Projects
Selected curatorial & Direction Projects
(Curatorship, programme design and intellectual direction)
SITIO FUTURO: Cultural Financing Models
Scientific Director & Moderator · SEGIB & AECID · Barcelona · 2025
International forum organised as a side event of Mondiacult 2025 at MACBA (Barcelona). The project explored alternative, fairer, and more sustainable cultural financing models, bringing together policymakers, researchers, and cultural practitioners from different regions.
Culture in Development Financing Models
Scientific Director & Moderator · SEGIB & AECID · Madrid · 2025
Two-day international workshop held in Madrid, focused on integrating culture into development and international cooperation financing frameworks. Responsible for conceptual design, speaker coordination, moderation, and the delivery of policy-oriented recommendations to SEGIB and AECID.
OBRE ELS ULLS: Social Networks and Power
Scientific Director & Moderator · Observatori Social, Fundació “la Caixa” · 2025
Curated lecture series at Palau Macaya (Barcelona) addressing the impact of social networks, algorithms, AI and geopolitics on contemporary societies.
SCREEN SOCIETY
Scientific Director & Curator · Observatori Social, Fundació “la Caixa” · 2022
Multi-city lecture series (Barcelona, Seville, Zaragoza) examining digital culture, identity, new forms of mediation, and social construction in screen-based societies.
Project evaluation, Committees & Juries
(Assessment, peer review and project selection)
Impulsa Cultura – Fundació Catalunya Cultura
Evaluation Committee Member & Training Lead · 2026
Member of the evaluation committee for the Impulsa Cultura call. Responsible for project assessment and for delivering the initial training programme for selected initiatives.
Public Cultural & Research Funding Calls
Evaluator / Jury Member · 2019–present
Regular participation in competitive evaluation processes for cultural, social and R&D projects, including calls promoted by:
Institut d’Indústries Culturals de les Illes Balears (ICIB)
Fundació “La Caixa” (Social Sciences, Technology & Society programmes)
Government of the Community of Madrid (Synergistic R&D Projects)
Joan Roget Knowledge Transfer Awards (Government of Catalonia)
The Collider – Deep Tech Venture Builder (Mobile World Capital Barcelona)
Artlab Investment Forum (Milan)
Education, Mentoring & Capacity-building projects
(Training programmes and project-based learning)
HEC–UB Summer School: Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society
Academic Co-Director · 2022–present
International summer school held in Montréal and Barcelona, focused on creativity, innovation management and cross-disciplinary learning. Responsible for academic programme design in Barcelona, partner coordination, and curating learning environments.
University of Barcelona – Innovation and Cultural Management
Programme Designer & Professor · 2009–present
Design, coordination and delivery of subjects across bachelor’s and master’s degrees in cultural management, innovation and entrepreneurship. Teaching areas include cultural project viability, innovation strategies, emerging trends in cultural management, and project analysis. Supervision of master’s theses in international and interdisciplinary programmes.
ESMUC – Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
Programme Coordinator & Professor · 2021–present
Design and coordination of innovation- and project-development subjects within music management and production degrees, connecting artistic practice with innovation management, entrepreneurship and professional development.
SINAPSIS – Innovación Cultural Canaria
Trainer & Mentor · 2023–2024
Capacity-building programme for live arts projects in the Canary Islands, focused on innovation, entrepreneurship and cross-sector collaboration.
Vigo ICC Hackathon
Programme Designer & Mentor · 2025
Design and facilitation of a hackathon for cultural and creative industries, mentoring teams throughout the full innovation process from ideation to project development.
Ship2B Foundation – Impact Startup Acceleration Programme
Mentor · 2020–2024
Mentoring impact-driven startups working at the intersection of innovation, sustainability and social impact.
Innovation & Knowledge transfer ecosystems
(Ongoing roles and structural platforms)
XarTec Salut – Catalonia’s Innovation and Valorization Network for Health Technologies
Founder & Strategy Officer · 2020–present
Design and strategic leadership of a regional innovation and valorization network connecting 117 research groups from 27 Catalan institutions.
CREB UPC / IRIS UPC – Health Research & Innovation
Head of Innovation · 2001–present
Long-term leadership roles focused on innovation ecosystems, technology transfer, industrial collaboration and entrepreneurship in health and biomedical research contexts.