Oriol Escardíbul has joined Pompeu Fabra University today, 1 April, as the new general manager, replacing Jaume Badia, who had held the position since 2013. On 10 March, the UPF Board of Trustees ratified the proposal by the rector, Oriol Amat, for a new general manager.

The new general manager, who has a long track record in the fields of academia and management, mainly at the University of Barcelona, completes the team to implement the governance plan set out in the electoral programme with witch Oriol Amat was elected recgtor at the last elections.

Expert in political economics and economics of education, with a long track record in academic and management

Born in Barcelona in 1970, Oriol Escardíbul holds a degree in Economic and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona (1993), a master's degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick (2000), and a PhD in Economics (2002) from the University of Barcelona.

He has worked in his family business, but between 1994 and 2018 (24 years) he pursued his academic career at the University of Barcelona, where he lectured in Political Economics, Public Treasury, and Economics of Education. With regard to his research, he specializes in the economics of education and the economics of culture. He has participated in national and European research groups and in teaching transfer and innovation activities.

Some of the main academic and management positions he has held throughout his career are as director of the Human Capital Research Programme of the Barcelona Institute of Economics (2014-2019); president of the Economics of Education Association (AEDE) from 2016 until 2018; vice-rector for Economics (2016-2018) and general manager of the University of Barcelona (2018-2021), and advisor to the presidents of the boards of trustees of the ACUP (2021)