M. (Marc Esteve Del Valle) Esteve Del Valle, PhD

I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands).

My research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of digital communication networks and social change, with a particular interest in online environmental politics. In my works, I combine the methods of network science and computational social science with theories of communication studies.

I have published over 30 peer-reviewed manuscripts in high-impact journals such as Information, Communication & Society, New Media & Society, Social Science Computer Review, International Journal of Communication, Convergence, Digital Journalism, Journal of Learning, Media and Technology, Policy & Internet, Javnost-The Public, Journal of Information Technology & Politics, and Media and Communication (among others).

I have received grants from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, the Netherlands eScience Center and the Digital Humanities Centre and RIS/ Data Science Centre at the University of Groningen, and scholarships from the Volkswagen Foundation, the Ryerson University, the Open University of Catalonia, and the University of Quebec in Montreal.

You can find more information about my academic life and download my resume here. 

Current PhD supervision (in alphabetical order)

PhD Candidate Carola Paz Neira-Mellado, "The protest paradigm evolution: An automatized news coverage framing analysis approach on environmental protest in Chilean, Peruvian and Mexican media, between 2010-2020". Professor Dr Susan Aasman main supervisor and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle and Dr Konstantin Mierau daily supervisors.  

PhD Candidate Iris Baas, "Public Debate on Twitter; ‘who is sharing the news?". Pressor Dr Marcel Broersma main supervisor and Dr Tommasso Caselli and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle daily supervisors. 

PhD Candidate María Isabel Marín, "Can an AI-Enabled System Help Us Understand How Cultural Narratives Are Configured and How Do They Prime Social Mobilization? A Machine Learning Model for Automatic Detection of the Regime(s) of Conceptual Metaphor". Professor Dr Pablo Valdivia main supervisor and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle daily supervisor.

PhD Candidate Rosmery-Ann Boegeholz, "The ‘Mirror Syndrome’ as a response to the Beauty Influencers on Instagram: Problems and Effects of the excessive use of images by young university women". Professor Dr Pablo Valdivia main supervisor and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle and Javier Muñoz Basols daily supervisors.

PhD Candidate Tatiana Fernandez-Paredes, "Algorithms, Populism and Conspiracy: The Case of VOX in Spain". Dr Rosa Borge and Dr Joan Balcells main supervisors and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle member of the PhD committee.  

Completed PhD Supervision (in alphabetical order)

PhD Elizabeth Pinilla Duarte,  "Twittering for Peace? The Construction of Meaning and Otherness in Digital Media representations of the Colombian Peace Process". Professor Dr Pablo Valdivia main supervisor and Dr Konstantin Mierau and Dr Marc Esteve del Valle daily supervisors. 

PhD Nuccio Ludovico, "Addressing Public Perception of Sustainable Development: A method of knowledge and social influence discovery in online communication” (co-supervised with Dr F. Ruzzenenti), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Integrated Research on Energy, Environment and Society, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. 

Other Positions

• Editorial Board Member "Media and Communication" 
• Associate Editor “Frontiers in Human Dynamics- Social Networks”
• Review Editor “Comunicar”

• Member of the “International Network for Social Network Analysis”
• Research Associate of the group “Communication Networks & Social Change”, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Open University of Catalonia, Spain 
• Research Associate “Social Media Lab”, Ryerson University, Canada