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Professor of Financial Economics and Accounting, Oriol Amat, has been sworn in as rector of the UPF in the presence of the Hon. Ms. Gemma Geis, Councilor for Research and Universities, and Hon. Ms. Victòria Alsina, Councilor for Foreign Action and Transparency, as well as different members of the university community of Catalonia. 

The UPF-BSM conducts a survey to find out the perception of the working environment among workers in Catalonia. 

The internationally prestigious award will allow UPF Barcelona School of Management and the financial institution to present their case during the EFMD Executive Development Conferences.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management joins the celebration of World Environment Day organizing a Program of Environmental Sustainability: a series of activities that aim to strengthen the school's commitment to Planetary Wellbeing by actively involving our community.

Telework is here to stay, also in the international sector. Mariano de las Heras, director of the Postgraduate Degree in Internationalization of HR and Global Mobility, moderates a panel discussion with experts in the sector to talk about the challenges of international mobility.

Europe is losing its place in the world by leaps and bounds. And the curious thing is that both European politicians and we, the citizens, remain oblivious to what is happening. Until it is too late.

The 2nd session of the 10th Conference of the Master in Sports Management has addressed the future of sports retail and the challenge that this poses for brands.

UPF Barcelona School of Management inaugurates China Global Strategy, a project led by Qianying-Núria Zhou, with the aim of building bridges with China, providing networking opportunities for our students and recruiting Chinese talent.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) and Triodos Bank, an ethical banking credit institution, sign an agreement for the creation of the Chair in Sustainable Finance (CSF), an international research center, exchange of experiences, dissemination and training in this area.

Estela Ocampo, professor of Art Theory at the UPF, reviews the avant-garde movements of the early 20th century and explains how they transformed the artistic paradigm known to date: naturalism. Cubism, expressionism or futurism, among others, break with the schemes and influence current contemporary art.

The professor of Financial Economics and Accounting has been elected new rector with 65% of the favorable votes. Amat had been the dean of the UPF Barcelona School of Management during the period 2018-2021.

UPF-BSM creates StartLab, a training, advisory and support program for young entrepreneurs who will have the support of a group of professionals from the School to promote their projects and build a network of contacts with the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Barcelona.

The UPF Barcelona School of Management hosts a talk with Adela Torres, Mercadona's environmental manager, who explained the supermarket chain's sustainability strategy

Will the world after COVID-19 be less global? The director of the Operations, Technology and Science Area, Oriol Montanyà, talks with the director of the Master in Public and Social Policy, Monica Clua, and with Cristina Alba, alumni of the Master in Finance and Banking, about the future of globalization and the role that sustainability will have in it.

Literary translator Adan Kovacsics offers a session to understand the world that Stefan Zweig portrayed in his famous work " The World of Yesterday" and to understand the feelings of the European population at the beginning of the 20th century.