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Wednesday:

The UAB is organising the online seminar HEIs-NGOs Cooperation for the SDGs. Insights from the UAB and the ABD on 2 December, which will focus on cooperation between higher education institutions and third sector entities to advance in  the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The session will feature the participation of representatives from the UAB and the Associació Benestar i Desenvolupament (ABD).

Participating in the seminar will be: Myra Ronzoni, project manager of ECIU, the European alliance of the UAB, and member of the EDU4SDG project at the UAB; Dorota Piotrowska, professor at the Lodz University of Technology; and Catarina Alves, project manager of the ABD. They will offer their vision on the opportunities for cooperation between academia and social entities. Two practical cases will also be presented by Daniel Franco, lecturer at the UAB, and Myra Ronzoni, which will exemplify experiences of collaboration.

Those interested in attending can fill out this online form. 

Place: Online event

Date: Tuesday 2, December de 2025 - 10:00h

Wednesday:

Francesc Accensi and Joaquim Segalés, lecturers in the UAB Department of Animal Health and Anatomy, will offer a conference on the past, present and future of African swine fever virus, entiled "PPA: d'on venim, on som i on anem". The conference will take place on 4 December at 1:30 p.m at the conference hall of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Place: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 4, December de 2025 - 13:30h

Wednesday:

The ARENAS project, the CEDID-UAB, the Department of Modern and Contemporary History, and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities have organised a conference entitled “Ecologies of the right: ideology, policy and exclusion over the years”. The conference will be held on Thursday 4 December and given by Balša Lubarda, researcher of the Johns Hopkins University-UPF. The conference will focus on years of ideological evolution and exclusion policies linked to the right.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)

Date: Thursday 4, December de 2025 - 15:00h

Wednesday:

On 9 December, as part of the ULALABS project, the UAB CircuLab will host the conference "Children and Participation in Inclusive Urban Transformation: Co-creation and design processes to rethink our cities", which aims to promote dialogue and reflection on the role of children's participation in transformative innovation processes within smart cities.

The event will explore how children can play an active role in co-creating and designing sustainable urban spaces that integrate meaningful learning about sustainability, technologies, and renewable energies. The focus will be on children as community agents who can identify needs, challenges and opportunities in their everyday environment, such as their neighbourhood, school, play spaces and social spaces, and participate in co-design processes alongside adults, social organisations and public administrations.

Speakers at the event will include Professor Johana Montalvan from the University of Stavanger (Norway), an expert in child participation in urban innovation processes and smart cities, and Clara Borràs from the UAB's CircuLab, who will share her approach to participatory and eco-design processes.

Registration

Date: Tuesday 9, December de 2025 - 11:00h

Wednesday:

The Cicle Seminaris a l’Abast is a dynamic and participatory training space, where current and interesting topics are discussed. The series includes eight 2-hour sessions, independent of each other, with a total duration of 16 hours. Registration can be made for the entire series or for individual sessions, virtually or in person.

The session “What impact does quantum physics have on my life?” will take place on 10 December. The activity will focus on how quantum physics influences our daily lives and the way we understand the world, and will feature the participation of Pere Masjuan, lecturer in the Department of Physics at the UAB, head of the Theoretical Physics Unit, and coordinator of the Degree in Physics.

Place: UAB Auditorium, Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Date: Wednesday 10, December de 2025 - 17:00h

Wednesday:

The Centre for Research and Studies for Organisational Development (CRIEDO), together with the Faculty of Education of the UAB, the DIM-EDU Educational Network, the Catalan Society of Pedagogy and the Espiral Association, organise the 16th Meeting of Innovative Centres in Catalonia. The conference, which will be held in person and online on 11 December, is entitled "How to improve quality, training effectiveness and the comprehensive development of students in the Internet and Intelligent Machines Era?". It is dedicated to educational innovation and transformation in the Internet and artificial intelligence era. For more information, you can consult the programme. Registration is completely free.

Place: Faculty of Education (Sala de graus)

Date: Thursday 11, December de 2025 - 09:00h