LAURA M. SAUS FERRER 69, República Argentina av., 08023 , Tel . 6 05.10.92.40 Email: LAURASAUS @GMAIL .COM

STUDIES

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF ), Barcelona, Spain Master of Arts in Advanced Studies in Social Communication September 2010 - Present

Barcelona Institute for International Studies (IBEI), Barcelona, Spain June 2007 Master of Arts in International Relations Thesis on “Climatic Change in Spanish press: an empirical study from 1992 to 2006” quoted in Costa, O., “Spain’s Climate Change Policy. Download, Catch Up, and Curb Down”, in Rüdiger, W. and Connelly, J. (eds), The EU as a Leader in International Climate Change Politics , Londres: Routledge, 2010

Autonomous (UAB ), Barcelona, Spain June 2006 Bachelor of Arts in Journalism

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France September 2004 - June 2005 Study Abroad Program in Information et Communication (Erasmus)

Sant Josep High School, Barcelona, Spain June 2001

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pompeu Fabra University (UPF ), Barcelona, Spain April 2009 - Present Technical consultant, Rectors’ Cabinet

Human Rights Institute of (IDHC), Barcelona, Spain March 2008 - April 2009 Project Manager and publications editor

Codorníu Argentina, S.L., Private enterprise, Buenos Aires, Argentina November 2007 - March 2008 Head of communication area

Geòtics Innova S.L., Private enterprise, Barcelona, Spain September 2006 - July 2007 Head of communication area

Més Sabadell, Local newspaper, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain April 2006 - August 2006 Journalist

El Periódico de Catalunya, National newspaper, Barcelona, Spain October 2005 - February 2006 Journalist (paid traineeship)

Mecal 2006, Short’s Festival in Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain October 2004 Head of communication area

Campus, University magazine, Barcelona, Spain January 2004 - July 2004 Journalist

LANGUAGES : Spanish and Catalan (native languages); English (C1), French (C1), Portuguese (A1)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES : "Fundraising strategies in USA’s higher education system" project research at Stanford University funded by AGAUR / Catalonian Government (June 2011), ¿ A new impulse inside the European Union? Balance of the German Presidency and of the European Council in Brussels (CIDOB / Secretary for the UE of the Catalan Government, conference, July 2008); Environmental challenges in the Mediterranean: the evolution of the international cooperation (CIDOB, debate group, October 2007); Interlocking Dimensions of European Security Neighbourhood: Energy, Borders and Conflict Management (CIDOB, seminar, October 2007); XXVI Human Rights Course (IDHC, course, April 2008); Humans Rights protection in the United Nations System (ANUE, seminar, April 2008); Human Rights in the Arabian world (AFD / IDHC / ACHR, congress, May 2008)