Dr. Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez teaches Journalism since 2006 at the UPF Communication Faculty. She is the current deputy director of research of the Pompeu Fabra Communication Department. Her main lines of research are Media Accountability, fact-checking and disinformation. She has participated in seven national research projects funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, two of them as principal investigator, and participated in two projects funded by the European Commission.
 
In order to disseminate the results of her research activity, she has published articles in national and international indexed scientific journals (JCR and Scopus) and participated in numerous international conferences. She has carried out several predoctoral and postdoctoral stay: Missouri School of Journalism, USA (2008); Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS, Paris (2010); Columbia School of Journalism, Columbia University NYC (2013), funded by the AGAUR Grant; and at the RMIT FactLab (Melbourne, 2023). She is a member of the Catalan Press Council (CIC).