Leonard Glab Frontera

Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra and founder and researcher at G-LAB-2B, an independent non-profit organisation for applied research. Areas of work include intercultural cooperation, communication, crisis and conflict management, peacebuilding and mediation, combining academic research, field-based case studies, teaching, science communication and journalism, with regional experience in Europe, West Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

+ At Universitat Pompeu Fabra, teaching includes the subject Intercultural Cooperation and Transformational Change, focused on cooperation, communication and decision-making in culturally diverse and changing environments.

LINK: https://www.upf.edu/web/studyabroad/module-list-winter?myInput_cerca=intercultural%20cooperation%20and%20transformational%20change

+ Academic and applied work also includes the Sustainable Decision Finder (SDF/BDS), developed at UPF as a methodology for collective decision-making in diverse groups and recognised as an innovative teaching practice.

LINK: https://www.upf.edu/es/web/clik/iniciatives-destacades-innovacio-docent/-/asset_publisher/4kKkdB1MApOR/content/buscador-de-decisions-sostenibles-bds-/maximized

+ Research includes the development of ECOOPx, a framework for analysing intercultural cooperation in crisis and conflict environments.

LINKS: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5404544 or http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71427

== Published Articles ==

- CTXT — Lampedusa, Where Europe Defines Itself
https://ctxt.es/es/20260701/Politica/54536/lampedusa-frontex-migrantes-europa.htm

- El Punt Avui — How Do We Explain This Complex World to Young People?
https://www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/article/8-articles/2658288-com-explicar-aquest-mon-complex-als-joves.html

- El Punt Avui — A Question That Stays With Me
https://www.elpuntavui.cat/opinio/article/8-articles/2643125-una-pregunta-que-m-acompanya.html

- Núvol — The Social Construction of Selfishness
https://www.nuvol.com/llibres/assaig/la-construccio-social-de-egoisme-485313

- Núvol — The Path of Lost Thought
https://www.nuvol.com/pantalles/cultura-digital/el-cami-del-pensament-perdut-493559

- El Periódico — Will the Internet Change Forever?
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/autor/leonard-glab-frontera-81571/

Experience

  • –present
    Founder and Researcher, G-Lab-2b
  • –present
    Associate professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Education

  • 2024 
    Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Postgraduate in Crisis Management and Strategic Planning

Publications

  • 2026
    Book: Cartografía de nuestros tiempos, ISBN: 979-13-70202-06-4

Professional Memberships

  • G-Lab-2b - Global Research Lab To Be
  • Associació Catalana de Comunicació Científica (ACCC)

Research Areas

  • International And Development Communication (200103)
  • Communication Studies (200101)
  • Organisational, Interpersonal And Intercultural Communication (200105)
  • Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies (200209)
  • International Relations (160607)
  • Political Science (1606)

Honours

Recognition for Teaching Innovation – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (BDS/Sustainable Decision Finder), 2026

Contact Leonard for

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  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision