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Wednesday:

On Thursday 13 February at 7:00 p.m., the book Desinformación y poder. Alquimias de la persuasión will be presented in Barcelona. The book is co-published by four universities within the Aldea Global collection: the UAB, Universitat Jaume I, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Universitat de València. The event will be attended by Virginia Luzón, professor of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising and vice-rector of Communication at the UAB; Catalina Gayà, professor of the Department of Media, Communication and Culture at the UAB and member of the Board of Aldea Global; and Raúl Rodríguez Fernándiz, professor of Semiotics of Mass Communication at the Universitat d'Alacant and author of the book. The book is aimed at people involved in communication and all those who want to know how truth is displacing the power of information.

Place: Llibreria Documenta, Barcelona (Carrer Pau Claris 144)

Date: Thursday 13, February de 2025 - 19:00h

Wednesday:

The “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024” was awarded to economists Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA), Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA) and James A. Robinson (University of Chicago, IL, USA). On 17 February at 1:30 p.m., Martí Mestieri, researcher at the IAE-CSIC, BSc in Economia (2006) from the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies at the UAB and former student of Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu, will give a conference at the Sala de graus of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies.

Place: Faculty of Economics and Business Studies (Sala de graus)

Date: Monday 17, February de 2025 - 13:30h

Wednesday:

The UAB Faculty of Political Science and Sociology will host the presentation of the book Feminismo no es sexismo. Conversaciones sobre género y desigualdad, from the El Espejo y la Lámpara and Edicions UAB series. The book proposes a critical reflection on the displacement that part of the feminist discourse has suffered. Margarita Leon, professor and head of Equality Policies of the Faculty; and María Jesús Izquierdo and Marc Barbeta-Viñas, members of the Department of Sociology of the UAB and authors of the book, will intervene in the event. It will take place on 26 February at 1:00 p.m. in Aula 12.

In addition to this event, on 20 March at 7:00 p.m., the authors will present the book at the Ateneu Fort Pienc Civic Centre in Barcelona, accompanied by Daniel Rico Camps, director of the UAB's El Espejo y la Lámpara series.

The book can be bought through the platforms Unebook.es and Google Play Llibres.

Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Aula 12)

Date: Wednesday 26, February de 2025 - 13:00h

Wednesday:

Researchers from different universities and research centres in Catalonia, including the UAB, have created the Catalan Association of Science and Technology Studies (STS-CAT). The official presentation will take place on 28 February at 9:30 a.m. at the Barcelona Research Residence.

The presentation will feature an inaugural lecture by Wiebe E. Bijker, lecturer and researcher at the University of Maastricht and advisor to the Dutch government as an expert on the relationship between democracy and technology. Biojker is one of the fathers of international Science and Technology Studies and one of the main exponents of the Theory on the Social Construction of Technologies. The engineer, philosopher and PhD in Sociology and History of Technology from the University of Twente (The Netherlands), studies the relationship between the development of technology and society, and how the emergence of new technologies impacts on democracy and can lead to the emergence of a new social order.

The lecture will be followed by a round table (STS in Action) with the participation of Blanca Callén (UAB), Israel Rodríguez (UOC), Ismael Ràfols (Ingenio CSIC-UPV & Univ Leiden) and Vincenzo Pavone (IPP-CSIC), and moderated by the vice-president of the STS-CAT, Núria Vallès (IIIA-CSIC). 

The closing speech will be given by Miquel Domènech (UAB), member of the STS-CAT.

Attendance is free, but prior registration is required.

Place: CSIC Researcher Residence, Barcelona (Carrer Hospital 64)

Date: Friday 28, February de 2025 - 09:30h

Wednesday:

The Periodicals Room of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities will host the session The Rural Past of the UAB Campus, by Esteve Dot, lecturer of the Department of Geography and coordinator of the Master's Degree in Tourism Management of Cultural Heritage of the FUAB.

This session is part of the “Les ruralitats del Campus de la UAB” lectures series, programmed within the framework of the Seminar on Advanced Anthropological Theories and Research, organised by the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology. The aim of this program is to learn about and highlight the rural past of the UAB campus and to see how it still survives in today's environment. The lecture will take place on 7 March at 9:30 a.m.

The conferences run from February to April in the Periodicals Room of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities of the UAB and are open to the general public.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Periodicals Room)

Date: Friday 7, March de 2025 - 09:30h

Wednesday:

The European project PlasticHeal, coordinated by the UAB, will present its results at the final conference, entitled "Plastic inside us: Unveiling the hidden impact of micro and nanoplastics" (MNPLs), which will take place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Barcelona and also online via YouTube.

This event (in English with simultaneous translation into Catalan) connects cutting-edge research with guidelines and ideas to address the challenges posed by micro and nanoplastics. Whether you come from the academic and scientific world, work in the health sector, public administration, education, civil society, or industry, you will find topics tailored to your field.

• Health impacts: Carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, immunotoxicity, effects on the microbiome, risks for vulnerable populations.
• Guidelines for industry: Materials of the future, biomonitoring, innovative measurement techniques (FTIR, RAMAN).
• Education and awareness: Exposure, safety, long-term effects.

• PlasticHeal: Taking microplastics research beyond the lab
  Alba Hernández Bonilla. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
• Micronanoplastics and health: What hospitals and healthcare professionals need to know
  Cyrill Bussy. University of Manchester
• Micronanoplastics in the workplace: Linking research to safer products and practices
  Julia Catalán. Universidad de Zaragoza
• Coffee break – posters presentation
• Understanding MNPLs: Tools and stories to inspire social action
  Virginia Mata Marcano. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - PRUAB
• Why micro- and nanoplastics should matter to governments and local authorities
  Steffen Foss Hansen. Technical University of Denmark
• Facing the future: Common challenges and next steps
  Hans Bouwmeester. Wageningen University & Research

☕ In-person highlight: Coffee break + scientific poster exhibition

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Place: Hub Social, Barcelona (Carrer Girona 34) and Online via YouTube

Date: Tuesday 11, March de 2025 - 10:00h

Date: Tuesday 11, March de 2025 - 13:30h

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Event in English with translation to Catalan