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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 

Students from the Master’s Degree in Geoinformation at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in collaboration with the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya, carried out a hands-on session using a terrestrial LiDAR sensor and SLAM technology to gain first-hand experience of the full workflow for 3D data capture and model generation. The training session was conducted with the participation of GeoLímits.

On Wednesday, February 18, the first Geography in Action workshop of the academic year took place: “Geoinformation as a Source of Knowledge”, with the participation of second-year high school students from Enric Borràs Secondary School in Badalona.

You can now consult the Research Newsletter #3 (February 2026) of the Department of Geography.

The Master’s Degree in Geoinformation publicly presents the GIS project: “The Use of Geoinformation for Decision-Making. Development of a GIS for Territorial Planning. The Case of the Municipality of Matadepera.”

On Thursday, January 29, the academic presentation of the core project of the Master’s Degree in Geoinformation took place.

You can now access Newsletter 79 (January 2026) from the Department of Geography 

Public Presentation of the Core Project of the Master’s Degree in Territorial Studies and Planning (2025–2026): Tourism and Socio-Territorial Challenges. Managing Tourism Activity in a Mountain Region: Cerdanya.