The Center for Internet Studies and Digital Life was set up in September 2013 and is affiliated with the School of Communication at the University of Navarra; its mission is to foster research on the forms and impact of digital activity in the complex, changing field of communication. The establishment of the Center is another milestone in the School's academic history, in which online media have been addressed through both teaching and research activities since the Internet's emergence as a global medium.

Over 30 people currently work in the Center for Internet Studies and Digital Life, which comprises three areas: People, Contents and Companies. Each area encompasses a number of fields of research, such as the use of social networks, online journalism, interactive advertising, new business models for communications companies, and the impact of the Internet on electoral campaigns, civic movements, etc.