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Joan Bellavista is member of the Board of Directors and Past president of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) and International President of the Spanish Association of Science and Technology Parks (APTE). He is as well the Delegate of the President at the Barcelona Science Park. In 2005 he was designated Managing Director of the Catalan Network of Science and Technology Parks (XPCAT), an association that includes 22 Parks. Professor at the Economics Faculty, University of Barcelona, he was named member of the Advisory Council for Science and Technology of the Spanish Government in 2007.
His professional career was developed in the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Dominican Republic, Tunisia and Spain in technology development projects and Science and Technology Parks.
Author of several journal articles, he has also published a number of books on topics such as “Science and Technology Parks: habitants of innovation”, "Developing Science Parks: Theory and Models Matter", "Using Basic research: Assessing Connections between Basic Research and Socio-Economic Objectives", "The Formation and Maintenance of Research Links between Industry and Universities", "Science and Technology policy in Spain: Organisational Constraints and Potential Development", "Los Parques Científicos y Tecnológicos en España", "Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación en América Latina", "The Barcelona Science Park: A Triple Helix Model in the Catalan and Spanish Research System" and " Evaluación de la Investigación".