Innovation and Economics - Economics

A study by the University of Barcelona analyses almost 100 municipalities and concludes that remunicipalisation is the only effective brake on the dominance of large private companies in urban water management.

The Faculty of Economics of the University of Valencia has developed Report for Good, a digital platform designed to facilitate the strategic management of sustainability in organisations of any size and sector, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized enterprises.

A study by the Universitat de València and the UOC identifies a number of strategic technological, organizational and environmental factors that are key to digital, green and social progress. The study uses data from 12,000 European companies to show that, as well as large companies, medium and small businesses can also act as agents of change.

Sport - For the first time in its history, the University of Barcelona will compete in the top national category of e-sports, the Spanish League of Legends League ( LES ). The Alma Mater UB team thus joins the elite of professional esports, alongside teams such as Futbol Club Barcelona, Movistar KOI, Team Heretics, and UCAM Esports Club.

The study analysed more than 669,000 enrolments from 2010 to 2019 to improve decision-making in language training. Language - Today, the University of Barcelona, the Catalan Ministry of Language Policy, the Consortium for Language Normalization (CPNL) and the Coordinator of Associations for the Catalan Language (CAL) presented the results of an econometric analysis study on the abandonment and continuity of Catalan language courses.