His research focuses on the study of the different forms of Internet impacts on society. In particular, he has studied the causes and consequences of digital inequalities in Uruguay and the Latin American region, digital skills, Internet effects (media effects), e-government and cybersecurity from the user's perspective, perceptions and support for automation , teleworking, and benefits and risks of Internet use in children and adolescents. His publications have appeared in Telecommunication Policy, Computers in Human Behavior, Information, Communication & Society, Computers & Security, American Behavioral Scientist, Journal of Children and Media, among others.

Matias Dodel is a Sociologist (PhD, M.A. & B.A.) and Psychologist (B.A.). He is an Associate Professor at the Department of Social Sciences and the Director of the Hodos Methods Center at Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU). At UCU he also leads the World Internet Project, DiSTO Project, and Kids Online's Uruguayan Chapters, and is part of the Fairwrok Uruguay team. He has worked as an independent consultant at UNICEF, and the National E-government and Information Society Agency (AGESIC) of the Uruguayan government Presidency, were he developed the official ICT surveys (EUTIC: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019) in collaboration with the National Statistical Office.