After defending my PhD dissertation, I was interviewed by the main newspapers and radio stations about the content and future research agenda of the "Basque City-Region from the Social Innovation perspective"....
Dr. Igor Calzada, Ph.D., Lecturer & Researcher at the University of Mondragon and Associate Researcher at the Center for Basque Studies-University of Nevada, Reno (CBS-UNR) read yesterday his dissertation Thesis in Oñati titled "Towards the Basque City? Approached from the Social...
Nearly one year ago, I watched the "AmerikanUak" film at the St. Sebastian International Film Festival. It reminded me of many things: Moments and landscapes in which I lived for a year and a half around the Western USA. For sure, it is a really...
In 2009, I travelled over the Atlantic from the West of the USA, in order to give some lectures in a Master degree about the importance of creativity and innovation in our societal challenges and in some micro level organizational issues....
Shortly before the 2008 crisis, the continental European countries and regions such as the Basque Country started facing an incredible paradox: while public policies encouraged youngsters and the unemployed to run an entrepreneurial idea, politicians, civil servants and fixed employees did not favour it...
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...
Have you ever been in an event talking and networking with 136 cups of coffee? Surprisingly, this event took place in Caceres (Extremadura, Spain) being one of the most innovative networking events that I have ever attended. 136 cups of coffee representing each person that...
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...
