Graduation ceremonies
2023. Arancha González
The past 26th of June, IBEI celebrated the graduation ceremonies of the 2022-2023 promotion of its Master's in International Relations, International Security, International Development, Research Master's in International Studies and Erasmus Mundus Masters Program in Public Policy (Mundus MAPP) at the Paranymph of the Universitat de Barcelona.
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The event introduction was in charge of Concepció Amat, Vice-Rector for Teaching Policy of the UB; Pablo Pareja, Vice-rector for Teaching and Research Staff of the UPF; and Jacint Jordana, Director of IBEI; who inaugurated the ceremony and welcomed all the students, their families, and also all the IBEI community including professors and staff.
Arancha González, Dean of Paris School of International Affairs (PISA) at Sciences Po, attended the Graduation Ceremony 2023 and gave the keynote speech A multipolar world in search of a new global order.
After this lecture, Irina Ciornei, Ramón y Cajal Assistant Professor & Academic Internship Coordinator at IBEI; and Yannis Karagiannis, Associate Professor & Master’s in Public Policy Co-coordinator at IBEI; took part as a speakers to address the students, congratulating and encouraging them in their promising future after their studies at the IBEI.
IBEI students Paloma Servin Paredes, Te’a Williams, and Matthew Mclaughlan Merelo, (Master's in International Relations) participated as well giving a speech on behalf of their classmates.
Finally, Concepció Amat, Vice-Rector for Teaching Policy of the UB; Pablo Pareja, Vice-rector for Teaching and Research Staff of the UPF; Narcís Serra, President of IBEI; and Jacint Jordana, Director of IBEI; awarded the certificates to all IBEI graduates.
At the very end, there was an outdoor reception with some professors, family, and friends, who did not want to miss the special occasion.
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2017. José Ignacio TORREBLANCA
Location: Paranimf of the Universitat de Barcelona
The welcome speech was in charge of Dr. Oriol Escardíbul, Vice-Rector for Finance of the Universitat de Barcelona, who mentioned the past unexpected powershifts in the world and how they adress to the present changes. His discourse was followed by some warm words of IBEI's director Jacint Jordana.
Prof. José Ignacio Torreblanca, Editor-in-chief of EL PAÍS and Professor of Political Science at UNED, attended the Graduation Ceremony 2017 as a keynote speaker with the lecture "The New International Disorder", available in video here.
After this lecture, Pablo Astorga, co-coordinator of the Master's in International Development at IBEI, took part as a speaker to address the students, receiving an enthusiastic response by the future graduates as he congratulated and encouraged them to be selfconfident. You can read his talk here, and also watch it in video.
The IBEI student Aaradhana Ramesh participated as well giving a speech in behalf of the rest of her classmates. You can access to her conference in video here.
Finally, the vice-rectors of the universities that issue the masters certificates (UPF, UAB and UB) awarded the certificates to all IBEI graduates.
The President of IBEI Narcís Serra also made a final speech as a way of closure.
At the very end there was a reception at the garden, accompanied with some beverages and appetizers, enlivered with live xylophone music and the company of professors, family and friends, who did not want to miss the special ocassion.
Our students took the initiative to organize and coordinate themselves to create a Yearbook, which they themselves distributed at the end of the act.