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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, and SG20 IoT Metaverse. She has been working on Immersive Accessibility for the past 6 years first in a project called ImAc, which results are now further developed in TRACTION, MEDIAVERSE, MILE, and green accessibility through the project GREENSCENT and the MSCA Network ClearClimate (2023-2028). She lead the EU network LEADME on Media Accessibility 2020-2022. She was co-chair of the UN agency ITU WG Accessibility in the Metaverse, and is now chair opf Track 3 Digital Onclusion and accessibility of ITU Metaverse. She is working on AI and accessibility in three funded projects MOSAIC, ALFIE, and SPICE.
For more info please go to: https://webs.uab.cat/pilarorero/
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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SPICE: Sustainable Public spaces through Inclusive Community Engagement
Orero, P. (Principal Investigator), Matamala, A. (Co-Investigador/a Principal), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator) & Oncins, E. (Investigator)
1/06/25 → 31/05/28
Project: International research project
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ENACT: Easy-to-understand News for Collaborative Transformation
Matamala, A. (Principal Investigator), Orero, P. (Investigator), Oncins, E. (Investigator), Brescia Zapata, M. (Investigator), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator), Cuitavi Martin, M. (Predoctoral) & Villaecija Chavarria, A. (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. (Co-Investigador/a Principal), Oncins, E. (Investigator) & Tsaousi , A. (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), Matamala, A. (Investigator), Oncins, E. (Investigator), Tsaousi , A. (Investigator), Ricardo Vizcaíno Pérez (URJC) (Investigator) & Subiela, B. J. (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), Matamala, A. (Investigator), Mcdonagh ., S. A. (Investigator), Oncins, E. (Investigator), Del Pozo, M. (Visiting collaborator), Brescia Zapata, M. (Investigator) & 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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Media accessibility resistance
Orero Clavero, M. P., 2025, Accesibilidad en la comunicación. Varela Salinas, M. J., Plaza Lara, C. & Mihalache, I. (eds.). p. 1-16 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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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
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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
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Datasets
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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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