Melba G. Claudio-González holds an advanced degree (DEA) in Information and documentation in the knowledge society from the University of Barcelona, where she presented a research about Network Management Models in Europe. Currently she is working on a doctoral thesis about the sustainability of scientific production in the context of open access business models. She holds a degree in Business Administration from Puerto Rico University and a Master Degree in Cultural Policies and Arts Management from the University of Barcelona.

For eight years, she worked as a researcher and General Coordinator of the Ibero-American Cultural Management Network. She also collaborates as a researcher with the Library and Information Science Faculty as a member of their Consolidated Research Group.

Her research fields are: challenges and opportunities in the digital environment for networking and international cooperation; network management; new intersections and sectorial transformation through ICT (education, arts and culture, civil society, participation, ...) and intercultural policies.