CV
Sun, Nov 23, 2014Work Address:
IT University, Rued Langgaards Vej 7 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
email: miguel@itu.dk
Present Positions & Main Management Functions
Associate Professor, Center for Computer Games Research
Academic Degrees
December 2006: PhD in game studies, Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark). Committee: Luciano Floridi, Ian Bogost, T.L. Taylor.
June 2002: MA in Literary Theory, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
June 2000: BA in Spanish Philology, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Employment History
September 2010 - present: Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen January 2009 – July 2013: head of the Media Technology and Games MSc program.
October 2007 - September 2010: Assistant Professor, IT University of Copenhagen
September 2006 - September 2007: Instructor at the IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
February 2006 - April 2006, Visiting Researcher, University of Oxford
September 2003 – August 2006: PhD Student, IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
October 2002 – June 2003: Visiting Researcher (externally funded), IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
September 2001 – May 2002: Research Assistant, Department of Spanish Literature, Literary Theory and General Linguistics, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
PhD Students, Thesis Committees
2008-2011 PhD student Douglas Wilson, co-supervised with Professor T.L. Taylor
2010 Thesis Committee Oliver Perez Latorre, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)
Research Community Service
Member of the Bibliometriske Forskningsindikator Faggruppe 10.
February 2007 – April 2009: Organizers committee, International Game Developers Association (IGDA), Danish Chapter.
Coordinator of the Nordic Game Jam (2007-2010) and the Global Game Jam (2009)
May 14th – 20th 2007, Advanced Game Design Workshop with Julian Oliver, IT University of Copenhagen: coordinator.
December 6th - 8th 2004, Other Players: Conference on multiplayer phenomena: co-arranged (with Jonas Heide Smith).
November 2003, Open Source Game Development Symposium, IT University of Copenhagen: coordinator.
Reviewer: Game Studies, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Journal of Virtual Worlds, Ethics and Information Technology, Journal of Business Ethics, DiGRA conference, Nordic-DIGRA conference, Foundations of Digital Games conference, Game Education Summit, Independent Games Festival Student Showcase.
Languages
Spanish, Galician (native) English (fluent) Danish (fluent oral) French (basic)