The UPF Barcelona School of Management holds the Student Project Awards 2022-23

The best Master and Postgraduate projects created at the UPF-BSM are given recognition in an edition of the awards with record participation

The UPF Barcelona School of Management (UPF-BSM) has named the best Master and Postgraduate projects of the 2022-2023 academic year in the fifth edition of the Student Project Awards, the annual event that gives recognition to the theses of UPF-BSM students in seven categories: Research; Knowledge Transfer; Interdisciplinary Studies; Gender and Diversity; Ethics, Social Responsibility and Planetary Wellbeing; Culture; and Innovative Business Initiative.

The Dean of the UPF-BSM, Llorenç Bagur, highlighted how strongly these awards had been consolidated, with this year’s edition “receiving 50% more applications than the previous edition”. With this in mind, he expressed his gratitude for “the efforts and hard work of all the students, as well as the faculty members, who have reviewed and evaluated all the projects in record time”.

Introduced by Sub-Director General, Oriol Montanyà, and the Director of the Master of Science in Sustainability, Erola Palau, the event was also attended by the Director General of the UPF-BSM, José Manuel Martínez-Sierra, who closed the event emphasizing that “all these projects show that the School is on the right path, as they all reflect the values that the UPF-BSM advocate.

Before the awards were presented, Miriam Acedo, a graduate of the Master in Professional Mediation, Director of Human Capital at Lunet Facility Services and co-finalist in the last edition of these awards, shared a few touching words with the finalists of the class of 2022, explaining that the key to success is underpinned by three pillars: “choosing human, empathic leaders; attracting talent and gaining their loyalty in an environment in which they can grow; and a commitment to a culture based on wellbeing”. In her opinion, “we have to combine a highly demanding workplace with a high level of care for its people”.

The Award-winners

The Vice Dean of Research, Jordi Perramon, presented the awards in the category of Best Research project. The top award in this area went to Roger Artero Cruañas and Botond Horányi for their project “Navigating the financial landscape of energy transition”.

The top award for the Best Knowledge Transfer project was presented by the Vice-Dean of Knowledge Transfer, Susana Domingo, to Jéssica del Carmen Sánchez García for her project “Climate change communication. Evolution, frames and the movable middle”.

Susana Domingo also presented the joint top award in the Best Interdisciplinary Project category to Nelly Padilla Gómes for her project “N-BRAIN – Integral care service for premature children and their families” and to Eva Palacios Martínez for “The NBrain Project: A clinical mediation service for children at risk of neurodevelopmental disorders and their families”.

The award in the fourth category, Best Gender and Diversity Project, was presented by the Director of the Academic Department of Finance, Accounting and Control, Luz Parrondo. The jury decided to give the top award to Stefany Hernández Arrieta for her project “Scientific tales for the senses”.

Marcos Eguiguren, the Associate Provost of the UPF-BSM and Director of the Chair in Sustainable Finance, presented the awards to the best projects in the Ethics, Social Responsibility and Planetary Wellbeing category. The winning project was “Intervention project in minor offences in the neighbourhood of El Born in Barcelona: circles of proximity and sympathy” developed by Adrián Arroyo Díaz-Morera, Génesis Jiordana Ceroni Nazar and Víctor Mateu Vidal.

Next, Mathilde Brodu, the Director of the UPF Group’s Culture Program, presented the top award for the Best Culture Project to Berta Pladevall Soriano for her project “Katiuska Collection”.

The top award in the final category, Best Innovative Business Initiative, sponsored by Vita Student, was presented by Ramon Bastida, the Director of the Full-Time MBA, and Elena Cabezas, the Marketing Manager at Vita Student, to Marina Hidalgo Jaén for “EYE2FACE – Boost your communication skill”.

Palmarés Student Project Awards 2022-2023

Best Research Project

• 1. Roger Artero Cruañas and Botond Horányi. “Navigating the financial landscape of energy transition”
• 2. Sebastian Casali. “Corruption and offshore incorporations understanding the role of corruption in offshore incorporations: a cross-country analysis”
• 3. Enric Ros Simo. “Cost-utility analysis of pharmacological treatments for covid-19 in the United Kingdom”

Best Knowledge Transfer Project

• 1. Jéssica del Carmen Sánchez García. “Climate change communication. Evolution, frames and the movable middle”
• 2. Eliel García Soto. “¿Cómo impulsar la inclusión financiera en México?”
• 3. Pilar Rodriguez Franco. “Plan de comunicación del Instituto de Biología evolutiva “somos evolución – We are evolution”

Best Interdisciplinary Project (first prize ex aequo)

• 1. Nelly Padilla Gomes . “N-BRAIN-Servicio integral de atención al niño prematuro y a su familia” (ex aequo)
• 1. Eva Palacios Martínez. “The NBrain Project: A Clinical Mediation Service for Children et Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and their Families” (ex aequo)

Best Gender and Diversity Project

• 1. Stefany Hernández Arrieta. “Relatos científicos para los sentidos”
• 2. Tafadzwa Goverwa. “Cost – Effectiveness of human papilloma virus deoxy-ribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction (hpv dna pcr) as a primary screening test for cervical cancer among women infected with hiv in Zimbabwe”
• 3. Mayra Rojas Paredes and María Alejandra Velásquez Buriticá. “Limitaciones en la Protección de los Derechos de las Trabajadoras Sexuales y visibilización de sus necesidades”

Best Ethics, Social Responsibility and Planetary Wellbeing Project

• 1. Adrián Arroyo Díaz-Morera, Génesis Jiordana Ceroni Nazar and Víctor Mateu Vidal. “Proyecto de intervención en casos de delitos leves en el barrio del Born de Barcelona: círculos de proximidad y simpatia”
• 2. Alfredo Coppola Baena. “Crecimiento implícito de las acciones green y brown. Análisis comparativo entre índices bursátiles, sectores e industrias”
• 3. Sebastián Andrés Silva Sepúlveda and María Vallejo Salgado. “Afrontando pérdidas y daños: El círculo vicioso entre crisis climática y crisis de deuda. Recomendaciones al comité de transición para la propuesta de implementación del fondo y acuerdos de pérdidas y daños”

Best Culture Project

• 1. Berta Pladevall Soriano. “Col.lecció Katiuska”
• 2. Olaya Moena Latasa. “Herencia. Una mirada biológica, cultural y social hacia nuestro pasado, presente y futuro”
• 3. Mireia Martín León. “Microscopios de letras: Conversaciones sobre literatura y ciència”

Best Innovative Business Initiative

• 1. Marina Hidalgo Jaén. “EYE2FACE - Impulsa tu habilidad comunicativa”
• 2. Giovanna Margarita Bartens Sibille and Mariel del Rosario Garcia Lara. “Alia salud reproductiva”
• 3. Pol Manresa Görgen and Pau Verdú i Blas. “Bloomfinance. Protocolo de finanzas regenerativas (REFI) para el apoyo a emprendedores y microempresas en países de bajos ingresos”