Ariel Guersenzvaig

Dr. Guersenzvaig directs a programme with professional purposes, the Master's Degree in Design and Management of User Experience and Digital Services. He is a graduate and postgraduate professor at Elisava and a visiting professor at several universities (UPF, UPC). He combines his work as a professor with professional activities as an independent consultant in the field of user experience design and service design. He was a partner of several companies in the field of User Experience Design and has directed and executed projects for some of the main Spanish and European companies. He has also been the executive director of the Design Observatory of the FAD (Spanish initials for Promotion of Arts and Design) and a board member of the ADG-FAD.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Southampton (2011 — 2013)
• MA in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics University of Birmingham (2016 — 2018)
• Diploma of Advanced Studies (MPhil equivalent) Universitat de Barcelona (2008 — 2009)
• Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) Hogeschool van Amsterdam (1995 — 1999)

Companies

• Expert External Reviewer Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain (2021)
• Member of the Research Ethics Committee Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya (2021)
• Lecturer Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (2018)
• Member of the Conference Committee SERVICE DESIGN COLLEGE (2016)
• Master's Programme Director University School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona (2010)
• Senior Lecturer & researcher University School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona (2003)
• Guest Lecturer BSM - Universitat Pompeu Fabra (2002)
• Design consultant (Self-employed) (1997)
• Master's Programme Director University School of Design and Engineering of Barcelona (2016 — 2021)