Today, 9 May, UIC Barcelona held the 4th Edition of the SDG Congress of the 2030 Agenda: Climate Action, Health and Ethics. The conference was organised by the Cooperation and Sustainable Development Office and 174 students from the bachelor’s degrees in Education, Psychology, Bioengineering, Advertising and Public relations and Medicine have participated, presenting 35 different papers on research projects or intervention proposals. 

The congress highlighted the work of the student body on topics related to Sustainable Development Goals numbers 3, 4 and 13. The proposals approached problems as diverse as emotional management in schools, to environmental awareness on social networks, improving well-being in hospital settings or the responsible use of natural resources.

“In the face of the current climate emergency, it is fundamental that every discipline in the University promotes projects that can positively contribute to climate action” explained Dr Sílvia Albareda, director of the UIC Barcelona Cooperation and Sustainable Development Office. “This congress is also a unique academic opportunity for the students to work and share research in an interdisciplinary manner, learning from each other and their different areas of knowledge” she added.

This is the fourth consecutive year that the University has organised this initiative, with the aim of promoting student body involvement in sustainability from a critical, participatory and collaborative perspective.

Update – 20 June

Following the students’ project presentations, the jury assessed both the content and the quality of the proposals and has now announced the final verdict.

In the research project category, the first prize was awarded to four students from the Bioengineering degree for their project ““Nuclear Waste Management: Transport and Environmental Impact”. In the intervention proposal category, the winners were four students from the Advertising and Public Relations degree with their initiative “Feria de Moda Sostenible”. Congratulations to all the winners!

Image 1: Karen Sacasa Ordoñez, Sonia Ochando, Berta Sierra, Carla Marro, winners in the intervention proposal category.

Image 2: Melania Zaccaria, Joel Piedra Segura, Jordi de Paula Bordallo Fonolla, Blanca Bejarano Bardí, winners in the research project category.