Núria Castells Gómez (PhD. in Psychology, University of Barcelona), is an associate professor at the Cognition, Development and Educational Psychology Department. As a doctoral student she visited the University of Louisville (KY, USA), and as a post-doctoral student, the University of Michigan (MI, USA). Her research interests include the use of reading and writing, along with ITC, for learning; argumentation and learning in school contexts; and teacher training. In DIALLS she will be involved in data collection and analysis (WP3).