He holds a degree (1998) and PhD (2006) in Journalism from the UPV/EHU, where he has been a professor since 2001. He has been vice-dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication (2009-2012), director of the Master's Degree in Social Communication (2016-2018) and member of the University Commission for Teaching Evaluation (2016-2021).

He is a member of the Gureiker research group (group A of the Basque university system). He has been visiting professor at the University of Cambridge (UK, 2012) and at the University of Seville (2010). He has participated in the Erasmus+ program for teaching mobility at the following universities: University of Trieste (Italy, 2011), University of Beira interior (Portugal, 2013), University of Porto (Portugal, 2015), University do Minho (Portugal, 2016), University of Wroclaw (Poland, 2017 and 2019).

He has participated in 29 research projects being in 6 of them the principal investigator. He is co-author of 73 scientific articles (many of them included in listings as JCR or SCOPUS), 32 book chapters and 110 contributions in national and international congresses. He has 3 six-year periods recognized by the CNEAI. His lines of research focus on cyberjournalism, social innovation, design, journalism and social networks.

• ORCID: 0000-0002-3383-4859  
• Web of Science Researcher ID: H-1961-2015
• Índice H Google Scholar

• Cyberjournalism, Social communication, Social networks, Social innovation.

• Mendiguren Galdospin, T., Meso Ayerdi, K., Pérez Dasilva, J.A., & Ganzabal Learreta, M. (2023). Impacto Y Tratamiento De Las Acciones artísticas De Banksy En La Prensa española. Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, n.º 81 (mayo):491-507. https://doi.org/10.4185/rlcs-2023-1973. Q1 (SJR).
• Santos Diez, M. T., Pérez Dasilva, J., & Meso Ayerdi, K. (2023). Dimensión medicinal del cannabis en la prensa española. Análisis del tratamiento informativo de El País, El Mundo, ABC y La Razón en 2019. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, 29(1). Q2 (SJR).
• Pérez Dasilva, J. Á., Meso Ayerdi, K., & Mendiguren Galdospin, T. (2021). Deepfakes on Twitter: Which Actors Control Their Spread? Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439), 9, 301-312. Q1 (SJR).
• Pérez Dasilva, J. Á., Meso-Ayerdi, K., & Mendiguren-Galdospín, T. (2020). Fake news y coronavirus: detección de los principales actores y tendencias a través del análisis de las conversaciones en Twitter. Profesional de la Información (ISSN: 1386-6710), 29(3). Q1 (SJR). 
• Ganzabal Learreta, M., Meso Ayerdi, K., Pérez Dasilva, J., & Mendiguren Galdospin, T. (2020). Sinergias de sororidad en las comunidades virtuales de las revistas femeninas. El caso del cierre del foro de Vogue. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social (ISSN: 1138-5820), (75), 271-289. Q2 (SJR).

• Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIIN): Impact of artificial intelligence and algorithms on cybermedia, professionals, and audiences (Ref. PID2022-138391OB-I00). Members: S. Peña (MR). Duration: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2027 (100,000 €)
• MICINN-TED: Automated counter narratives against misinformation and hate speech for journalists and social media (Ref. MICINN-TED21/34). Members: S. Pablo Peña Fernández (MR). Duration: 01/12/2022 - 30/11/2024 (168,245.00 €)
• UPV-EHU: The impact of artificial intelligence on Basque media and its professionals (Ref. US 23/10). Members: J. Pérez Dasilva (MR). Duration: [17/11/2023] - [16/11/2025] (18,000 €)
• Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MICIIN): News, networks and users in the hybrid media system (Ref. RTI2018-095775-B-C41). Members: S. Peña (MR). Duration: 2019- 2021/2023 (38.115 €)
• University of the Basque Country: Perfiles digitales de los periodistas vascos y diálogo con las audiencias (US18/06). Members: Pérez Dasilva, Jesús (MR). Duration: 2018-2020 (18.550 €)

• Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication (Feb. 2009-Feb. 2012).
• Director of the Master in Social Communication (2016-2018). 
• Member of Scientific, Academic and Organizational Committees (International Conference on Online Journalism, etc.).

• Gureiker (IT-1112). Consolidated research group (type A) of the Basque university system.
• Research lines:
  • Analysis of cybermedia
  • Impact of the Internet on the media.
  • Participation of audiences in media contents.
  • New journalistic and informative narratives on the Internet.
  • Use of social networks in journalism and corporate communication.