Roger Sabà Riera

Education

• PhD in Media, Communication and Culture

  Ongoing

  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Industrial Doctorates Programme (AGAUR), with Fundación ONCE.

• Master’s in Media, Communication and Culture

  2023

  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

• Degree in Audiovisual Communication

  2010

  Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Experience

• Predoctoral researcher

  2025

  Department of Media, Communication and Culture, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Industrial Doctorates Programme (AGAUR).

  Research on communication and ableism.

• Communication and video direction

  2014–2020

  Metromuster SCCL, a cooperative I co-founded

  Documentaries as a tool for social change and campaigns for political advocacy. Chair and secretary of the governing board.

• Video direction and post-production

  2011–2014

  Proddigi Producciones

  Viral and corporate video (Abbott, AbbVie, Novartis…) and coverage of international events.

• Multimedia manager

  2008–2011

  Voltimum Interactive

  Multimedia campaigns for targeted audiences (Philips, Osram, Schneider Electric, Ambilamp…) and point-of-sale TV and streaming channels.

• Web design, multimedia and training

  2005–2008

  Líquid Estudi, SEEWAY and ACCOPENSYS

  Web design and multimedia; training in design software; search engine optimisation and newsletters.

Training delivered

• Models of disability and how disability is represented

  2026

  Session · Barcelona Provincial Council, training on inclusive and participatory communication

• Communication and ableism

  2026– ongoing

  Training and advice · La Clara Comunicació · Training and campaign consultancy

• Capacitisme i comunicació

  2024– ongoing

  Course · Escola Taro d’intervenció audiovisual (CàmeresiAcció)

  Four two-hour sessions for media professionals, professionals from social sector organisations and people with disabilities. Course presentation video.

Publications

• El documental social participativo frente a la soledad rural: Análisis de la experiencia de CàmeresiAcció en la Vall d’en Bas

  2025

  Book chapter · Comunicar desde lo colectivo (Dykinson), pp. 67-74 · with David Fernández-Pérez

  DOI: 10.14679/4512

• El capacitisme en els mitjans de comunicació a Catalunya: la percepció per part de les persones amb discapacitat adultes

  2024

  Article · Quaderns del CAC, 50, pp. 135-147

  DOI: 10.60940/QCAC50ID431860

• El capacitisme en els mitjans de comunicació: la percepció sobre les representacions socials del capacitisme per part de les persones amb diversitat funcional d’entre 20 i 45 anys a Catalunya

  2023

  Master’s thesis · Master’s in Media, Communication and Culture, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Talks and seminars

• Disinformation and disability: an analysis of public service media fact-checking services

  2026

  Talk · I Jornada Compartim la Recerca (European project JEMILE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona · with Mercè Díez Jiménez

• Seminario Avanzado de los Estudios del Discurso (SAED)

  2024

  Doctoral seminar · Led by Teun van Dijk · Facilitated the session on discourse and stereotypes

Outreach

• “Public service media still represent disability through pity and stereotypes”

  2026

  Interview · Department of Media, Communication and Culture, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  Interview by Sergi Pérez Estévez about the thesis.

• The representation of disability in public service media

  2026

  Outreach · Tesi en 4 minuts (Thesis in 4 minutes), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  Outreach video about the thesis.

Awards

• Second prize, 35th CAC Awards for Research on Audiovisual Communication

  2023

  Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC), for the Master’s thesis

Documentaries and commissions

• Saber / Sumud / Palestina. Les arrels d’una terra

  2023

  Documentary · Latituds, 3Cat · Director and director of photography

• Aïllament: la presó dins la presó

  2021

  Documentary · Metromuster. Broadcast on 30 minuts, 3Cat · Cinematography

• 7th Solidarity Economy Fair of Catalonia

  2018

  Commission · Summary video for the Solidarity Economy Network of Catalonia (XES) · Cinematography and drone operator

• Idrissa, crònica d’una mort qualsevol

  2018

  Documentary · Metromuster. Broadcast on El documental, 3Cat · Drone operator, cinematography and research

• Somonte, los puños en la tierra

  2018

  Documentary · Metromuster · Colour grading

• 12 d’octubre: cultura de l’odi i legítima autodefensa

  2017

  Documentary · Metromuster. Broadcast on El documental, 3Cat · Cinematography and research

• Ara comença el Mambo!

  2017

  Campaign · CUP, video for 1 October 2017 · Creative concept and production

• La revolta de les escales (Correscales)

  2017

  Documentary · Metromuster · Director

• COPEL: una historia de rebeldía y dignidad

  2017

  Documentary · Ex-presos socials COPEL · Colour grading

• Oral history of the peace movement in Catalonia

  2016–2017

  Commission · International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP), with Metromuster · Direction and editing

  A series of interviews with key figures in collective action for peace.

• Presentation video for the Fundació Roca Galès

  2016

  Commission · 40th anniversary of the Fundació Roca Galès, with the cooperatives L’Apòstrof and Metromuster

• Tarajal: desmuntant la impunitat a la frontera sud

  2016

  Documentary · Metromuster and Observatori DESC. Broadcast on El documental, 3Cat · Cinematography and colour grading

  3Cat news story about the broadcast.

• Anaven lents perquè anaven lluny

  2015

  Campaign · CUP, campaign for the elections of 27 September 2015 · Creative concept and production

• Arrels de la terra

  2009

  Documentary · Director, scriptwriter and editor

Further training

• Advanced course for pilots of drones under 25 kg

  2018

  HEMAV

• Com fer una campanya de comunicació en línia?

  2010

  Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya (Association of Journalists of Catalonia)

• Digital Signage, TVPOS and DOOH

  2008

  DOOH and Broadsign (the Netherlands)

Languages

Catalan and Spanish: native languages. English: C1.