Opening of the 20th Edition of the Master's in Territorial Studies and Planning (METiP)
On September 25, 2025, the 20th edition of the Master's was opened at 4:00 p.m. in the Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the UAB.
On September 25, 2025, the Opening Session of the 20th Edition of the Master’s Degree in Territorial Studies and Planning took place in the Sala de Graus of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the UAB.
The event began with a welcome and presentation by Ángel Cebollada, Director of the Department of Geography; Eduard Ariza, Master’s Coordinator; Asunción Blanco, Coordinator of the module Advanced Topics in Territorial Studies and of the Core Project; and Oriol Nel·lo, Coordinator of the module Territorial Planning.
This was followed by the inaugural lecture, “Laboratories of European Integration. Relations and Cooperation in EU Cross-Border Areas”, delivered by Dr. Antoni Durà, professor in the Department of Geography.
This lecture marked the beginning of the 15th Cycle of Territorial Studies and Planning Conferences. This fifteenth edition, entitled “Tourism and Socio-Territorial Challenges: Managing Tourism Activity in a Mountain Region — La Cerdanya”, includes ten lectures addressing key issues for analysing the potential role of tourism as a complementary economic activity in local territorial development.
The event concluded with the presentation and explanation of the project and its study area, given by Professor Asunción Blanco, coordinator of the Core Project, and Professor Inmaculada Díaz, from the Advanced Topics in Territorial Studies module.
The Department of Geography warmly welcomes all faculty members and students participating in this 20th edition of the METiP and wishes them a very successful academic year.