The CIDOB Foundation's Intercultural Dynamics Programme is to hold a lecture - within the framework of the Doctorate Students' Forum - in which Rafael Obregón, Professor at the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University (USA) will present the study Communication, development and social change.

This session, through a series of case studies based on processes of social change brought about by diverse communication strategies, will explore the theoretical, methodological and practical dimensions of communication for development through its inherently interdisciplinary nature. This reflection is based on theoretical reference points of communication, social change and complexity sciences, among others, with the aim of promoting greater dialogue between communication and other disciplines.

Rafael Obregón is Associate Professor at the School of Telecommunications, Director of the Communication and Development Masters Program at Ohio University (USA) and Deputy Professor on the Social Communication Programme at the Universidad del Norte (Colombia). At present, he is a member of the Review Board for the Journal of Health Communication (EEUU), the magazine Investigación y Desarrollo (Colombia), and the Latin American Series for Ohio University Press. In addition, he belongs to the Scientific Committee of the World Congress on Communication for Development, organised by the World Bank, the FAO and the Communication Initiative, which will commence its deliberations on 25 October. He is currently participating as Guest Lecturer at the UNESCO Chair of Communication, which is managed by InCom of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).