Photo Miquel Angel Essomba

Miquel Àngel Essomba Gelabert

  • Director of the UNESCO Centre of Catalonia – Unescocat
  • President of Linguapax
  • Director del Centre UNESCO de Catalunya - UNESCOCAT
  • Doctor in Pedagogy, Master in Psychology of Education and Postgraduate in Intercultural Pedagogy
  • Professor of the Department of Applied Pedagogy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Director of the research group ERDISC (Research Group on Diversity and Inclusion in Complex Societies)
  • Director of the magazine Perspectiva Escolar and member of the board of the Rosa Sensat Teachers’ Association
  • President and founder of Objectiu Inclusió a think tank for inclusion in Catalonia
  • Consultant in education and cultural diversity issues for Barcelona City Council and the Catalan Government
  • Expert in diversity and education issues for the OECD
  • Former Director of Teachers’ Training on intercultural education for the Council of Europe
  • Former Visiting Research Fellow of the Institute of Policy Studies in Education at London Metropolitan University
  • Former Visiting Professor at several European and South American universities