Carlos Elías Perez

Carlos Elías is a professor of Journalism at the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) and a Jean Monnet European Professor on "EU, Disinformation and Fake News." He holds degrees in Inorganic and Quantum Chemistry (BSc, MSc) and Journalism (BA, MA) from the University of La Laguna, along with a PhD in Media Studies, for which his dissertation was awarded "Outstanding" in Social Sciences. He also completed a one-year stay at The London School of Economics as a Visiting Fellow, supported by a competitive grant, and was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University from 2013-2014.

Before dedicating himself to academia at UC3M, he worked as a chemist, synthesising six new molecules published in journals such as the Royal Society of Chemistry, and as a secondary school Physics and Chemistry teacher, obtaining the position through a competitive examination (currently on voluntary leave). He also worked as a journalist, serving as a political and local editor at the Efe Agency and as Head of Science at El Mundo.

In addition to publishing over a hundred academic articles, Carlos Elías has authored several popular books, including La razón estrangulada (Debate), El selfie de Galileo (Península-Planeta), and his most recent book, Science on the Ropes: Decline of Scientific Culture in the Era of Fake News (Springer-Nature, 2019). He is also the director of the Master’s Degree in Corporate and Institutional Communication at UC3M.