About Me

Ismael Peña-López

I am Ismael Peña-López.

I am a researcher and lecturer at the School of Law and Political Science, Open University of Catalonia (2005-2018; 2024-).

I have been Director of the School of Public Administration of Catalonia (2021-2024) and Director General of Citizen Participation and Electoral Processes at the Government of Catalonia (2018-2021).
I have also been fellow director of Open Innovation at Fundació Jaume Bofill and senior researcher at Open Evidence.

My main areas of work are the impact of ICTs in society (e-Readiness, the digital divide), especially in development (e-inclusion, ICT4D), and educational (e-Learning, digital competence) and political (e-participation, e-democracy) institutions.

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