About Me

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Research Interests

  • Political communication
  • Media & War / Media & Peace
  • Computational text analysis

I am a Lecturer in Media and Communication at the University of Winchester (UK). I conduct research on political communication, particularly on examining the role of news media in peace negotiations.

My work integrates computational methods—such as topic modeling—with qualitative approaches, including thematic analysis, to examine political discourse and news media coverage.

I completed my PhD at the University of Leeds (2022), where I examined the role of the Colombian news media during the 2012–2016 peace process between the Colombian government and FARC, using the mediatization of politics framework.

Before transitioning to academia, I worked as a PR practitioner at GlaxoSmithKline and Burson-Marsteller, where I designed and executed media relations and internal communications strategies.

I am a Fellow of Advance HE and hold a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.