Dr Jasmina Berbegal presented two research projects at the International Conference on Education Economics in Budapest. 

Held at the Center for Economic and Regional Studies in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 21 and 23 November, Berbegal analysed a joint project entitled Cross-country analysis of higher education institutions’ efficiency: The role of strategic positioning along with Professor Tommaso Agasisti from the Polytechnic University of Milan. This study analyses how the strategic positioning of universities has an impact on the efficiency of resource management.  The study involved 307 universities from eight European countries. 

The second research project she presented was entitled Exploring technology transfer patterns among Spanish universities. This study was undertaken with UIC Barcelona lecturer Dolors Gil, and Eva M. de la Torre, a lecturer from the Autonomous University of Madrid. 

The project involved an analysis of how universities in the Spanish state system undertake their third mission (knowledge transfer and technology). 

Professional meeting in Sitges

Two days later, Dr Berbegal participated in the 2018 Urban Transitions Global Summit, held in Sitges between 25 and 27 November. 

On this occasion she presented a project entitled The evolution of innovation ecosystems from a Triple Helix perspective along with Professor Henry Etzowitz from Stanford University and professors Josep M. Piqué and Francesc Miralles from La Salle - Ramon Llull University. The role of agents using the Triple Helix model over the past 10 years (university, industry and government) was analysed in this project, as well as how they interacted in order to turn Silicon Valley into an innovative ecosystem.