board , the governing body of the School of Economics and Business ( School of Science ), is restructuring with new appointments

The University of the East ( president ) has appointed Markus Kinateder as associate dean ( Associate Dean ) of the School of Business and Management ( research), taking over from Germán López Espinosa; Francesc Pujol as associate dean (vicedecanato) of the School of Engineering ( teaching ), replacing Cristina Etayo; and Dulce Redín as associate dean of the School of Health Sciences ( faculty ), replacing Javier Arellano. Additionally, Goretti Cabaleiro will be the new director of the School of Health Sciences ( department ) at the School of Health Sciences ( business), replacing Dulce Redín. 

Markus Kinateder, Associate Dean from research

Markus Kinateder will be the Faculty's new Associate Dean for research , replacing Germán López Espinosa.

Markus Kinateder completed part of his master's degree ( licentiate degree ) in economics at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich and Southampton University. He also holds a master's degree ( Master's Degree ) from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

He has been a professor in the School of Economics since 2008 and serves as a researcher r at the university’s Navarra Center for International Development (NCID) (ICS). During his academic career, he has served as a director r for the Master of Economics and Finance program and has completed research at Boston University and Simon Fraser University.

His research focuses on microeconomics, network- Economics , industrial organization, and game theory.

Francesc Pujol, Associate Dean by teaching

Francesc Pujol will serve as Associate Dean of teaching, replacing Cristina Etayo. He holds a graduate from Economics from the University of Barcelona (1992) and the University of Fribourg (1993), as well as a Ph.D. in Political Economics from the University of Geneva (2000). He began working as a professor in the School of Economics in 1999, and since 2025, he has been a member of the committee at EurekAI, the center for the integration of AI into the University’s teaching .

He is the author of 24 articles and has held research fellowships at Harvard, Oxford, Berkeley, and Bonn.

Dulce Redín, associate dean of faculty

Dulce Redín will be the new associate dean of faculty, replacing Javier Arellano.

Dulce Redín is a full professor in the School of Economics, where she has been teaching since 2013. She is a research associate at the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence ( data , DATAI) at the University of Navarra. Her research focuses on AI ethics and governance, business ethics, and the study of the institutional conditions for manager and sustainable governance.

She is currently a member of the AI Act Advisory Forum, the advisory body established under the European Artificial Intelligence Regulation. She is also an associate editor of *Business and Society Review*.

She holds a bachelor's degree and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Navarra and has served as director of the department at business. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Groningen, Université Paris Dauphine, Georgetown University, and Columbia University.

Dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration ( School of Economics and Business Administration), Antonio Moreno, thanks Cristina Etayo, Javier Arellano, and Germán López for their years of intense work and dedication to the School. “I would like to highlight the contribution of Cristina Etayo, as associate dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration ( teaching), for all her excellent work in the Office of Academic Affairs of the School’s programs, the achievement of successive accreditations, and the monitoring of program quality. I am grateful for all the dedication Javier Arellano has shown to the Faculty’s professors, striving for the development and growth of all faculty members, while also balancing this work with his leadership of the Master's Degree of Sustainability and the profile of Finance and Accounting within the Degree of Business Administration. Finally, I would like to acknowledge the “ work ” that Professor Germán López has carried out in the field of “ research,” promoting high-quality publications, synergies with various “ research ” centers at the University, and international alliances.”

With these appointments, the Executive Board of the School of Economics and Business ( board ) at the University of Valencia ( School of Science ) is now composed as follows:

• Antonio Moreno, Dean
• Juan Equiza, Estudiantes' " Associate Dean "
• Markus Kinateder, Associate Dean from research
• Dulce Redín, associate dean of faculty
• Francesc Pujol, Associate Dean by teaching
• Miguel Zarraluqui, director from development
• María Goñi, General Manager

Goretti Cabaleiro, director of the department at business

Photo by Manuel Castells/ Goretti Cabaleiro, director of the department at business , part of the School of Science of Economics and Business

The University of the East ( president ) has appointed Professor Goretti Cabaleiro as director of department business , replacing Dulce Redín.

Goretti Cabaleiro holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Vigo (2008), a Master's Degree ’s degree in Business Administration and Quantitative Methods from Carlos III University of Madrid (2010), and a Ph.D. from the same university (2014). She has completed her training in innovation, strategy, and leadership at institutions such as the MIT Sloan School of Management and IE Business School.

She joined the University in 2019 and is currently a tenured professor at the School of Business and Management ( department ) at the University of Barcelona ( business), where she has been a member of the Faculty of Business and Management ( board ) and served as deputy director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship ( profile ). Her research ( research ) focuses on corporate strategy and innovative behavior, with a special interest in innovation ecosystems. She has published her work in various international academic journals and has participated in several competitive research projects; she is currently the principal investigator on a national project . She has completed research at Boston University (2012–13), Università Bocconi (2013), and, most recently, at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa.