UB-Planeta Formación y Universidades Chair on Higher Education Studies
The Chair is the initiative of teaching staff at the UB’s Faculty of Economics and Business and Faculty of Education and will work to promote studies into higher education and university life.
Director
Presentation
Changes in the last two decades have radically altered the way in which universities interact with wider society. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that higher education institutions have reached a cross-roads, with many questions waiting to be answered.
Studies are needed to examine how universities must now engage with the responsibilities that have traditionally been entrusted to them. As such, the objectives of the Chair are:
- To create a forum for the study and analysis of the different aspects of university life.
- To develop tools to gather information on each of these aspects of higher education institutions.
- To create a new area of comprehensive learning in the humanities for university students.
- To communicate the conclusions and outcomes of its activities and make its tools available for wider use.
Team
Amelia Díaz is a lecturer in the UB’s Department of Econometrics. She has been vice-dean for Academic Affairs, vice-rector for Teaching and European Convergence, and vice-rector for Academic Organization and Quality at the UB. Between 2017 and 2020 she was executive secretary of the teaching committee for the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE).
Her research areas are related to the economy of water, the tourism economy, environmental economics, the public treasury, and teaching and learning, fields in which she has published numerous articles and books.
Miquel Martínez is a retired professor of Education Theory and a member of the University of Barcelona’s GREM research group.
He has been a guest professor at several universities and collaborates as an advisor and evaluator with higher education organizations and administrations in Spain and internationally.
He has served as dean of the Faculty of Education, director of the Institute of Education Sciences and held the position of vice-rector at the University of Barcelona. Between 2010 and 2016 he was president of the AQU Catalunya research assessment commission for the social sciences.
Francisco Esteban is a lecturer in the UB’s Department of Theory and History of Education. His research focuses on the philosophy of university education and character development at university. He has served as delegate of the rector for the Observatory on Students and vice-rector for Communication. He has published numerous articles and books in his areas of expertise.
Ernest Pons is a lecturer in the UB’s Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics. He has been head of studies, director of the Policy and Quality Agency, vice-rector for Communication and head of the rector’s office at the UB. His research focuses on the analysis of current economic parameters, economic growth, and local and regional disparities, subjects on which he has published numerous articles.
