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The UPF Barcelona School of Management has hosted on October 21 and 22 the conference on the culture of mediation for planetary well-being

The covid-19 pandemic has worsened health inequalities all around the world, but it has not affected all countries equally. The United Kingdom and Spain experienced the highest rates of excess deaths during the first wave of the pandemic in Europe. This is the result of the management of the pandemic as well as prior socioeconomic conditions and existing inequalities. Actually, the areas where infant mortality in 1850 were worst are the same where Covid-19 had its biggest effects. 

The price of electricity is very high and is destined to increase; this is without taking into account the fact that we are yet to start winter. Will I have to spend all my salary on paying the electricity bill? These maximum price peaks only occur in a certain time slot between 9 pm and 10 pm, when consumption by citizens is highest. This does not mean that the price of electricity will not change during the other time slots, but it will be cheaper.

La realidad pospandemia se presenta con un ingrediente, que ahora más que nunca deviene global: la incertidumbre; lo que nos hace pensar que los y las profesionales que trabajamos para favorecer convivencia debemos prepararnos para afrontar un futuro, incierto, de la mejor manera que podamos.

The Master of Finance and Banking professor at UPF Barcelona School of Management, Xavier Brun, explains the role of geopolitics in the escalation of gas prices and points ways to reduce dependence on this material.

The Catalan Association of Municipalities (ACM) has started at UPF Barcelona School of Management the fifth edition of the Postgraduate in Leadership and Local Governance. The opening act included the Director General of UPF-BSM, José M. Martínez-Sierra; the president of the ACM, Lluís Soler; Carles Ramió, commissioner of the rector for the UPF-BSM and Josep M. Galí, vice-dean of Development & Partner Programs.

Diego Ching is UPF-BSM Masters of Science in Management alumni. From Costa Rica, he works for the Sistema de Banca para el Desarrollo in the unit in charge of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the country.

José M. Martínez-Sierra, director general of UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM), and Judit Mascó, president of the Ared Foundation, have signed a collaboration agreement for the management of the restaurant of the school, now Gastro Ared.

A study conducted by students at Pompeu Fabra University in May 2021, focusing mainly on consumers in Catalonia, asks questions related to the way we recycle at home. The research obtained some findings around the answer to the question "Are we recycling correctly in Catalan households?"

Ten years ago, SMEs could choose to be oblivious to digitalization and thrive. Today, they could hardly survive. Albert García Pujadas, Academic Coordinator of the Master in Digital Marketing Management, analyzes the report on the digitalization of SMEs 2021, prepared by ONTSI.

Aitana Ocaña, the former OT contestant, is currently promoting a McDonald's menu that she could not eat because she is celiac. On the other hand, in its latest TV commercial, Burger King USA has made its hamburger king dance to the song Questions, by Hoàng Read, very popular on TikTok. Does it make sense for a brand to choose as ambassador an influencer who cannot consume its products? Or to take to TV a TikTok viral that most likely will not work with the TV audience?

The UPF Barcelona School of Management hosts the conference The Future of Digitization, dialogues promoted by the Spanish Government and the European institutions, as well as 70 other institutions with the participation of experts and company managers.

Melancholia. This is how the depression was called until the beginning of the 18th century. This melancholy was usually cured with rituals close to magic or more effective therapies such as walking or listening to music. Currently, psychotherapy or pharmacological treatments are the usual ways to cushion the "disease of the XXI century".

The structural deficits of the labour market will not be solved only by the aid received, if it is not accompanied by policies clearly aimed at improving skills, which would help to ensure that the workforce was adapted to the requirements of new realities.

Between 30th September and 12th October, several strike days were called which affect Renfe throughout Spain. The causes indicated by the Semaf Machinery Union as a cause of the strike affect their working conditions, the availability of trains and the transfer of Renfe's powers to the Autonomous Communities that request it.