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Elevate MU's Business Faculty puts the finishing touch to ELEVATE, the European project redefining how organisations manage diversity to turn it into a competitive advantage, with its Practical Guide 2026·10·01
advantage, with its Practical Guide After two years of research, the consortium made up of universities, companies and organisations from five countries presents its final outcome: the ELEVATE Handbook, a practical guide now freely available to put this new methodology into practice
Circular Economy BluePoint: from marine plastics to new circular value chains and business models 2026·09·24
At MIK, Mondragon Unibertsitatea’s Centre for Innovation in Business Management, we work to transform the challenges associated with the ecological transition into new opportunities for innovation and business development. One of the areas where this work takes shape is the blue circular economy, through the European BluePoint project
Doctoral Thesis Jon Olaizola Alberdi defends his doctoral thesis on Just Transition, sustainability reporting and the role of cooperatives 2026·09·21
Last Friday, 11 September, our colleague Jon Olaizola Alberdi defended his doctoral thesis entitled “Towards sustainability in Europe: Just Transition through standardised sustainability reporting and the role of cooperatives”, receiving the qualification of Outstanding Cum Laude (Sobresaliente Cum Laude)
Innovation The Faculty of Business Studies of Mondragon University participates in the new Observatory for Business Innovation and Sustainability in the Euroregion 2026·09·18
The Basque Country, Navarre and Nouvelle-Aquitaine launch OISE, an initiative aimed at generating shared knowledge on business innovation, sustainability and competitiveness
Research GAIA and MIK develop a methodology to help technology companies anticipate and plan their talent needs 2026·07·28
The GAIA AKTIBATU project concludes with a methodology validated in a real business environment that enables technology companies to identify in advance the critical capabilities they will need to address challenges such as artificial intelligence, digitalisation and generational renewal, among others
Doctoral Thesis Monika Sara Tkacz defends her doctoral thesis on entrepreneurial team creativity at Mondragon Team Academy 2026·07·13
Last Friday, July 3, Monika Sara Tkacz defended her doctoral thesis at the Aula Magna of the Oñati Campus. The dissertation, entitled “Unfolding How Entrepreneurial Teams Create: An Integrative Model of Entrepreneurial Creativity of Teams from Mondragon Team Academy in the Basque Country”, examines the complex functioning of entrepreneurial teams and the factors that foster or constrain their creative potential during the early stages of entrepreneurship
Doctoral Thesis Igor Sáez defends his doctoral thesis on RPA adoption in the insurance sector 2026·06·23
On Monday, 22 June, Igor Sáez, a researcher at the Faculty of Business of Mondragon Unibertsitatea, defended his doctoral thesis at the Aula Magna of the Oñati Campus. The work, entitled “Organisational and Managerial Dimensions of Robotic Process Automation Adoption in Financial Services. A Case Study in Seguros Lagun Aro”, explores the organisational and managerial dimensions involved in the implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in the financial sector, using Seguros Lagun Aro as a case study
European project Mondragon Team Academy takes part in the final event of the second edition of TEAMIT+, a European project promoting impact-driven entrepreneurship 2026·06·23
Mondragon Team Academy (MTA), the entrepreneurship unit of the Faculty of Business Studies at Mondragon Unibertsitatea, has participated in the closing phase of the second edition of TEAMIT+, a European project aimed at fostering team entrepreneurship, international collaboration and the development of innovative solutions to sustainability challenges
Sustainability awards FOOTPLASTIC, Finalist in the 2026 Sustainability Awards: Leading the Measurement of Plastic Footprint 2026·03·04
The FOOTPLASTIC tool, developed by the MIK Research Centre of the Faculty of Business Studies at Mondragon Unibertsitatea, has been selected as one of the ten finalists in the 2026 Sustainability Awards organized by El Correo and BBVA
Visit Mondragon’s cooperative, dual and entrepreneurial model inspires educational transformation in Costa Rica 2026·03·03
A high-level delegation from Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Education (MEP) and leading academic representatives has completed a strategic study visit in Madrid and the Basque Country to gain first-hand insight into the education model and business connection promoted by the Faculty of Business at Mondragon Unibertsitatea
Project MIGRATIO PROJECT — Can an idea improve a place? Discover the Social Franchise 2025·12·05
Last September 19, the MIGRATIO project held an important event in Madrid with an open session at Espacio Afro, focused on sharing experiences from initiatives led by migrant people and presenting the social franchise model we are developing together with KOOP SF34 and Economists Without Borders
Thesis Defense Doctoral Thesis Defense of Mario Andrés Manzi Puertas 2025·10·07
On Friday, September 26, doctoral candidate Mario Andrés Manzi Puertas successfully defended his PhD dissertation online
Platform cooperatives Mondragon Unibertsitatea creates a program to boost platform cooperatives in different regions and foster collaboration among them 2025·09·26
One of the main goals of this initiative is to encourage platform cooperatives to collaborate with each other and to replicate their model in other communities when it proves to be successful
Project MIK develops a study and roadmap towards a more innovative, collaborative, and sustainable territorial talent model in Gipuzkoa 2025·09·23
How can Gipuzkoa attract and retain talent? What challenges do companies and educational institutions face? What role should public institutions play?
European Project Strategic Alliances in the Agri-Food Industry: Co-creation of Economic, Social, and Environmental Value from the Local Level within the Framework of SAMExperience 2025·07·29
As part of the European SAMExperience project, the Faculty of Business Studies at Mondragon Unibertsitatea has explored the transformative potential of strategic alliances in the agri-food industry, particularly in local contexts
European Project Mondragon Unibertsitatea’s Faculty of Business Studies leads the European SAMExperience project to foster sustainable alliances in SMEs 2025·07·24
The SAMExperience (Sustainable Alliance Manager Experience) project, funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme (KA220-HED – Cooperation partnerships in higher education), began in October 2023 and will run for three years. Its goal is to train a new key professional figure for European SMEs: the Sustainable Alliance Manager (SAM), capable of managing sustainable alliances and addressing the challenges of the green transition
Project The Faculty of Business Studies at Mondragon Unibertsitatea leads INBERTEKO: financing Gipuzkoa’s sustainable future through competitiveness and responsibility 2025·07·04
Building on the expertise of its Economy and Finance research team, the Faculty of Business Studies is leading a project aimed at facilitating access to sustainable financing for SMEs in Gipuzkoa
PhD meeting We held the III PhD Meeting in the area of Advanced Business Management at the Business Faculty of Mondragon Unibertsitatea 2025·06·06
On June 5 took place the III Doctoral Meeting, a consolidated space to share and share the research progress of our doctoral students
Project Companies in Bizkaia will be able to assess their maturity in people and talent management. 2025·05·23
From MIK, we have developed together with Gaia and Bizkaia Talent a digital self-diagnosis solution that allows organizations to identify their strengths and areas for improvement in this area within the framework of the initiative Bizkaia with the Talent (BwT) as part of the territorial strategy to attract and retain STEM talent in Bizkaia
Erasmus + Equality and Diversity in Universities: A Pressing Challenge Addressed by LABS FOR CHANGE 2025·01·24
In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the critical importance of addressing equality and diversity in higher education institutions, particularly through the lens of intersectionality