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Bernat Sellarès Gómez (Igualada, Barcelona, 2 February 1990) economist and philospher, university professor and trustee.

Biography
Born into a family in Igualada dedicated to the textile industry, he was born in Barcelona and spent his childhood in Igualada. His early educational stages took place at the Fundació Escola Mowgli and the Escola Anoia, while he completed his high school studies at the Escola Pia of Igualada. During his youth, he balanced his studies with the sports practice of enduro at the state level.

He graduated in Economics from the University of Barcelona in 2012 under the EUS Program (Business-University-Society), promoted by Professor Francesc Granell Trías. Following his time at the Faculty of Economics and Business, he maintained contact with professors associated with the field of the History of Economic Thought, such as Javier Sanjulián, Lluís Barbé Duran, or Professor Antón Costas Comesaña. Upon completing his degree, he began working at the start-up Motobuykers, an e-commerce company, and was involved in integrating the company into the Swedish group Pierce AB after its acquisition. It was during these years in the private sector that he started combining his work as an economist with philosophical and theological studies at the Faculties of Philosophy of the University of Barcelona and the Ramon Llull University, where he obtained a Master's degree in Research in Philosophy and Humanities in 2015.

In the summer of 2015, he conducted research on John Maynard Keynes at Tilton House and King's College, Cambridge, the author's home and alma mater. A subsequent stay at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid in 2017 allowed him to relate Keynes's philosophical thinking to his time in Madrid in 1930.

In 2018, he began his tenure as a professor of the History of Economic Thought in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program offered by the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Carlos III University of Madrid, and Pompeu Fabra University. Following a letter from the Holy See in May 2019, he took on the role of coordinator of the Business and Peace section of the international movement Economy of Francesco, promoted by Pope Francis for the creation of a new economy.

In September 2020, he was appointed general manager of the Faculty of Philosophy at Ramon Llull University by Dean Carles Llinàs i Puente, where he also served as a professor of Political Philosophy. Over the next two years, he was part of the team leading the process of splitting the civil dimension of the Faculty, integrating the Civil Philosophy Faculty at La Salle Campus Barcelona (URL) and the Ecclesiastical Philosophy Faculty within the framework of the Ateneu Universitari Sant Pacià (an institution promoted by the Archdiocese of Barcelona, canonically erected by Decree of the Congregation for Catholic Education and dependent on the Holy See).

In March 2022, he was appointed general manager of the Ateneu Universitari Sant Pacià by the Rector Mn. Armand Puig i Tàrrech, an institution that encompasses the Faculties of Theology, Philosophy, Liturgy, and Antoni Gaudí of Archaeology and Christian Arts. He taught the subject of Economy in the tradition of the Church within the Bachelor's degree in Theology studies at this institution. Since its establishment in 2022, he has also been a member of the advisory board of the Chair of Thought and Social Action of the Church at the Faculty of Theology. Additionally, since September 2022, he has been part of the editorial board of the Serra d'Or Magazine of Publications from Montserrat Abbey, consolidating his presence in the field of culture and art since 2013 when he joined the committee of the Josep Romanyà Montcada de Capellades cineforum. Since 2023, he has served as a trustee of the Belloch Pozzali Private Foundation, administering the legacy of the Countess of Belloch, Mrs. Lina Pozzali, in support of the intellectual and moral education of university students.

Books
Among his works, one notable publication is the book titled "Economia i Ecologia. Rebrotar per tornar a casa," released in 2022 and co-published by Claret Publishing and the association Justice and Peace. In the same Oikos collection, in 2011, he co-authored "Repensar l'economia a partir de la pandèmia" with other authors such as Sor Lucía Caram and Guillem López Casasnovas. In 2022, he also contributed to the work "Rethinking Economics Starting from the Commons: Towards an Economics of Francesco" alongside other authors.