Description:

On 11 and 12 April, the seminar "Disciplinary crossroads: between the history of science and environmental history" will take place in the iHC building (Institute of History of Science at the UAB), organised by the doctoral students Max Bautista (UCLouvain), Carolina Granado (iHC-UAB) and Héctor Isern (iHC-UAB). The seminar features both local and international researchers in environmental history and history of science to facilitate academic dialogue in cycles of talks with a focus on elucidating plausible relationships and intersections between disciplinary fields. Key points of discussion will include temporality, geographic scale, thematic concerns and methodological approaches, with a special emphasis on addressing environmental activism in contemporary ecosocial crises.

The following researchers will speak at the event on the following schedule:

• Thursday 11 April 2024

9:00 - 10:00 
Max Bautista, Carolina Granado, Héctor Isern and Carlos Tabernero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. "Welcome, presentation and contextualisation of the Seminar".

10:00 - 11:00 
Lino Camprubí, University of Seville. "History of the oceans: confluences between the history of oceanography and the history of the ocean environment".

11:00 - 11:30: Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30
Sarah Dry, University of Cambridge. "Time is a resource, how should we spend it? On history, climate and activism".

12:30 - 1:30 
Sarah Hamilton, University of Bergen. "Scientists, activists, and science activists: control over Knowledge in Histories of Environmental Activism".

1:30 - 3:30: Lunch break

3:30 - 5:00 
Marco Armiero (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Gregg Mitman (University of Wisconsin, Madison). "A passion for entry. Disobeying borders as an intellectual project"

• Friday 12 April 2024

9:30 - 10:30 
Judit Gil-Farrero, University of Zaragoza. "Historical research on environmental issues: an interdisciplinary route".

10:30 - 11:30  
Santiago Gorostiza, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. "Beyond the disciplinary trenches. War at the crossroads of environmental history and history of science".

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee Break

12:00 - 12:30 
Agustí Nieto-Galán, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. "A fruitful alliance: history of science and environmental history at UAB".

12:30 - 1:30
Closing remarks and open round table discussion.

For more information and/or to register: max.bautista@uclouvain.be

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Place: Institut d'Història de la Ciència (iHC). Carrer Can Magrans s/n, module C, Bellaterra.

Date: Thursday 11, April2024 - 09:00h

End date: Friday 12, April2024 - 13:30h

Organiser: Max Bautista Perpinyà (UCLouvain), Carolina Granado Torres (iHC-UAB) and Hèctor Isern Alsina (iHC-UAB).

E-mail: max.bautista@uclouvain.be

Description:

Pep Canadell, executive director of the Global Carbon Project (GCP) and head of research at the Australian National Science Agency (CSIRO), will give this conference, which has been organised by the UAB and CREAF, of which Canadell is, respectively, alumnus and scientific advisor.

Greenhouse gas emissions, which come mainly from fossil fuels and agricultural systems, continue to grow and the increase in their atmospheric concentrations has been accelerating in recent years. This continued increase jeopardises reaching the targets set in the 2016 Paris Agreement: the progressive reduction of greenhouse gases until 2050, when net zero emissions (matching what is emitted with what is captured) would have to be achieved to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

In his lecture, Canadell will address questions such as: Is global warming accelerating, as some experts suggest? Will we be able to achieve the goal of stopping it at 1.5°C or, at least, of not exceeding the 2°C set by Paris? What efforts are needed and by whom? What are the dangers of not achieving this?

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is an organisation made up of dozens of international scientists from more than 90 institutions that has been providing detailed information on natural and anthropogenic carbon dioxide sources and sinks every year since 2006. Its reports are a reference source for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which reports on climate change caused by human activities.

The conference is open tot he general public and will include the collaboration of the Catalan Biology Society through its Vallès Regional Section.

Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 27, June2024 - 13:00h

Organiser: UAB and CREAF

Description:

Daniel Campos and Xavier Álvarez hold PhDs in Physics and their research focuses on the physics of biological and social systems and the transport of energy. In the Expert's Seat of the UAB Science Carriage, the two will converse with passengers on energetic transition, a change from non-renewable energy sources to a model in which the energy used is more sustainable, and how citizens play an important role in this process. 

The journey will begin at 9:28 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from Plaça Catalunya to the Universitat Autònoma train station.

Place: FGC - Plaça Catalunya station

Date: Thursday 3, October2024 - 09:28h

Organiser: UAB and FGC

Description:

Cristina Madrid is researcher at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB). Her research focuses on the evaluation of sustainability of political strategies and technological investigations. The UAB Science Carriage Expert's Seat will serve to talk with train passengers on the alternative energy sources available and the advantages and challenges in implementing these new energies.

The journey will begin at 10:42 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from the Universitat Autònoma to the Plaça Catalunya station.

Place: FGC Universitat Autònoma station

Date: Thursday 10, October2024 - 10:42h

Organiser: UAB and FGC

Description:

Gemma Morell holds a degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the Elisava Faculty of Design and Engineering of Barcelona, and a master's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmetal, Economic and Social Sustainability. Her research is centred on the environmental evaluation and quantification of the recirculation processes of used textile and the need to rethink consumption in this industry.

The journey will begin at 9:28 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from Plaça Catalunya to the Universitat Autònoma station.

More information: https://www.uab.cat/ca/cultura-cientifica/vago-combustibles-fossils

Place: FGC - Plaça Catalunya station

Date: Thursday 17, October2024 - 09:28h

Organiser: UAB and FGC

Description:

Sara Marañón holds a PhD in Ecology and her research focuses on the effects of global change and the disturbances caused to ecosystems. At the UAB Science Carriage Expert's Seat, she will converse with passengers on regenerative agriculture, which aims to replenish the soil and guarantee that it has enough organic material and carbon to help it continue to be fertile land. Regenerative agriculture is based on the basic pillars of agriculture: soil and its quality, and how this relates to its capacity to store or release CO2.

The journey will begin at 10:42 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from the Universitat Autònoma to the Plaça Catalunya station.

Place: FGC Universitat Autònoma station

Date: Thursday 24, October2024 - 10:42h

Organiser: UAB and FGC