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Tuesday 15 September at 12 noon in the auditorium of the Vèrtex building Plaça Eusebi Güell, 6, Barcelona
Bengt Holmstrom, Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to inaugurate 2009-2010 academic year
The lecture that will be delivered to mark the opening is entitled ‘Lessons from the financial crisis and its impact on higher education, innovation and technology’
09/09/2009
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya will inaugurate the 2009-2010 academic year on Tuesday 15 September at 12 noon in a ceremony to be held in the auditorium of the university’s Vèrtex building. A lecture to mark the opening of the academic year will be delivered by Bengt Holmstrom, Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. The lecture to be given by Professor Holmstrom is entitled ‘Lessons from the financial crisis and its impact on higher education, innovation and technology’.
The ceremony will be presided over by the Government of Catalonia’s commissioner for Universities and Research, Joan Majó, UPC president Antoni Giró, and the chair of the UPC’s Board of Trustees, Joaquim Boixareu.
A report on the 2008-2009 academic year will be presented by the UPC’s general secretary, and awards and medals will be given for the last academic year.
Bengt HolmstromProfessor Holmstrom teaches in MIT’s Department of Economics, where he works with Nobel laureates Paul Samuelson and Robert Solow. In recent years Holmstrom’s name has also been put forward as a candidate for the prestigious prize.
His academic work has made him a global expert when it comes to highlighting the key role that innovation and technology play in social and economic processes.
Professor Holmstrom’s research on the economic theory of the firm—particularly contracting and incentives—is internationally recognised. He has written on organisational and incentive design, executive compensation, capital management, labour contracting, and the role of liquidity in asset markets and the macroeconomy.
Bengt Holmstrom is a fellow of the Econometric Society and a foreign fellow of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Vaasa, the Hanken School of Economics, and the Stockholm School of Economics.
He is also one of ten members of Nokia Corporation’s board and sits on the seven-member board of Aalto University, an innovative institution resulting from the merger of three Finnish universities: the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design Helsinki, and the Helsinki University of Technology. The goal is to make the Finnish research and education institution a centre of expertise on how technology can be harnessed as a driving force for economic progress in a country.
The ceremony will be presided over by the Government of Catalonia’s commissioner for Universities and Research, Joan Majó, UPC president Antoni Giró, and the chair of the UPC’s Board of Trustees, Joaquim Boixareu.
A report on the 2008-2009 academic year will be presented by the UPC’s general secretary, and awards and medals will be given for the last academic year.
Bengt Holmstrom
His academic work has made him a global expert when it comes to highlighting the key role that innovation and technology play in social and economic processes.
Professor Holmstrom’s research on the economic theory of the firm—particularly contracting and incentives—is internationally recognised. He has written on organisational and incentive design, executive compensation, capital management, labour contracting, and the role of liquidity in asset markets and the macroeconomy.
Bengt Holmstrom is a fellow of the Econometric Society and a foreign fellow of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters. He holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Vaasa, the Hanken School of Economics, and the Stockholm School of Economics.
He is also one of ten members of Nokia Corporation’s board and sits on the seven-member board of Aalto University, an innovative institution resulting from the merger of three Finnish universities: the Helsinki School of Economics, the University of Art and Design Helsinki, and the Helsinki University of Technology. The goal is to make the Finnish research and education institution a centre of expertise on how technology can be harnessed as a driving force for economic progress in a country.
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