Activities
Thursday, April 23 2026
Dia · Setmana
09:28
“Gender inequalities at work” with Vicent Borràs at the Expert Seat of the Science Carriage
Description:
Vicent Borràs is a lecturer at the UAB Department of Sociology and researcher at the Centre for Sociological Studies on Everyday Life and Work (QUIT) and the Institute for Labour Studies.
In the Expert Seat of the Science Carriage, Vicent Borràs will address inequalities between men and women in the professional world in aspects such as salary, managerial positions or harassment, as well as inequalities in the household sphere. Borràs will reflect on how we need to work to move towards a more egalitarian society.
The activity will take place on 23 April on the 9:28 a.m. train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB.
Place: FGC train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB at 9:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday 23, April2026 - 09:28h
11:00
EUGOV seminar: Implementation of the NGEU Plan in Catalonia
Description:
The UAB's EUGLOB Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence will be holding a new session within its EUGOV's Practitioner’s Seminar: The implementation of NGEU Plan in Catalonia. The session will take place on 23 April at 11:00 a.m. at the Aula 6 of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of the UAB.
The conference will be given by Francesc Trillas, secretary for Economic Affairs and European Funds of the Government of Catalonia and lecturer in the Department of Applied Economics at the UAB. Trillas will offer his perspective on the management of Next Generation EU funds in Catalonia, thus addressing both the challenges and opportunities that impact the areas of institutional economics and public policies. This seminar is part of the activities of the EUGLOB project, co-financed by the European Union, with the aim of bringing expert knowledge and practical experience in the field of European governance to students, researchers and professionals.
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Aula 6)
Date: Thursday 23, April2026 - 11:00h
15:00
IFAE Theory Seminar: "Gravitational waves from phase transitions in the early Universe: sound waves and MHD turbulence" by Alberto Roper Pol , Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow, University of Geneva.
Description:
Gravitational waves (GWs) can be produced by a first-order phase transition in the early Universe via the fluid perturbations induced in the primordial plasma by the expansion and collision of broken-phase bubbles. Alberto Roper Pol, professor of the University of Geneva (Switzerland), will review the production of GWs by the anisotropic stresses of velocity and magnetic fields induced in a first-order phase transition and present recent developments on the analytical estimates and numerical simulations that address the stochastic GW background produced by acoustic motion (sound waves) and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence. These GWs could be detectable by current and future GW detectors like LISA or PTA, potentially providing us with direct clean information of the physics at the high energies of the early Universe and probing beyond the Standard Model physics. In addition, the presence of magnetic fields at a phase transition leads to coupled non-linear fluid perturbations, described by MHD turbulence, that will impact the cosmological GW background. The study of these effects can be used to put constraints on primordial magnetic fields. These fields would evolve until present time and leave observable imprints in, for example, the CMB and in the cosmic voids of the large-scale structure of the Universe, allowing us to combine GW observations with other cosmological and astrophysical observations in a multi-messenger approach.
You can access the full event here: https://indico.ifae.es/event/2434
Place: IFAE Seminar Room C7b/064
Date: Thursday 23, April2026 - 15:00h
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
10:00
Conference on “Talent with Social Impact”
Description:
The Talent with Social Impact Conference combines the presentation of the 9th Arcadi Oliveres TFG Awards for Global Justice and the 7th UAB Service Learning Conference.
These awards aim to give visibility to students who dedicated their Final Degree Project to analysing and proposing solutions that contribute to social transformation.
The event will be hosted by Maria Bouabdellah, a journalist graduated from the UAB and presenter on 3Cat.
The event will begin with an inaugural round table and explore how the work of the awardees connects with current debates, activism and education for global justice. Several UAB alumni will be participating: Namar Alimbau, Global Justice Education Technician at LaFede.cat; Alaaddine Azzouzi, anti-racist activist and journalist at 3Cat; and Marta Benosa, activist for the defense of the territory. The session will be moderated by Oscar Tercero, student at the Faculty of Communication Studies and editor at UABmèdia.
The best Arcadi Oliveres Final Degree Projects (TFG), focused on Global Justice, and those developed with the Learning and Service methodology will be awarded. The award-winning students will present their research and the social impact they have generated.
After the event, there will be snacks and refreshments and a Fair of Entities - Service Learning will be held. There will be stands from entities from the social and environmental world, administrations, etc. that will publicise the opportunities for teaching staff and students of service learning at the university.
This event is organised by the Fundació Autònoma Solidària and the Office of Learning and Service of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), with the support of the Barcelona City Council.
Place: UAB Cinema Hall
Date: Tuesday 28, April2026 - 10:00h
End date: Tuesday 28, April2026 - 15:00h
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
11:00
Unaccompanied migrant adolescents in Chile: a new migratory actor
Description:
The Group on Immigration and Ethnic Minorities (GEDIME) and the Centre for Migration Studies and Research (CER-M) of the UAB are working with the Millennium Nucleus for Research on Anti-Racist Chilean Education (MRACE) to organise a seminar entitled "Unaccompanied migrant adolescents in Chile: a new migratory actor". The session will take place on 29 April at 11:00 a.m. in the Boardroom of the UAB Faculty of Political Science and Sociology.
The seminar will be given by Iskra Pavez, researcher at CER-M and the MRACE group at the UAB. The speaker will address the emergence of unaccompanied migrant adolescents in Chile as a relevant social and political subject within contemporary migratory flows. There will be reflections on their migratory trajectories, the reception conditions, and the institutional and social challenges they pose, as well as on the educational and political responses provided within the Chilean context.
Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Boardroom)
Date: Wednesday 29, April2026 - 11:00h
Thursday, April 30, 2026
09:28
“Video games should be more inclusive!” with Carme Mangiron in the Science Carriage's Expert Seat
Description:
Carme Mangiron is lecturer of the Department of Translation and Interpreting & East Asian Studies of the UAB, and member of the TransMedia Catalonia research group and of the AccessCat network.
Carme Mangiron will sit in the Science Carriage's Expert Seat and explain how to design a video game that has no physical, sensory or cognitive barriers, and how professionals work on creating more inclusive video games which are accessible for everyone.
The activity will take place on 30 April on the 9:28 a.m. train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB.
Place: FGC train from Plaça Catalunya to the UAB at 9:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday 30, April2026 - 09:28h