The UB Business School is excited to welcome a distinguished group of new researchers to the University of Barcelona. These new colleagues bring expertise across many fields of business that will enrich our research environment, enhance the student learning experience, and foster collaborations across the Departments, its research structures, and the broader university community. This year, 8 new researchers have joined our Faculty. Lizbeth Arroyo joins the Department of Business as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests focus on Strategy… 
The University of Barcelona Business School is seeking expressions of interest for an Assistant Professor position in Accounting starting in September 2026. Promotion to tenure (Associate Professor) will require both the corresponding governmental accreditation and successful completion of the required selection process. The University of Barcelona is a leading centre in southern Europe, with a strong commitment to excellence in research. It enjoys a long tradition of teaching, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in the field of Economics… 
The UB Business School welcomed 24 new students to the Executive MBA programme this year. Most of them come from Latin America (95,8 %), and the remaining ones (4,2 %) from Europe. Altogether, there are 7 nationalities represented in this class, with an average age of 33 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue an official one-year programme that provides experienced professionals with a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the management techniques and executive skills involved in business… 
The UB Business School welcomed 27 new students to the MSc in International Business programme this year. Most of them come from Europe (74,1 %), with others from America (18,5%) and Asia (7,4 %). Altogether, there are 13 nationalities represented in this class, where the average age is 25 years old. This diverse group will now pursue an official one-year programme taught in English, designed to train specialists in global business management. The curriculum covers finance and accounting, marketing, operations,… 
The UB Business School welcomed 22 new students to the MSc in Business Research programme this year. Most of them come from Europe (36,4%), others from Latin America (31,8 %), and the remaining ones come from Asia (27,3 %) and Africa (4,5 %). Altogether, there are 11 nationalities represented in this class, with an average age of 31 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue an official one-year programme that provides students with advanced training in the… 
Coinciding with the start of the academic year, the new edition of The UB in Figures is now available, featuring the most important data for the 2024-2025 academic year. It presents the main figures for the University of Barcelona and its academic activity in a clear and attractive format. This year, the document’s new design highlights certain data, such as the number of students’ external academic placements (14,135); it includes graphs with more variables and information on gender perspective, such as the… 
A new study titled “Pre-travel experiential tourism communication: A study of Catalonia and Veneto”, authored by our researchers Michele Girotto and Jordi Campo, alongside with Carolina Nicolas (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), explores how tourism institutions in Catalonia and Veneto (Italy) have adapted their communication strategies to highlight experiential aspects in the pre-travel phase. Using a content analysis of posts published on X (formerly Twitter) by the official accounts of the Catalan Tourist Board (@turismecat) and Turismo Veneto (@TurismoVeneto) between… 
MSc in International Business, MSc in Business Research and MBA graduates at the UB Business School celebrated their academic achievements with friends and relatives during Graduation Day at the Faculty of Economics and Business. The ceremonies took place on July 15 and 17, 2025. All graduates wore the academic dress –consisting of a gown and hood– and received symbolic diplomas. The MSc classes of 2025 graduated together with other official master’s degrees students and postgraduate degrees at the Faculty of Economics… 
Laura Guitart Tarrés, tenured professor in the Department of Business, director of the UB Chair of Family Business, and until now Academic Vice-Dean, has taken office as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona in a ceremony held at the historic building on 19 June 2025. Guitart Tarrés is a researcher with the Business Research Group (SGR 0361), head of the Teaching Innovation Group on Learning Tools in Business Management (G·IDEA), and co-director of… 
The UB Business School recently concluded its highly successful XVI edition of the Summer School on Management and Creativity in an Innovation Society (June 26 to July 13, 2024), receiving widespread acclaim for its innovative approach and exceptional learning opportunities. Co-host with Mosaic-HEC Montreal, the programme, renowned for its cutting-edge curriculum and distinguished faculty, offered participants a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application. The Summer School faculty, known for their innovation and deep understanding of contemporary management practices,… 
MSc in International Business, MSc in Business Research and MBA graduates at the UB Business School celebrated their academic achievements with friends and relatives during Graduation Day at the Faculty of Economics and Business. The ceremonies took place on July 9-10, 2024, in the Aula Magna of the 690 Building. All graduates wore the academic dress –consisting of a gown and hood– and received symbolic diplomas. The MSc classes of 2024 graduated together with other official master’s degrees students and postgraduate… 
The UB Business School is pleased to introduce four researchers who have joined our faculty in 2023: Jordi Campo: Jordi joined the Department of Business as a Postdoctoral Researcher. He has previously worked at the intersection of academia and industry, holding positions as a Director of Marketing in various companies. He received his PhD in Audiovisual Communication and Advertising from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in 2022. His research expertise spans across the areas of General Management, Marketing, Strategy, Digital Marketing,… 
Coinciding with the start of the academic year, the new edition of 'UB in figures' arrives, featuring the most significant data from the 2022-2023 academic year. It presents, in a comprehensible and engaging manner, the key figures of the University of Barcelona and its academic activities, as well as the evolution of certain variables over recent years. This year, the document includes a new section on entrepreneurship, highlighting projects incubated in StartUB!, emerging companies (start-ups) created, and individuals trained in… 
UB Business School researcher Esther Hormiga has conducted a study that delves into how the skills and abilities of business leaders impact small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the ever-evolving tourism sector. This research highlights the crucial role played by leaders' sustainability competences in shaping the direction of these businesses. The study, titled ‘Leaders' sustainability competences and small and medium-sized enterprises outcomes: The role of social entrepreneurial orientation,’ co-authored by Dr. Hormiga and published in the Sustainable Development Journal, sheds… 
The University of Barcelona is the first Spanish university in the World University Rankings, published by the British specialized journal Times Higher Education, obtaining the 152nd position worldwide. Thus, it is 30 positions higher than last year. This year the ranking has updated the methodology and includes new indicators. Of the conceptual pillars in which the different indicators of the ranking are grouped, the UB obtains the best evaluation in quality and scope of research: it obtains 91.4 points and the 100th… 
Are you passionate about the transformative power of data and algorithms in the world of Science, Technology, and Innovation? Join the 8th Summer School on Data and Algorithms for ST&I Studies, organized by KU Leuven in collaboration with the UB Business School and proudly sponsored by Google. - Date: 6,7 & 8 September - Venue: Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona - Registration deadline: August 27 (general public) - Registration fee: €95 (includes registration, access to… 
The Executive MBA programme at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona has received the Impuls Award for lifelong learning. This award recognizes the academic contribution of programmes with a 25-year trajectory in lifelong learning, such as the EMBA master's programme at UB. We interviewed Laura Guitart, the academic vice-dean of the faculty, on the occasion of the programme's 25th anniversary. Congratulations on the recognition and for 25 years of delivering such a competitive programme like… 
The UB Business School has conducted a study on the current state of urban mobility, focusing on the impact of private taxi transport projects. The study highlights the increasing relevance of urban mobility in the context of globalization and competition, as well as the growing interest in studying the impact of taxi options on consumer preferences. “Taxi and urban mobility studies: A bibliometric analysis”, published in the Transport Policy Journal by our researchers David Alaminos, Emilio Vizuete, and our PhD… 
The UB Business School has recruited 2 new researchers in 2023. More specifically, one Assistant Professor, and a Ramon y Cajal fellow: Daniel de Mattos: Daniel joined the Department of Business as a Ramón y Cajal Tenure-track lecturer. He has worked previously at the University of Derby, University of Jaén, Fluminense Federal University, and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro since 2012. He has also worked in the industry for over eight years as an industrial engineer with Petrobras oil and gas… 
A fast and precise prediction of stock market crashes is an important aspect of economic growth, and fiscal and monetary systems because it facilitates the government in the application of suitable policies. The study “Forecasting Stock Market Crashes via real-time recession probabilities: a quantum computing approach”, published in the Journal Fractals-Complex Geometry Patterns and Scaling in Nature and Society co-authored by our researcher David Alaminos, provides a comparison of quantum forecast methods and stock market declines and, therefore, a new… 
Our researcher Mercè Bernardo has been awarded the young researcher prize ‘Doctora de Alcalá’ in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. Granted by the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, this prize recognizes the excellence of Bernardo’s research work in a highly-competitive contest with a large number of high-level candidates. Congratulations!
The University of Barcelona Business School invites applications for 2 three-year postdoctoral positions beginning in September 2023. These positions may lead to an assistant professorship when the candidate receives a positive evaluation, and positions become available. Fields of interest: - Business Organization - Digital Marketing and Social Media Marketing The University of Barcelona is a leading centre in southern Europe, with a strong commitment to excellence in research. It enjoys a long tradition of teaching, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in the field of Economics and Business. In this framework, UB Business…
The UB Business School welcomed new students to the Master in Business Research and the PhD in Business programmes for the 2022-23 academic year. Four of our 15 PhD students are from Spain whereas the remaining 73% represents seven different nationalities. In regards to the MSc students, 27% are from Spain and the rest of students come from countries such as China, Mexico, and Uzbekistan. The new cohort of MSc in Business Research students will now pursue a programme designed to provide… 
The PhD in Business programme at the UB Business School has been accredited with Excellence after an exhaustive and rigorous external evaluation by the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU). This achievement will contribute to the academic prestige of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Universitat de Barcelona and will benefit our students in attaining their career goals. This distinction recognises the quality of the programme, PhD advisors, the learning support system, the internal quality assurance system, public information and the programme… 
Coinciding with the inauguration of the academic year, the new edition of The UB in figures has arrived, with the most important data for the academic year 2021-2022. This year, the document presents a new design that shows in an understandable and attractive way the main strengths of the University and its academic activity, as well as the evolution of some variables over the last academic years. The document points out the extensive educational offer of the University of Barcelona, with 73… 03/10/2022
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The Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona is a leading centre in Southern Europe for research and teaching in the fields of economics, business, sociology and statistics. It combines the historical tradition of the UB with its strong commitment to modernity and internationalization in recent years. The Faculty offers a wide range of quality postgraduate programmes and short courses to an international market. A priority for the Faculty is to ensure the high-quality standards of the… 
MSc in International Business, MSc in Business Research and MBA graduates at the UB Business School celebrated their academic achievements with friends and relatives during Graduation Day at the Faculty of Economics and Business. The ceremony took place on July 6-7, 2022, in the Aula Magna of the 696 Building. All graduates wore the academic dress –consisting of a gown and hood– and received symbolic diplomas. The MSc classes of 2022 graduated together with other official master's degrees students and postgraduate… 
MSc in International Business, MSc in Business Research, and MBA graduates will receive symbolic diplomas during the graduation ceremonies on Wednesday and Thursday July 6-7, 2022. The ceremonies will be held at 19:00 at the Aula Magna (696 Building) of the Faculty of Economics and Business. All teaching staff is also invited to attend the event. This graduation ceremony is a celebration of UB Business School students’ achievements and marks the culmination of all their hard work. It is a… 
The Department of Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona invites applications for four Assistant Professor positions beginning in September 2022. Fields of interest: Management and Organization; Financial Accounting and Corporate Finance. Applicants are expected to show outstanding commitment to research and must be in possession of the corresponding favourable governmental accreditation: Professor lector accreditation (AQU) Ayudante doctor accreditation (ANECA) The University of Barcelona is a leading centre in southern Europe, with a strong… 
The students of the UB Business School Master's in International Business are carrying out a solidarity initiative for Ukraine. The action consists of collecting supplies to cover the primary and health needs of the people of Ukraine. The items to be collected, according to the list published by the Ukrainian embassy, includes different types of medicines, canned foods, nuts, energy bars, tea and coffee, and personal care products such as brushes and toothpaste. The collection point will be located on… 
The UB Business School has recruited two new researchers in 2021 as Assistant Professors: David Alaminos: David joined the Department of Business as an assistant professor. He has previously worked at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas and the Universidad de Málaga. He completed his PhD in Economics in 2019, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2021 from the Universidad de Málaga. His research field is Finance. Bàrbara Llacay: Bàrbara joined the Department of Business as a Serra Húnter assistant professor. She has previously worked… 
Gloria Sanmartin Antolín, PhD Student at the UB Business School, has been awarded by The Beryl Institute Patient Experience Scholar Program. This grant reinforces the commitment of The Beryl Institute to support the growing conversation on the importance of the patient experience in healthcare and expanding the body of knowledge on this topic. For this reason, the grant supports PhD doctoral students as they conduct research associated with the patient experience. Our PhD in Business is a regional Patient Experience Coordinator for Quirónsalud too, and her PhD field is Technology and Operations Management. Her… 
With the occasion of the inauguration of the academic year, the new edition of The UB in figures has been published. The document summarizes the main strengths of the University and its academic activity, and the evolution of some variables over the last years. For the academic year 2021-2022, a total of 72 bachelor’s degrees courses, 15 dual study pathways, 170 master’s degrees courses and 46 doctoral programmes have been approved. In the chapter dedicated to research, the document highlights… 
The Faculty of Economics and Business host a fascinating experiment with a semi-humanoid robot (TIAGo) who will engage with humans in playing a board game. The experiment is aimed at the entire university or non-university community that was unable to participate at the time as a result of the pandemic, will last approximately 5 minutes. At the beginning and at the end of it, the participant will fill out an anonymous questionnaire. The main objective of the experiment, led by… 
Second online edition for our Summer School on Management of Creativity. Following last year’s successful edition, this year’s programme had a special focus on the theme of resilience. The 2-week course, organized by Mosaic – HEC Montréal and the UB Business School, took place from June 28 to July 9 with the coordination of Dr Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway, from the UB team. On July 2 and 9, our School took the lead of the course, broadcasting live from PlantaUno, the Innovation… 
Claudio Cruz Cazares, researcher at the UB Business School and StartUB! Director of the University of Barcelona will lead the international project "Transforming universities towards entrepreneurship" (TRUE), which aims to eliminate the obstacles in innovation and entrepreneurship and boost these activities. This project will receive funding from the Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education (EIT’s HEI), an initiative from the European Union’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). During the first period, the impact of TRUE is expected to… 
The University of Barcelona has again improved its position in the prestigious QS World University Rankings. Our institution has been ranked the 168th best university in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2022 after climbing 15 places among more than 1,600 higher education institutions. Last year, it reached the 183rd position. With this result, the UB is listed among the top 13% universities worldwide, tanking 55th in Europe, and #1 in Spain where it is followed by the Autonomous University of Madrid (207), the Autonomous University of Barcelona (209), the Complutense University of Madrid (223), Pompeu Fabra University (248), and the University of Navarra… 
The UB Business School, together with Mosaic HEC Montréal, will offer an exceptional online edition of the Summer School on the theme “RESILIENCE & CREATIVITY”. The program will take place over eight half-days, from 28 June to 9 July 2021. The exceptional crisis that our societies are going through makes it more necessary than ever for regions, companies, organisations and individuals to reinvent themselves. We have designed an original program around the ability of ecosystems to react to crises, to… 
Laura González-Vila Puchades, PhD in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona is the recipient of the 2020 Rafael Termes Research and Study Awards. The prize is awarded annually by the Spanish Institute of Financial Analysts and, on this occasion, has been given to the professor of the Department of Economic, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics of the UB for the monograph "Improved Income and Financial Planning: Merkel longevity coverage for retired people with reduced life expectancy". As a… 16/04/2021
Motivation: the key to a healthy life
According to a recent study co-authored by the UB Business School researcher Pilar Aparicio Chueca, and the UB School of Sociology researcher Màrius Domínguez-Amorós, low levels of Physical Activity (PA) and idleness are associated with the onset of different pathologies and health problems. The article Lack of Association between the Reasons for and Time Spent Doing Physical Activity focuses on the relation between the time we spend doing physical activity and the reasons for doing so, from which the innovative…
The UB Business School welcomed four new researchers in 2021. More specifically, two lecturer professors and two postdoctoral researchers joined the Department of Business. The new UB Business School researchers are: Ryan Armstrong: He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Business. He obtained his PhD in Business from the University of Barcelona in 2018. Ryan researches how positive change can be facilitated in organizations. His research integrates philosophy, social psychology, and business analytics to understand how organizational learning takes place… 
The PhD in Business alumni at the UB Business School, Cristian Granados, is a professor, researcher and consultant at the Technological of Monterrey. He was a research fellow at HEC Montreal, and completed a short research stay at Harvard Business School. He is currently working with entrepreneurs, MBA and undergraduate students, and corporate innovation training programs in companies such as Bimbo, Renault or Roche. Along his professional career, he has held positions as innovation director and has also co-founded a video game startup. He is convinced about the power of creativity and innovation to improve organizations, cities and the welfare. Have teaching and research been always your career aspirations? Not exactly. But as far as I remember, I… 
The Summer School on Management of Creativity celebrates this year its thirteen edition, the second fully online, once again offering the opportunity to explore and compare the creative ecosystems of Montreal and Barcelona. Launched in 2009, the Summer School has inspired the creation of other schools on management of creativity and innovation in Europe, South America and Asia, and is considered as the international reference in the field of management of creativity and innovation. Following the success of the online edition organized in 2020, HEC Montréal and the University of Barcelona will jointly… 
On February 4 and 5, UB School of Economics will be present in the POLITICO’S EU Studies & Career Fair. Every year this fair becomes a meeting point between the best universities and organizations in the world, and top-level students and young professionals seeking a future in matters related to the European Union, international relations, political science, business, economy, public policy, and law. UB School of Economics will be present at the fair through the Study in Catalonia stand and… 
The University of Barcelona has been ranked amongst the top 100 institutions in the world, according to the first edition of 2021 of the Ranking Web of Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with regard to its international dimension. In both rankings, our institution has been the only university in Spain that ranked among the 100 first positions. The University of Barcelona steps up to position number 92 of the Ranking Web of Universities and position 91 of the most… 
The University of Barcelona Social Council has awarded the José Manuel Blecua prize to PhD graduate in Business at the UB Business School Alfonso Hernández Vivanco for his article "Sustainable innovation through management systems integration" published in the 'Journal of Cleaner Production'. The distinction recognizes the best article derived from a doctoral thesis defended at the UB during the last 5 years. "The study was born from the need to explore how the way of managing the internal processes of… 
The applications are now open for 2021/22 entry to the MSc in International Business at the UB Business School. Candidates have time until May 16th, 2021* to submit their applications. This official one-year programme contributes in a decisive way to a wider specialization for graduates in International Business, Management and Business Administration, and such like, who have acquired a more generalized training during their studies. There will be three application periods for the MSc in International Business. The closing date for the first round of applications is February 28th, 2021. Applications… 
The Business School at the Universitat of Barcelona welcomed 18 new students that joined this year the MSc in International Business. Most of them come from Europe (61,1%), Asia (16,7%), Africa (11,1%), and America (11,1%). Altogether, there are 13 nationalities represented on this class where the average age is 24,5 years old. This diverse group of people will now pursue an official one-year programme taught in English, designed to train specialists in global business management and covers the fields of finance and accounting, marketing, operations, human resources and strategic management. These students enrolled on the MSc in… 
The Master in Business Research alumni and currently PhD student at the UB Business School, Carlos Politi, grew up in Argentina. There, he earned a law degree and worked for the Government and then in the private sector. Politi soon realized that his true passion was human resources, so he re-directed his career in that direction. After several years of working in human resources, he quit his job and moved to the United States to undertake masters’ studies in Human Resources at Cornell University. That was a life changing decision for Mr Politi: he has held different roles at Fortune 500 companies. Currently, he is working at Gates Corporation in… 
MSc in International Business lecturer Josep Gálvez, has been recognised one of the best professionals in the Arbitration and Mediation practice areas by the prestigious publication Best Lawyers©. This is the second consecutive year that Gálvez was awarded with this recognition. As a lecturer of Legal Aspects at the UB Business School, this nomination comes in the third anniversary of his young firm, focused on disputes in Spain, England and Wales and Latin America, representing its clients in exceptional litigation and arbitration cases. Josep, a former judge, is…