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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) is a leading public university located in Bellaterra, near Barcelona. Founded in 1968, it is internationally recognized for excellence in research, innovation, and interdisciplinary teaching. UAB brings together over 200 research groups and 45 institutes and centres, fostering collaboration across health sciences, engineering, and social sciences. With a strong international outlook, it promotes researcher mobility, talent development, and partnerships with industry and public institutions. Its large, green campus offers an integrated environment for learning and knowledge creation. UAB’s strategic priorities—sustainability, diversity, and social impact—align with European initiatives to strengthen research careers and innovation ecosystems. Ranked among Spain’s top universities, UAB plays a key role in advancing talent circulation and collaborative research within the European Research Area. In recognition of its commitment to improving researchers’ conditions, UAB was awarded the HR Excellence in Research logo by the European Commission in 2015.
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Begoña Miñarro Vivas

Institutional Projects Office at UAB

Dr. Begoña Miñarro Vivas. PhD Food Science. Strategic Project Manager with over 14 years of experience in research management, leading and supporting the design, implementation, and coordination of complex national and international initiatives

Sofia Mojica Baquero

Institutional Projects Office at UAB

I have over 9 years of experience working with quadruple helix actors, with 7+ years dedicated to managing and implementing EU-funded projects across programmes such as Horizon Europe, H2020 SwafS, EuropeAid, COSME, InterregMed, ERDF, and Erasmus+. My academic background includes a Bachelor’s in Political and Administration Sciences, a MSc in Management of Sustainable Development Goals, and I’m currently pursuing a MSc in Planetary Health (2023–2026).

Jordina Fornell Beringues

Institutional Projects Office at UAB

Institutional project manager. Over 10 years of experience in research and teaching as academic staff. I’ have been involved in several research projects at regional, national, and international level. For the last 4 years, I’ve  been managing institutional projects. (BOOGIE-U, ECIUn+) and currently, I’m the Education Point of Contact of ECIU University and the project manager of CEETNOVA.

Xavier Ariño

Head of Institutional Projects Office at UAB

Dr. Xavier Arino,PhD in Biology, with extensive experience in university research and teaching, and for more than twenty years, he has been working in university management. He was responsible for the UAB Campus of International Excellence, promoting the university’s connection with its territory and implementing the concept of UAB Sphere. For the past ten years he has been promoting the joint strategy with the local territory to establish a responsible research and innovation ecosystem (RRI), aligning the university with smart specialization policies (S3)