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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 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

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

Esperanza Gómez, Thuy Nguyen and Carlos García-Forero, teachers and researchers from the Department of Medicine participated in the project. Among the main principal conclusions is the fact that more than 50% of participants in anonymous chat therapy have stopped consuming child sexual abuse material

Margarida Romero is a lecturer in the Faculty of Education Sciences at UIC Barcelona and an expert researcher in social sciences, artificial intelligence and education. In May 2024, she edited the guide Creative Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education, together with researcher Alex Urmeneta. The book, which is available as an open access resource, has already been downloaded 70,000 times, highlighting the public’s interest in this type of analysis.

The Norrsken Foundation and MASS Design Group teamed up to launch the Norrsken Kigali House, a new business innovation hub in Kigali, Rwanda, where the historic École Belge was once located. Both companies started with an objective: How can a space dedicated to entrepreneurship become the catalyst for an inclusive, fair and rapid economic transformation in the African region?

Meir Shimon Bar Hen and Ahmed Al Khatib Aiesh analysed the conflict and stressed at all times that “it is a political problem, not a holy war”

The project is funded by the European Commission and its main objective is to contribute to the prevention of sexual violence against children and adolescents at an international level through a free anonymous chat therapy service aimed at consumers of these materials

This ruling of the Constitutional Court represents a tax saving of more than €5 billion

The first meeting took place on 26 January within the framework of the Empremta CO⁴ (eCO⁴) research project to discuss the concept of commitment. Different educational centres and young activists had the opportunity to explain the keys to putting the plan into action