Dr Adriana Mutu is an Assistant Professor and Head of Quality at ESIC Business & Marketing School, Barcelona. She specializes in media & communications policy and digital governance, working at the intersection of academia and international policy practice. Her research focuses on media regulation, platform governance, online safety, and media market reform. Alongside her academic role, she contributes to international policy processes as an expert advisor to institutions including the Council of Europe and the European Commission, advising on media regulatory development, information integrity, democratic governance, and digital policy implementation across Europe, EU candidate countries, and the wider European neighbourhood, including the Eastern Partnership and Southern Mediterranean regions. She is a founding member and coordinator of MEDEA (Mediterranean Europe and Africa), a policy network affiliated with the Italian Chapter of the International Institute of Communications (IIC), contributing to international dialogue on European media law and digital governance.
