Name: Comprehensive Best Practices in Internationalization
Start: 2017-05-08T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-05-12T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

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Mar

3^rd

'17

08:00 Registration opens

Apr

28^th

'17

21:59 Registration closes

May

8^th

'17

09:00 Starting date

May

12^th

'17

17:00 Closing date

Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

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 JOHN HUDZIK, Michigan State University, USA

 A well-known figure in the world of international higher education on both sides of the     Atlantic, John Hudzik was honoured with the Transatlantic Leadership award in 2014. He was acknowledged as an outstanding advocate for mutual understanding and respect, and was recognised for maintaining and investing in beliefs, values and benefits between and for organisations in both North America and Europe. John was a Professor at Michigan State University (MSU) and a NAFSA Senior Scholar for Internationalization at the time he received this award.

  

 'BEST PRACTICES' URV TEAM PARTICIPANTS

 Marina Casals holds a degree in Translation & Interpreting and an MA in the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language. Her international experience has taken her to work at Tampere University (Finland) and Al Akhawayn University (Morocco), where she held several positions (Events Manager, Head of Protocol, Associate Director for Development and Communication). She then joined the URV, where she has been Head of the Internationalization Unit and Director of International Relations.

  

 Rebeca Tomás started work at the URV in 2003, providing support in the preparation and management of projects. She joined the URV’s Strategic Internationalization Unit in 2005 and the International Centre in 2013. She is involved in the development and promotion of international study programmes, provides advice on international policies and global trends, collaborates on the implementation of the URV’s Strategic Internationalisation Plan, and speaks at various conferences.

  

 Mario Arias-Oliva is a tenured lecturer in the Department of Business Management at the URV. He holds a degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1992), a PhD from the URV in Finance and Business Research (2001), and a PhD in Information Sciences from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2016). He collaborates with the Centre for Business Information Ethics (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan) as a member of the International Advisory Board. He specialises in eManagement, analysing the impact of technologies on business management.

  

 Susana Borràs is a senior lecturer in Public International Law and International Relations and the coordinator of the URV’s University Master’s in Environmental Law. She holds a Master’s in Environmental Law (2004) and a PhD, for which she received a European mention and the special doctorate award (2007). She is a member of the Environmental Law, Immigration and Local Government research group and of CEDAT-URV (Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies). She is a researcher for NATO/CCMS (Belgium), the Max Planck Institute (Germany), the CIEL (Center of International Environmental Law) (USA), and the Hague Academy of International Law and International Relations. She has published numerous articles and spoken at numerous international conferences on matters relating to human rights, justice, climate change and the environment.

  

 Ercilia García Álvarez is a Serra Hunter lecturer in the URV’s Department of Business Management. She is the main researcher at QUALOCIO (Qualitative Research Group on Leisure Markets and Organizations) and a fellow of the Family Firm Institute (Boston, USA), where she is also a member of the Best Dissertation awards committee.

  

 Pilar Iranzo García has been a lecturer in the Department of Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education Sciences and Psychology of the URV since 1997. She is currently the coordinator of the Degree in Infant Education at the Baix Penedès campus. She holds a degree in Pedagogy and a diploma in the Teaching of Infant Education, as well as a PhD (2002) from the URV. Her research and innovation activities focus on initial and continuous teacher training, the teaching and evaluation of competences at university, and leadership and improvement in schools.

  

 Susana de Llobet works on international strategy at the URV’s International Centre. She holds Masters in Documentation and Medical Anthropology, for both of which she was awarded the Masters in Advanced Studies. Her professional career has focused on the fields of International Education and Documentation. She has worked in schools, at the Centre Régional de Documentation Pédagogique in Lyons, and at the Catalan Foundation for Research in Barcelona, where she collaborated on numerous publications in the field of university education. At the URV she launched the Office of International Relations and in 2009 worked with Elizabeth Russell and Mònica Escarcelle on the launch of the SMiLE international education project, on whose development she also currently collaborates.

  

 Montse Martínez Ferré holds a degree in English Studies (1998) and a degree in Translation and Interpreting (2014) from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). She began her teaching career at UAB Idiomes in Barcelona, where she taught English in numerous fields, including at the University School of Tourism and Hotel Management and in local companies. Her experience in the self-learning of languages led to her work at the URV, where she is responsible for the Language Learning Area of the URV’s Learning and Research Resource Centre (CRAI).

  

 Maria Luisa Mateu is a lecturer in the URV’s Department of Nursing at the Terres de l’Ebre campus. She holds a Master’s in Nursing Sciences. She has been a mobility coordinator and the coordinator of the European Nursing Module since 2003. She lectures on International Nursing, which teaches students health terminology and other expressions in English and introduces them to the concept of international nursing and its multicultural aspects.

  

 María Inmaculada de Molina Fernández is a lecturer on secondment from the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) at the URV’s Faculty of Nursing, where she has worked since 2011 after over 20 years of professional practice as a nurse and midwife in primary and hospital care. She holds a degree in Nursing from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1988), a specialist diploma in Obstetric Nursing and Gynaecology (Midwifery) from the Ministry of Health (1998), an official Master’s in Nursing Science from the URV (2011), and a PhD from the URV (2014). She has been a delegate for the European Nursing Module at the Campus Catalunya and Baix Penedès campus since 2015.

  

 Elizabeth Russell is a senior lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies in the URV’s Department of English and German Studies. As the Department’s first Mobility Coordinator, she helped to establish links with other European universities. This activity reached a high point when she helped to set up the SMiLE Project with Mònica Escarcelle and Susana de Llobet. SMiLE is a programme that offers work placements for incoming mobility students. In 2014 she was awarded the URV prize for innovative teaching. Highlights in her profession include four teaching stays at the University of Mysore, India.

  

 M. Teresa Sorrosal Forradellas is a collaborating lecturer in the URV’s Department of Business Management, which she joined in 2005. She holds a degree in Business Administration and Management (1996) and a PhD (2005) from the Universitat de Barcelona, for which she received the special doctorate award. She is a member of the Markets and Financial Analysis research group. Her research interests focus on the application of artificial neural networks to finance. She is currently vice-dean of the URV’s Faculty of Economics and Business.

  

 Mercedes Teruel is an associate professor in the URV’s Department of Economics. She holds a degree in Economics (URV), an MSc in Economics (University of Essex), and a PhD in Business and Economics (URV). She was a post-doctoral visitor to the Max Planck Institute of Economics (Germany). Her research interests focus on business performance and innovation. She has been awarded the Richard R. Nelson Prize (2016) and is currently responsible for the degree in Economics at the URV.

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