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Professors Ricard Moren and Albert Pèlachs, from the Department, are participating in the European project LoupO Coexistence, launched on May 6 to promote compatibility between the presence of bears and wolves and rural activities in the Pyrenees.

Ameneh Alcalà and Ivan Campos achieved first place in the 11th edition of the European CASSINI Hackathons, an initiative promoted by the European Commission and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme to encourage innovative projects based on European space technologies.

You can now access Newsletter 82 (April 2026) from the Department of Geography.

Pau Santandreu Bertran’s final thesis (a graduate of the Bachelor’s Degree in Geography, Environment, and Territorial Planning) has been honored at the 9th edition of the Arcadi Oliveres Award for Final Theses Promoting Global Justice, presented by the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

Joan Checa Rius has been awarded the Salvador Giner Prize for Doctoral Theses, presented by the Philosophy and Social Sciences Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans

The undergraduate thesis by Gerard Villares Robleda (student of the Bachelor's Degree in Geography, Environmental Management and Spatial Planning) has been awarded in the 10th edition of the Awards.

You can now access Newsletter 81 (March 2026) from the Department of Geography.

The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has recognized the career of Professor Maria Prats Ferret during the institutional event for International Women’s Day.

On Tuesday, February 25, a new edition of the Geography in Action workshop took place, with the participation of 37 third- and fourth-year secondary school students from IE Barnola in Avinyó.

You can now access Newsletter 80 (February 2026) from the Department of Geography