Director of the cultural management program and professor of economics at the University of Barcelona. Expert in economics, management, and cultural policies. Distinguished with the ENCATC Award laureate for Outstanding Contribution (2023) and the CAC research prize (2002). He has been a visiting researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, conducted academic stays at the University of Montpellier and Queen University Belfast, and served as an invited speaker at courses and conferences in more than fifty different countries. He has presided over or been part of the board of directors of various foundations, companies, and cultural and academic institutions, as well as award juries and editorial boards of international academic journals. He has coordinated and participated in various international cultural cooperation projects. Among his latest publications are: Direct government contribution to culture: legitimacy, financial mechanisms and level of spending compared internationally (2025), The economic dimensions of digitalisation of cultural heritage (2025), Driving innovation in Cultural Management (2025), Peripheries and International Cultural relations: Perspectives, Factors and Effects (2024), Measuring the Social Dimension of Culture: Handbook (2024), La gestión de teatros: modelos y estrategias para equipamientos culturales (reissue 2023), Adjudicación de fondos de contrapartida al micromecenazgo cultural por parte de los gobiernos: un análisis comparado exploratorio de los casos español y sueco (2023), Why is managerial shared leadership in creative organizations a more resilient, transparent, open, and generous constellation? A case analysis approach (2023).
