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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

UIC Barcelona has been ranked among the 2,318 universities included in the general classification of the ranking based on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Out of the 2,526 that participated, the University obtained a position of 301-400 globally and 12-14 nationally out of 52 universities

The proposals, available online, highlight the work developed in the field of cooperation at the University and are led by lecturers from the Faculty of Dentistry, the Faculty of Education Sciences, the Master's Degree in International Cooperation in Sustainable Emergency Architecture, and the School of Architecture

For the second year in a row, teachers and students from the Faculty of Dentistry of UIC Barcelona have travelled to Madagascar under the Edugascar programme to offer dental care and oral health training to schoolchildren and their families in vulnerable areas

A study carried out among more than a thousand participants by the Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies at UIC Barcelona and the Red Cross found that education is the most effective strategy for promoting healthy eating habits.Delivering workshops on nutrition is more effective than sending an SMS with nutritional information, although both are more important than providing a financial incentive.

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”

Sílvia Albareda leads an interdepartmental research focused on the integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a Spanish university

Mariona Vila, representing the UIC’s Cooperation and Sustainable Development Office, attended the 7th Conference organised by the University Cooperation Observatory for Development. The event was held on 14 December as part of celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights