Marcin Sobieszczanski (SIC.Lab Méditerranée laboratory) is a senior lecturer in communication studies at Université Côte d'Azur. A graduate of the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris (mathematical models applied to the humanities, supervised by Jean Petitot), with a doctorate from Paris 8 (image technologies and the cognitive approach to the image, supervised by Edmond Couchot) and a accreditation to supervise research from Dijon (immersive environments, supervised by Pascal Lardellier), he has taught at several universities, including Angers, Rouen, Montreal, Paris, Warsaw, and Torun. He has conducted numerous research stays in Nijmegen (Netherlands), at the Wroughton Science Museum Library & Archives (United Kingdom), and at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology in San Diego (United States). His current research focuses on interdisciplinary questions: Environmental media design, immersive environments, technological and narrative evolution of cinema, genetic and epigenetic aspects of aesthetic behaviours.

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Researcher for Horizon Europe funded project Reviving, boosting, optimising and transforming European Film Competitivness REBOOT, No. 101094769

Current geographical areas of interest: South Africa, Poland, Norway.

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He is currently the director of the master’s program Media Design covering the following scientific and professional fields:

Media of Mobility and Environmental Media, Standard/360°/3D Video, Drone Imagery, Spatial Sound, Augmented, Virtual and Extended Reality (XR), Digital Radio (DAB+), Digital Art, Live Streaming & Augmented Teleconferencing, Immersive Social Environments (Metaverse), IoT (Internet of Things) and Media, Spatial Design, Intelligent Signage / Urban Scenography / Communicative Architecture, User Experience Design (UXD), AI in Information and Communication Sciences, Cognitive Media Ecology, Eco-design of Digital Services.