Numerary Member
Technological Sciences: Doctor in Economics and Business Studies
Date of admission: 30 April 2026
Admission speech: “El necesario equilibrio entre el Estado, las empresas y los ciudadanos respecto de la prestación de jubilación” (The necessary balance between the State, companies and citizens regarding retirement benefits)
Response by: Her Excellency Dr M. Àngels Calvo Torras, Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy
Notable career: Tenured professor at the University of Barcelona and insurance actuary, recognised for her contribution to the actuarial and financial fields, with special dedication to the study of public and private pensions and financial education.
Manuela Bosch Príncep
Education:
Doctor in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Barcelona (1997).
Doctoral thesis: “Stochastic programming models applied to the portfolio of a pension fund”. Supervisor: Dr Hortensia Fontanals Albiol.
Degree in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Barcelona (1987).
Insurance Actuary from the University of Barcelona (1987).
Professional activity:
Tenured professor at the University of Barcelona since 2001. Attached to the Department of Economic, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics. Faculty of Economics and Business.
Tenured University School Professor (1997-2001), interim tenured professor (1995-1997), researcher in the Doctoral Teaching Students Programme (1992-1995), consultant at GDS Consultores de Pensiones (1987-1992).
Teaching and research career:
Lecturer on the master’s degree in Actuarial and Financial Sciences, and on the degrees in Labour Relations, Business Administration and Management, and Public Management and Administration.
Author of articles and books related to public and private pensions and financial education at an early age.
Knowledge transfer in companies and institutions through the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation.
Management:
Coordinator of the master’s degree in Actuarial and Financial Sciences (2018-2022).
Dean of the Faculty of Business and Communication of the University of Vic (2002-2006). Special leave granted by the Rectorate of the University of Barcelona.
Professional membership:
Member of the Col·legi d’Actuaris de Catalunya no. 128 and of the Instituto de Actuarios Españoles no. 4312.
