Ariadna Llorens is an associate professor at the Department of Management. She has an undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and a doctoral degree in Business Administration and Management from the UPC and a master’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Esade Business School. She teaches at the Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG) and has also taught at the ESEIAAT, the EUNCET and the EPSEB.

As a researcher, she participated in coordinating the design and introduction of the doctoral degree in Engineering, Sciences and Technology Education and is currently a member of its academic committee. She is a founding member of the research group in STEAM learning linked to the UPC. Her research focuses on technology management, the professional development of the ICT sector, the analysis of the transition to the tech work sector, and university management. She has 120 scientific output activities to her name, including articles published in high impact journals (JCR/SJR), books, and works presented at national and international conferences. She was a researcher and scientific coordinator in several competitive European projects and worked on a number of teaching improvement projects.
In the field of municipal management, she was a councillor of the Vilanova i la Geltrú City Council (2003-2019) and held several positions in the Council, including those of councillor for Education, Employment, Technologies and the Information Society, vice-president of the Municipal Technology Centre and head of the Mediterranean University Campus and the Municipal Institute of Education and Work.

She was the director of the Institute of Education Sciences (ICE) and the assistant director of Strategic Planning, the assistant director of Resources and New Technologies and the academic secretary of the Vilanova i la Geltrú School of Engineering (EPSEVG).