Prof. dr. Mateja Rek je zaposlena kot profesorica na Fakulteti za informacijske študije in Fakulteti za uporabne družbene študije. Je vodja Infrastrukturnega programa – zbiranje, vodenje in arhiviranje podatkov o medijski pismenosti v Sloveniji (pismenost.si), ki ga financira Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost RS. Je tudi vodja akademskega modula Jean Monnet – Medijska pismenost za aktivno državljanstvo (meli-module.com), ki ga financira program Erasmus+ Evropske komisije.

Je redna profesorica za sociologijo in raziskovalka na področju komunikologije, ki redno predava na domačih fakultetah, redno pa gostuje tudi v tujini. Od leta 2009 do 2013 je bila dekanja Fakultete za medije v Ljubljani in od 2016 do 2018 dekanja Fakultete za uporabne družbene študije v Novi Gorici. Je zunanja strokovnjakinja programa Državljani, enakost, pravice in vrednote, Evropske izvajalske komisije za izobraževanje in kulturo, Evropska komisija.

Po delu v civilnem sektorju pri Open Society Institute v regiji jugovzhodne Evrope v začetku 2000-ih se je odločila, da svoje znanje in delovne izkušnje v civilnem sektorju nadgradi z akademskim angažmajem. Leta 2008 je doktorirala iz sociologije, kjer je raziskovala vlogo socialnega kapitala pri oblikovanju civilne družbe v EU. Bila je članica mednarodne doktorske mreže na temo “Vključenost civilne družbe v evropsko upravljanje” (2005-2008), ki jo je vodila profesorica dr. Beate Kohler-Koch iz Mannheimskega centra za evropske družbene raziskave (MZES). Sodelovala je pri CONNEX: Network of Excellence: Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-Level Europe (2004-2008), Research Group 5: Social Capital as Catalyst of Civic Engagement and Quality of Governance, Sixth Framework Programme of Research. Delala je na številnih projektih z organizacijami civilne družbe v regiji jugovzhodne Evrope. Trenutno je še posebej aktivna pri raziskovanju in promociji pomena medijske pismenosti in potrebe po medijski vzgoji v Sloveniji in EU. Objavila je več visoko uvrščenih znanstvenih del s področja medijske pismenosti in izobraževanja, medijske konstrukcije realnosti, strateškega komuniciranja, medkulturnega komuniciranja, družbenih sprememb in razvoja, aktivnega državljanstva in civilne družbe v EU.

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Prof. dr. Mateja Rek works as a full professor at the Faculty of Information Studies and the Faculty of Advanced Social Studies. She is the head of the Infrastructure program – collection, management and archiving of data on media literacy in Slovenia (pismenost.si), which is financed by the Slovenian Research Agency. She is also head of the Jean Monnet Module – Media Literacy for Active Citizenship (meli-module.com), funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Commission.

She is a full professor of sociology and a researcher in the field of communication studies lecturing at host institutions, with regular guest lectures abroad. From 2009-2013 she was a Dean at Faculty of Media in Ljubljana and from 2016-2018 a Dean at School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica. She is an External Expert for Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values program (CERV program) at European Commissions’ European Education and Culture Executive Agency.

After working in civic sector as a manager at Open Society Institute in the region of South East Europe in the beginning of 2000s, she decided to upgrade her knowledge and work experience in civic sector with academic engagement in the field. She obtained PhD in Sociology in 2008, exploring the role of social capital in formation of civil society in the EU. She was a member of an International PhD Network on “Civil Society Involvement in European Governance” (2005-2008), chaired by Professor Dr. Beate Kohler-Koch from Mannheim Center for European Social Research (MZES). She participated in CONNEX: Network of Excellence: Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-Level Europe (2004-2008), Research Group 5: Social Capital as Catalyst of Civic Engagement and Quality of Governance, Sixth Framework Programme of Research. She has worked on numerous projects with civil society organisations in the region of South East Europe. Currently, she is especially active in researching and promoting the importance of media literacy and the need for media education in Slovenia and EU. She published several highly ranked scientific works on in the field of the media literacy and education, media construction of reality, strategic communication, intercultural communication, social change and development, active citizenship and civil society in the EU.