On 2nd December 2008, I gave a Faculty Seminar at the Center for Basque Studies, University of Nevada, Reno NV (USA). I introduced the preliminary ideas of my work-in-progress PhD dissertation on the Basque City-Region or Euskal Hiria....
This is the presentation made in St. Sebastian as the first event to announce the city as the Candidate for the Cultural Capital City 2016. Two notions are mixed into: the Creative City and Connected City, and their implementation strategies....
Have you ever heard anything about Burning Man? Do you know where it takes place? Do you know when it started? While living in Nevada State, I had very little excuse not to have a quick look. Thus, I attended the 2008 Edition that was...
Igor Calzada, Sociologist and Senior Researcher - Project Director on the Mondragon Co-operative Corporation at Mondragon University - Mik (Basque Country - Spain), is a visiting scholar at the Center during 2008 and 2009. He is conducting research for his PhD dissertation. Igor received a...
This article shows the current status of the understanding of Social Innovation as a newly leitmotif in the Basque Country's public policies....
According to the PISA ranking for education, Nordic countries are the top leaders. Specifically, Finland is very well known for its good results as a country, attracking the attention as the best-in-class in education. The article tries to compare why Finland is becoming the world...
The article published in the Diario de Noticias de Gipuzkoa aims to ask what do we understand when we talk about Innovation?...
After three years Summer School trilogy, starting with The Future of Work in 2005; continuing with The Creative Capital in 2006; and ending with the Creative Society in 2007; I gathered the field work information to start writing my dissertation while comparing with Dublin (in...
This article published in the Basque Country's media (El Diario Vasco and Euskomedia) reflects on the social context where innovation seems to be the solution for economic growth and social cohesion. The article underlines the complex and wide nature of the concept, bringing it to...
