In September 2023 Dr Jarosław Marek Spychała visited the Universitat Abat Oliba CEU in Barcelona, within the Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility framework. UAO CEU is a private university and it was founded in 1973 as the Abat Oliba College. In 2003, the Parliament of Catalonia approved its conversion to Abat Oliba CEU University. The university adopts the name of Abbot Oliba, Count of Berga and Ripoll, bishop of Vic, and founder of Montserrat.

The UAO CEU has a tripartite structure of three faculties: the Faculty of Law and Business, the Faculty of Communication, Education and Humanities and the Faculty of Psychology. The university offers undergraduate, master’s and postgraduate degrees in the areas of Communication, Law and Political Science, Education, Business and Economics, Humanities and Psychology.

Dr Spychała was hosted by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance, Dr Swen Seebach. The aim of the meeting was to discuss the scope of possible cooperation on research into the sociology of cinema. In addition, Dr Spychała met with Małgorzata Śmigała (Director of the International Relations Office) to discuss directions for possible further cooperation.

As an important part of his visit, Dr Spychała taught two courses, consisting of workshops and lectures: “Archetypes in marketing communication and ethics” (in Spanish: Arquetipos en la comunicación de marketing y ética) and “The concept of truth in science” (in Spanish: El concepto de la verdad en la ciencia). The experiences from these classes will enrich the classes that Dr Spychała will teach in the upcoming 2023/2024 semester.