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Professor Pilar Orero
PhD (UMIST, UK) works at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) in the TransMedia Catalonia Lab. She has written and edited many books, near 100 academic papers and almost the same number of book chapters --all on Media Accessibility. Leader and participant on numerous EU funded research projects focusing on media accessibility. She works in standardisation and participates in the UN ITU IRG-AVA - Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility, ISO, SAGA, and ANEC. She has been working on Immersive Accessibility for the past 4 years first in a project called ImAc, which results are now further developed in TRACTION, MEDIAVERSE, MILE, and has just started to work on green accessibility in GREENSCENT. She participates in the MSCA ClearClimate (2023-2028). She lead the EU network LEADME on Media Accessibility 2020-2022 and is now co-chair of the UN agency ITU WG Accessibility in the Metaverse.
For more info please go to: https://webs.uab.cat/pilarorero/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ph. D., Doctora, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
Award Date: 14 Mar 2003
Masters, Màster, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
Award Date: 21 Jun 1996
Degree, Llicenciada, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST)
Award Date: 20 Jun 1992
University diploma, Diplomada, University of Valencia (UV)
Award Date: 28 Jun 1980
External positions
Professora, University of Manchester (UMAN)
1 Sept 1992 → 30 Jun 1994
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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ENACT: Easy-to-understand News for Collaborative Transformation
Orero, P. (Investigator), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator), Cuitavi Martin, M. (Predoctoral), Oncins, E. (Investigator), Brescia Zapata, M. (Investigator) & Matamala, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/12/24 → 30/11/26
Project: International research project
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MOSAIC: A Multilingual, multimOdal centraliSed AI-based hub for the European media Content market
Orero, P. (Principal Investigator), Matamala, A. (Principal Investigator 2) & Oncins, E. (Investigator)
1/11/24 → 30/04/26
Project: International research project
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ALFIE: Assessment of Learning technologies and Frameworks for Intelligent and Ethical AI
Orero, P. (Principal Investigator), Oncins, E. (Investigator) & Matamala, A. (Investigator)
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: International research project
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ClearClimate: Engaging approaches and services for meaningful climate actions
Orero, P. (Principal Investigator), Gunella ., C. (Investigator), Brescia Zapata, M. (Investigator), Oncins, E. (Investigator), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator), Matamala, A. (Investigator), Del Pozo, M. (Visiting collaborator) & Kranjac-Berisavljevic, G. (Visiting collaborator)
European Commission (EC), MSCA Staff Exchanges
1/11/23 → 31/10/27
Project: International research project
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GreenSCENT: Smart Citizen Education for a greeN fuTure
Orero, P. (Principal Investigator), Matamala, A. (Investigator), Brescia Zapata, M. (Investigator), Pujadas Farreras, M. (Investigator), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator), Gunella ., C. (Investigator) & Oncins, E. (Investigator)
10/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: International research project
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Leaving no one behind in environmental education
Mcdonagh ., S. A., Gunella ., C., Orero, P., Brescia Zapata, M. & Matamala, A., 2024, 10 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Subtitles in VR 360° video. Results from an eye-tracking experiment
Brescia Zapata, M., Krejtz, K., Duchowski, A. T., Hughes, C. J. & Orero, P., 13 Nov 2023, In: Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice. 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
The visible subtitler: Blockchain technology towards right management and minting
Orero, P., Torner, A. F. & Oncins, E., 2 Feb 2023, In: Open Research Europe. 3, p. 26 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Opera co-creation: from collaborative translation to artistic co-creation in audiovisual translation and accessibility
Matamala, A. & Orero, P., 23 Dec 2022, In: Hikma. 21, 2, p. 41-63 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Translation, accessibility and minorities
Orero, P., 1 Jan 2022, The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Media. Bielsa, E. (ed.). p. 384 399 p.Research output: Chapter in Book › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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MediaVerse Dataset for Pilot Action
Matamala, A. (Creator), Orero, P. (Creator), Garcia Melero, V. (Data Collector) & González Sordé, M. (Data Collector), Zenodo, 15 Sept 2023
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