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Big Data consolidates itself as the main source of innovation in the communication sector in Catalonia. This is one of the conclusions of the Outlook Blanquerna 2019 study, that was presented at the Palau Macaya in Barcelona.

This April, Blanquerna-URL has signed and sent to the European Commission the declaration of commitment to the principles of the Charter for European Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

From Monday 18 to March 20, we celebrate the XXV Blanquerna Conferences, which on this occasion open a debate on women in the world of communication, international relations and public sector management.

Last Monday, February 18, the first edition of the MILAB Conferences took place. These conferences came about with the aim of facilitating the approach to the changing reality caused by the technological impulse of the new economy 4.0.

The director of the degree in Global Communication Management, Dr. Enric Ordeix has been appointed as president of the Global Communication Institute, an interuniversity consortium of 15 universities, responsible for the organization of the seminar on Global Public Relations, taught for third-year students of the degree in Advertising, Public Relations and Marketing.

The very first Blanquerna Winter School 2019 in Journalism and Art & Culture has just finished last week. We've received 13 students from different regions in China. Coordinated by Mei Huang, the program was taught by Judith Colell, Maddalena Fedele, Giorgia Miotto, Joaquin Beltran, Mei Huang, and Daniel Pifarre.

The Barcelona Centre for International Affairs, CIDOB, one of the most important think-tanks in the Mediterranean, hosted international relations students and their final debate on the future of Europe.

Dr. Lee Pelton, President of Emerson College, and the Dean of Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Dr. Josep Maria Carbonell, inaugurated an official plaque at the Emerson-Blanquerna Center for Global Communication, located at the Research Institute (Tallers, 77) to set the basis for new future joint ventures.

The Digilab research group has been distinguished with the WhatsApp Misinformation and Social Science Research Awards, which will allow the development of the project What's up with news? Fighting misinformation on WhatsApp: users' approach.

The Glob Com Project and the Center for Global Communication have been selected as one of the European best practices for internationalization of the universities.

The students of the Master's Degree in Advanced Journalism - Reporting have been closely acquainted with how a sector-leading SME works in the international arena and what relationship it has with the media.

The life of this successsful instagrammer, developed by two students of the Degree in Audiovisual Communication, has won the second Tube d’Assaig 2018. The grant of 5,000 euros in concept of purchase of broadcasting rights, will allow them to develop a second season.

Four projects by students of the Degree in Audiovisual Communication of Blanquerna as TFG have been selected among the twenty finalists in the fourth edition of the Pitching Audiovisual University - Industry, in which students from Catalan universities, as well as foreign invited universities, have participated.

During the inauguration ceremony of masters and postgraduate studies, which took place in the Auditorium of Blanquerna FCRI, Dra Mara Einstein, from Queens College, Cuny, in New York, was in charge of addressing an important issue within the field of communication: branded content, media influencers and the perils of covert marketing, all of which is written and explained in her book: “Black Ops Advertising: Native Ads, Content Marketing and the Covert World of the Digital Sell” (OR Books, 2016).

The professional association for public relations executives, the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), has recognized the work of FC Barcelona, ​​as one of the sports entities with the most social impact in the world.

Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations hosted one of the most important public relations events of the year: “Voices’-PR Global Conference”, a gathering of global professionals in Strategic Communication and Public Relations from Business Consultancies, PR Companies and Public Institutions, as well as Universities.

They study the same degree, they have common interests, but they don’t always know one another. For this reason, every year, the degree in Audiovisual Communication of the School organizes a meeting with the students, from first to fourth year.

The Dean of the School, Dr. Josep Maria Carbonell and the director of the degree in Global Communication Management, Dr. Enric Ordeix, participated in a new meeting of the IVCF City Marketing in Europe program in Amsterdam.

The audience went from applauding enthusiastically to complete silence. The director of the Degree in Audiovisual Communication, Judith Colell, had just introduced the protagonist of the day, which took place in front of a packed auditorium: Vince Gilligan, visiting Barcelona within the framework of the Serielizados Fest.