. Suárez Candel in Exeter (UK) on 1 July 2011.
“Technology Transformations of the Media System and their Impact on Public Service Broadcasting”, Expertise by R. Suárez Candel for AEF Consultants in Utrecht (Netherlands) on 21 April 2011.
"Beyond Television and Beyond the Internet: PSB Strategies for a Multiplatform Media Scenario”, presentation by R. Suárez Candel at the ECREA 2010 International Conference, 15 October 2010 in Hamburg.
"Building European Research Networks. Promises and Pitfalls of Collaborative Research", participation of R. Suárez Candel in Plenary Session II of the ECREA 2010 Conference, 14 October 2010 in Hamburg.
"Planning an Academic Career: International Perspectives", participation of R. Suárez Candel in a panel organised by YECREA at the ECREA 2010 Conference, 13 October 2010 in Hamburg.
"Public Service Media in Germany: Normative Framework and Current Technical Developments", preentation by R. Suárez Candel at the conference "European Identity and Diversity – European Integration in the cross-media Public Service Perspective", organised by Prix Italia, 21 September 2010 in Torino, Italy.
“The Boundaries of Public Service in a Multiplatform Media Scenario”, presentation by R. Suárez Candel at the conference "RIPE@2010 - Public Service Media after the Recession", 10 September 2010 in London.
"Hybrid Television: Opportunities and Challenges for Public Broadcasters to Improve their Service to the Citizenship", presentation by R. Suárez Candel at the "IAMCR 2010 International Conference" on 20 July 2010 in Braga, Portugal.
"Europe from Inside – Europe from Outside", participation of R. Suárez in a panel discussion in the context of the eponymous lecture series at the Hamburg European Week on 4 May 2010.
"Hybrid Broadcast Broadband. A SWOT analysis", presentation by R. Suárez Candel at the OBS* International Conference "Broadband Media: Changing times, changing media", organized by OberCom. November 23rd, 2009, Lisboa.
"Spain: Television Policies at the Service of Private Interest", presentation by R. Suárez Candel and D. Fernández-Quijada at the conference "Is Public Interest under Threat? Media Policy Responses to the Private Sector Recession in Europe", organized by the Westminster University – CAMRI and the ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section, October 2nd, 2009, London.
Contact
Dr. Roberto Suárez Candel
Hans-Bredow-Institut
Heimhuder Str. 21
20148 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 43
Fax +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 77