Personal profile
Research interests
Doctor in Communications (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2013; CAC Awards 2013), Doctor in Education, Society and Quality of Life (Universitat de Lleida, 2018-) and has a Master’s Degree in Digital Arts (UPF, 2005). Accreditation obtained from ANECA and AQU (Spain). He has been a research affiliate at the Open Documentary Lab (MIT, 2013-2018) and part of the i-Docs group (University of the West of England). He has published various books and articles in his research area, interactive, transmedia and immersive non-fiction, and specifically on interactive documentaries. He has published in journals such as International Journal of Communication, Studies in Documentary Film, Curator: the Museum Journal, Collection and Curation, Museum Management and Curatorship or Lecture Notes on Computer Science, and in editorials such as Wiley-Blackwell, Columbia University Press, Penguin Random House, Síntesis, Tirant lo Blanch, etc.
He has worked as a producer at 25TV (2000-2004), collaborator at Televisió de Catalunya (Department of Learning Programs, 2013-2014), advisor and collaborator of RTVE.ES (Department of Interactive Media, ‘Somos Documentales’, 2014-2018) and creative and interactive producer at RTVCPlay (Colombia, 2020-2023). He has worked as a producer and director at Tasmania Films and Alexander Productions (2004-2006), and co-directed the production company Espill Media (2013-2017). He coordinated interDocsBarcelona, the interactive section of DocsBarcelona International Documentary Film Festival (2013-2018). He is part of the Mediamorfosis Festival coordinating the training area.
He is a lecturer at Autonomous University of Barcelona. Since 2005, he has been involved in degrees at 15 universities and more than 25 postgraduate programs in countries such as Spain, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Cuba, Romania and Greece. Member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) and the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (AIVA), the Catedra Latinoamericana de Narrativas Transmedia (ICLA-Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina), Bug404 project (Brazil) and Alados (Colombia). He collaborates with the International Centre for New Media (European Youth Award, Austria). He has served as a scholarship evaluating jury for La Caixa (2018-2023) and a member of the ICIDS (International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, 2019) conference committee.
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D., Doctor’s Degree in Cinematography Theory, Analysis & Documentation, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Award Date: 7 Mar 2013
Postgraduate, Postgraduate Diploma in “Multimedia Programming”, IDEC (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Award Date: 10 Jul 2005
Masters, Master’s Degree in Digital Arts, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)
Award Date: 10 Jan 2005
University diploma, Postgraduate Diploma in “TV Reporting”, Idec- Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Award Date: 10 Jul 2003
Degree, Audiovisual Communication Degree, Universidad Autònoma de Brcelona
Award Date: 10 Sept 2000
Ph. D., Doctor’s Degree in Education, Society and Quality of Life (ongoing), University of Lleida (UdL)
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Analysis of the Multimedia, Crossmedia and Transmedia Elements in Spanish Journalistic Media Projects During the Period 2020–2022
Serrano-Tellería, A. & Gifreu-Castells, A., 5 Oct 2025, In: Journalism and Media. 6, 4, 24 p., 169.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Desarrollo, producción y exhibición de documentales en plataformas de video. Análisis de cuatro obras vinculadas al Perú
Gifreu Castells, A. & Cuadros, R., 2025, In: Obra digit@l. 27, p. 165-182 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Slow journalism in Ibero-America and Spain: Ethics, trust, and challenges in the age of digital transformation
Palomino-Flores, P., Fuller, C., Gifreu-Castells, A. & Gallardo-Echenique, E., Oct 2025, In: Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies. 15, 4, 16 p., e202538.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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¿Cómo analizar contenidos digitales?: Una revisión de enfoques para la investigación en proyectos multimodales, transmedia y multiplataforma
Sánchez-López, I., Gifreu Castells, A. & García Claro, J., 2024, In: Miguel Hernández Communication Journal. 15, p. 295-321 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Elementos de Ficción como Recurso Comunicativo en el Activismo: Análisis del contenido (audio)visual en redes sociales
Balaguer, J. & Gifreu Castells, A., 2024, In: VISUAL Review. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura. 16, 7, p. 63-74 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Thesis
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El documental interactiu com a nou gènere audiovisual. Estudi de l’aparició del nou gènere, aproximació a la seva definició i proposta de taxonomia i d’un model d'anàlisi a efectes d'avaluació, disseny i producció
Gifreu-Castells, A. (Author), Scolari, C. A. (Director), 7 Mar 2013Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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El documental multimèdia interactiu. una proposta de model d’anàlisi
Gifreu-Castells, A. (Author), Bou, N. (Tutor) & Scolari, C. A. (Tutor), 2010Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)