Numerary Member
Human Sciences: PhD in Communication
Date of admission: June 28, 2023
Admission speech: «Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: Addressing Challenges and Building a Responsible Future»
Response speech: H.E. Dr. Rafael Urrialde de Andrés, Doctor in Biological Sciences
Outstanding career: expert in strategic communication, leadership, and corporate reputation management. She has linked communication research with executive training and the digital transformation of organizations.
Dr. CECILIA KINDELÁN
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- PhD in Communication and Bachelor’s Degrees in Journalism and Law.
- Master’s in Communication and Art, and Master’s in Corporate Communication Management from the Complutense University of Madrid.
- Completed advanced negotiation and leadership courses applying tools from the Harvard University Global System™️.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- University professor. A strong advocate of the power of human connections, the main focus of her research in recent years.
- Worked at IESE Business School as Associate Director of the MBA program and Director of the International Exchange Program.
- Previously served as Deputy Director of the Spanish Association of Executives.
- After a decade at Universia, an initiative of Banco Santander in higher education, she moved to Canada in 2014 to work for the Saint Paul University, and later to Ecuador as professor and Director of Postgraduate Studies at the Universidad Internacional SEK.
- Member of the Social Responsibility Research Group of the Elcano Institute, Fellow of the Rafael del Pino Foundation, evaluator for ANECA and member of the international jury of the Educational Excellence Competition of the FIDAL Foundation.
- Former Secretary-General of the Excelencia Foundation, composed of 24 Nobel laureates and former heads of government.
- Founding member of the Rosalía Arteaga Women Foundation, involved in educational projects for women, and participant in numerous national and international forums, particularly in collaboration with Horasis.
- Extensive experience in organizing academic events and as a speaker in debates with leading figures from science, economics, and politics, both in Spain and abroad.
- Currently a professor at the University of Barcelona, teaching Strategic Communication, and at Ubbiquo Global Business School, an international school based in the United States focused on executive education. She has also been a guest professor at other universities and business schools.
PUBLICATIONS
Her most recent book, co-edited with Dr. José Ramón Calvo and Dr. Maria Àngels Calvo, is “The Great Pause. Grammar of a Pandemic”.
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