Margarita Díaz-Andreu is a Spanish archaeologist and ICREA Research Professor of Archaeology at the Universitat de Barcelona (2012-), following academic positions in Spain (CSIC, UCM, 1993-95), and the UK (Durham University, 1996–2011). She is widely recognized for her extensive publication record and for leading major competitive research projects, including the ERC Artsoundscapes project (2018–2025) and the ongoing ArqueólogAs/Herstory projects. In 2021 she received the Menéndez Pidal National Award for the Humanities, and in 2022 the Neubergh Award (University of Gothenburg). She is among the most-cited researchers in Spain. Since joining the University of Barcelona, she has published over 21 books/special issues, as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles/book chapters. Of the 18 PhD students who have completed, 9 have done so at the UB. She has tutored 16 post-docs. She has also played an active role in academic leadership, conference organization, and public outreach.

The three main research areas in which Díaz-Andreu has been active and has led research groups over the past few years are still ongoing. Her work in rock art and archaeoacoustics is highly innovative. She has led an ERC-funded interdisciplinary group of archaeologists, acoustic engineers, ethnomusicologists, and psychologists. Fieldwork was undertaken in the USA, the Russian Altai, Baja California, Southern Africa and Mediterranean Europe. In 2025 the project has published 11 articles on archaeoacoustics and musical archaeology, including one article in the prestigious Annual Review of Anthropology. Díaz-Andreu has also published one special issue on her other major project on the history of women in archaeology. In 2025 she supervised 6 doctoral and 2 post-doc researchers, including one with a MSCA fellowship. All of her team members are involved in one or more of her research groups: Artsoundscapes, ArqueólogAs, and GAPP.