Joan Torrent-Sellens
Joan Torrent-Sellens holds a bachelor in economics by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a PhD on Information Society and Knowledge from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. He is currently a professor in the degree of Economics and Business at UOC. He is also a member of the research group ONE (New Economy Observatory) at IN3, and he is also the director of the interdisciplinary research group on ICT (i2TIC). His research activity focuses on the analysis of knowledge economics and the link between ICT, employment, economy, society and public policy. He has written several books: Innovació tecnològica, creixement econòmic i economia de el coneixement (CTESC, 2004), Principis d’economia del coneixement (Piràmide, 2005) i L’empresa xarxa. Tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació, productivitat i competitivitat (Ariel, 2008).