Carolina Llorente

Carolina Llorente is an associate professor of science communication at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). She is a graduate in Biology from the University of Barcelona, a Master’s Degree in Scientific Communication from the UPF and a Master in Information and Knowledge Society (research itinerary) from the Open University of Catalonia. She is also the assistant director of the Science, Communication and Society Studies Centre of the UPF and the deputy director of the Master’s Degree in Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication at the UPF- Barcelona School of Management. Her research focuses on citizen participation in science, the perception of researchers on the public and their role in public engagement.