Dr. Jorge Saavedra Utman is Teaching Associate at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, currently in charge of the MPhil in Sociology (Media and Culture pathway), teaching on the SOC 7 module (Media, Culture and Society), study skills sessions, and undergraduate dissertations.
Originally from Chile, Jorge completed a PhD in Media and Communications (Goldsmiths, UK, 2017) a MA in Political Communication (University of Chile, Chile, 2010) and a BA in Social Communication (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile, 2005).
Jorge's research addresses media and communication from non-institutional political perspectives, the relationship between mediation, participation and democracy, and counter-hegemonic struggles in Latin America. His latest book in English is The Media Commons and Social Movements: Grassroots Mediations against Neoliberal Politics (Routledge, 2019).