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UIC Barcelona has signed a cooperation agreement with the passive construction company PAPIK Group to promote research in the field of passive architecture. The initiative will be led by the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture

Students from the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences joined a discussion on the green transition and sustainable development with young people from Spanish and Chinese universities

Sandra Bestraten, who has been teaching in the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture since 2010, has taken on the role of dean of the Association of Architects of Catalonia (COAC), becoming only the second woman to head the institution

The Thinking Classroom on Sustainability brings the academic year to a close with the participation of experts in anthropological, social and educational aspects related to sustainability, and aims to welcome new participants in the 2026–2027 academic year

Heatwaves are becoming increasingly frequent and intense, yet their impact on health does not depend solely on the temperature shown on the thermometer. Urban design, construction and renovation materials, the presence of vegetation and street-level ventilation can result in some neighbourhoods recording higher temperatures than others within the same city, making it harder for urban areas to cool down at night.

The Office for Cooperation and Sustainable Development at UIC Barcelona has organised a new edition of the congress, bringing together 165 students from five degree programmes.

The Faculty of Humanities hosts an outreach activity with experts from the Spanish Army and the CSIC, focusing on biodiversity, climate change, glacial dynamics and volcanic monitoring

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

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 hARQware Platform Business Chair is supported by the companies Simon and TdB Arquitectura and directed by doctor of Architecture and UIC Barcelona lecturer Juan Trias de Bes. Its mission is to foster applied research for the integration of digital technologies into the building and urban habitat industries.