About me

Manel González-Piñero holds a Ph.D. in Economics and an MBA from the University of Barcelona (UB), as well as degrees in Business Administration and Management and English Philology (UB).

He is the Head of Innovation at the Health Research and Innovation Institute (IRIS) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and co-founder Strategy Director of XartecSALUT, Catalonia’s leading innovation network in health technologies. He also teaches Economics and Innovation at the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Economics and Business and at ESMUC (Catalonia College of Music).

Manel is the academic co-director of the Summer School in Management of Creativity (HEC Montréal & UB) and collaborates with social impact incubation and acceleration programs such as Ship2B, SINAPSIS (for live arts in the Canary Islands), and Mobile World Capital. He also mentors and collaborates on projects in the field of creative industries.

He has worked in business development at the Biotechnology Research Centre of Canada’s National Research Council (Montreal) and the University of Technology Sydney (Australia) and has conducted research at Inland Norway University (Lillehammer) and Kunsskapsverket – Norway’s National Knowledge Center for Cultural Industries.

An expert in creativity, cross-innovation, and strategy, Manel has published scientific articles and authored three books, including La Innovación en la Gestión de la Cultura (Edicions UB).