Doctoral theses submitted

Doctoral Thesis Submitted

The following Doctoral Thesis has been submitted to the Doctoral programme in Education and ICT (e-Learning):

"Exploring the potential of Mobile Instant Messaging (MIM) to facilitate learner engagement in EFL (English as a Foreign Language) adolescents and young adults. A Design-Based Research study"
 
Candidate: Dunia Martínez Fortuny

Supervisor: Dr. Christine Appel

Deadline: 20 December 2025

 

The following Doctoral Thesis has been submitted to the Doctoral programme in Health & Psychology:

“Prosodic and Gestural Cues to Meaning in Developmental Language Disorder”

Candidate: Albert Giberga Moreno

Supervisor: Dr Núria Esteve Gibert

Deadline: 5 December 2025

 

 

The following Doctoral Thesis has been submitted to the Doctoral programme in Network and Information Technologies:
 
 
"Blockchain Integration in IoT: A Feasibility Study of Blockchain-Based Applications on Embedded Systems"
 
Candidate: Mohsen Rahmanikivi
 
Supervision: Dr Cristina Pérez Solà and Dr Víctor García Font
 
Deadline: 29 December 2025

 

“Decision Support System for Incidents Management: Combining Machine Learning, Heuristics and Linear Programming”

Candidate: Roman Buil i Giné

Supervision: Dr Jésica de Armas Adrián and  Dr Daniel Riera Terrén

Deadline: 29 December 2025

 

The following Doctoral Thesis has been submitted to the Doctoral Programme on Information and Knowledge Society:

“Platform alternatives: Cooperatives navigating tensions between mission and methods”

Candidate: Vera Vidal Rougier

Supervision: Dr Mayo Fuster Morell

Deadline: 3 January 2026

 

“Audio dramas in the podcasting world: the journey of the prosumers”

Candidate: Cristina Guzmán Juárez

Supervision: Dr Antoni Roig Tello

Deadline: 3 January 2026

 

Any doctor may examine the thesis and formulate, as the case may be, the pleadings that they consider to be appropriate. These pleadings must be submitted in writting to the Doctorate Commission of the Programme (phd_school@uoc.edu).