News

Lecturer and researcher Sílvia Albareda, as principal investigator of the Educlima research project, presented the main findings from the study conducted by the five Spanish universities participating in this interdisciplinary project, which involved teaching staff from multiple faculties at UIC Barcelona

The international teaching and research project Green Dialogues, in which the Faculty of Education Sciences at UIC Barcelona took part alongside Western Norway University and the University of Padua, has concluded after four years with the publication of the book The Green Dialogues: Ecocritical Pathways to Children’s Literature in Education

A total of 75 students took part in the 17th edition of the Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Sustainability, this year entitled “Sustainable and Ethical Consumption”, an event in which proposals for advancing towards a future of responsible and sustainable consumption were put forward and which brought together three experts to discuss the benefits of simple living

The First International Congress on Research in Creative Industries (CIIIC), promoted by the Faculty of Communication Sciences, brought together researchers, academics, associations, entrepreneurs and representatives from the music industry for a pioneering event held within the framework of the BIME music forum

A study led by researcher Toni Mora, director of the Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies (IRAPP) at UIC Barcelona, reveals that vulnerable families with low incomes benefit more from workshops offering dietary guidance than from direct financial aid aimed at promoting healthy eating

The Thinking Classroom on Sustainability held its first in-person session of the academic year with the roundtable “Sustainability, university and religions”, which explored the socio-environmental challenges of sustainability and the importance of the common good

Nearly 200 students have designed and built full-scale prototypes of urban furniture based on principles of reuse and sustainability. The winning project, “Blade Line”, proposes converting wind turbine blades into firebreaks and emergency shelters for forested areas, in response to this summer’s climate emergency.

The positive social footprint calculator is the result of the Educlima research project, involving seven universities and funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya

A study published in the Swiss journal Education Sciences highlights the urgent need for a paradigm shift in how healthy eating is taught in schools

Members of the European Educare 5.0 project, which aims to enhance healthcare education through digital transformation and sustainable innovation, gathered on 19 and 20 March at UIC Barcelona’s Sant Cugat Campus to drive the initiative forward.