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German Chancellor Angela Merkel steps down, ending an era of leadership in Germany, the European Union and global politics. The professor and director of the Master in Political and Institutional Communication, Toni Aira, analyzes Merkel's goodbye.

The organization of the joint meeting between the opposing parties, in negotiations with a high level of conflict, such as the negotiating table or dialogue table between the Spanish government and the Catalan, must be thoroughly prepared. Professor Maria Munné, Director of the Master of Professional Mediation, analyses the scale of the conflict for negotiation.

The Almirall Chair for Innovation Management in Pharmaceutical Policies in the National Health System will be led by Professor Jaume Puig-Junoy, director of the Master in Health and Medicinal Economics, and Professor Natalia Pascual Argenté.

Women earn on average 68% less than men for doing work of equal value. In the framework of the International Equal Pay Day, the researcher Erola Palau Pinyana, analyzes the new regulations that regulate pay in companies.

It is clear that a better use of limited resources can guarantee the quality of life of elderly people, allowing to extend the benefits of these home cares to an increasing ageing population. This will help decision makers, policymakers, and care managers to make better decisions leading to a positive impact on the society in terms of health, social benefit (quality of life, increasing satisfaction of patients and caregivers), and cost efficiency.

About three decades ago, online education came about. The proliferation of online programs, exclusively online universities, and even online "shopping" portals has spread very notably over the last thirty years. However, a large majority of educational establishments at all levels have been outside the revolution that education technology entails, incorporating at most some learning management system used basically as a repository of content.

UPF Barcelona School of Management alumni Mauhoobah Mardhiyyah is Communications Specialist at Ulinzi Conservation Coffee (UCC). She graduated from the Master of Arts in Communication Management at UPF Barcelona School of Management in 2020. Now, from Kenya, at UCC, they sell specialty Kenyan coffee and share 50% of their profits with Ulinzi Africa Foundation, which funds ranger operations at the Tana River Delta in Kenya.

NHS Health Economy and Funding attend a meeting organized by the GSK Chair and UPF Barcelona School of Management

In August 2021, the agreement for the expansion of Barcelona Airport was announced amid doubts about the environmental impact that the works would have on the environment. Professor Andrei Boar, an expert in mobility and infrastructure, analyzes the pros and cons of this decision.

The Master of Science from the UPF Barcelona School of Management and ESCI-UPF through the Careers Service offers its students the opportunity to undertake an internship agreement with the United Nations (UN).

UPF Barcelona School of Management has offered through its Summer School a series of conferences and workshops to address the challenges already faced by the new post-pandemic leadership and to discover the latest trends in management and entrepreneurship.

The Business Leadership Observatory of the UPF Barcelona School of Management presents the study Digital Detox, an Essential Labor Right for Health conducted by Sílvia Cóppulo and Erola Palau, researcher and coordinator of the Observatory, respectively.

“When brands do things well, things go well for them”, declared Josep-Maria Fàbregas, academic director of the Master in Digital Marketing Management at UPF Barcelona School of Management in Next Marketing: the UPF-BSM marketing event.

Sharon Sun, Trade Policy Economist at Canada West Foundation and alumnus of UPF Barcelona School of Management, graduation 2021 speech.

Marta Arenas, Executive MBA student, Graduation 2021 speech.