The University is participating in a European initiative to combat disinformation through partnership and innovation

The School of Communication at the University of Navarra is participating in the project SPQRproject (Social Problem, Quality Response). The initiative, led by the Maldita.es Foundation, aims to encourage young people, students, and the general public to actively participate in detecting and responding to disinformation, while fostering partnership professional fact-checkers.

According to Ramón Salaverría, manager project manager project the School, “it is necessary to educate both young people and adults in the manager use of digital information, especially when that information is falsified. With this initiative, we wanted to focus our training efforts on our own students,” he notes. In this vein, the School of Communication developing training awareness-raising initiatives School of Communication several years through various European projects such as IBERIFIER, INMERS, and InfoFacto.  

Over the course of two years, the project participatory events in Spain, Italy, and Poland—both in-person and online—with the goal reaching more than 2,000 people. Through a approach , participants will acquire tools to identify, investigate, and counter disinformation, becoming part of a process that spans from prevention to verification and follow-up analysis.

Integration into the teaching internship

At the School of Communication project integrated into the teaching internship, giving students a firsthand look at the reality work professional work . Salaverría highlights the ethical and forward-looking value of this training: "Our students, who will one day lead all subject average Projects, must learn the fundamentals of professional fact-checking. Since the School was founded, the first ethical duty we have instilled in our students has been the pursuit of truth. This project with that foundational duty, using up-to-date techniques and tools.”

The University of Navarra plays a core topic role core topic the project from an academic perspective by incorporating this training into the framework several courses Degree . Through this participation, the School of Communication equip the next generation with the tools and methodologies needed to analyze, detect, and combat disinformation through professional fact-checking processes, as well as to train them in the creation of verified audiovisual content.

In addition to the University of Navarra, ten other European universities and organizations are participating as partners and collaborators in project, reinforcing the multidisciplinary international and multidisciplinary scope and highlighting the significant role played by universities. SPQR is led by a consortium comprising the Maldita.es Foundation (Spain), Demagog (Poland), Equipo Europa (Spain), and the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (Spain), along with ten other European academic and social organizations.

SPQR is a project by the European Union with €443,595 through the call for proposals “Citizens’ engagement and participation” (CERV-2025-CITIZENS-CIV).