Awards and accolades

Mireia Fernández, UOC researcher, received the Mercè Sala Award for her doctoral thesis Determinants de la competitivitat de les petites i micro empreses en un entorn d’innovació (Determinants of competitiveness of small and micro enterprises in an innovation environment).

Professor Manuel Castells received the Catalonia Sociology Prize, awarded by the Catalan Association of Sociology (ACS) of the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC).

The researcher Milagros Sáinz Ibáñez, member of the Gender and ICT research group, has received the Injuve prize for doctoral dissertations, awarded by the Youth Institute of the Ministry for Health, Social Policy and Equality.

Professor Manuel Castells received the Creu de Sant Jordi awarded by the Government of Catalonia.