Defenses de tesi

Description:

The authors of the book Economía circular. El camino hacia la sostenibilidad (UAB Publications Service), Joan Rieradevall and Carles Gasol, will be offering a conference on the main concepts of circular economy on 1 October at 6:00 p.m. at the Espai Mirador of the Museu del Disseny in Barcelona. Gasol and Rieradevall, both lecturers in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering at the UAB, will compare their book presenting circular economics as a decisive strategy in sustainable development with some of the objects found in the museum's permanent exhibition of "Matter Matters. Dissenyar amb el món". The activity is free and open to the general public; to enter the Hub, attendants will need to register at the reception hall at 5:30 p.m. After the conference, all attendants will be able to visit the museum's exhibition free of charge.

Place: Museu del Disseny, Barcelona (Plaça de les Glòries 38)

Date: Wednesday 1, October2025 - 18:00h

Description:

The UAB research group ISOR organises a seminar on 7 October entitled Performative Ritual and Authority among Shia in Europe (PRASE), which will include conferences by Carlos Méndez, lecturer of the University of Edinburgh, and Hutan Hejazi, from the Universidad Europea. The seminar will take place  at 1:30 p.m in the board room (Sala de juntes) of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology.

Place: Faculty of Political Science and Sociology (Board Room)

Date: Tuesday 7, October2025 - 13:30h

Description:

Journalist and communicator of 3Cat and Catalunya Ràdio, Elisenda Carod, will present a Masterclass on La Marató de 3Cat on Wednesday 8 October in which some of the top people responsible for this solidarity programme will explain what a project of the magnitude of La Marató de 3Cat is like and how it is prepared, a telemarathon that has already become a benchmark at European communication level.

The class will feature Juan José Perona, dean of the Faculty of Communication Studies at the UAB; Lluís Bernabé, director of the 3Cat La Marató Foundation; Aleix Bou, creative head of the 3Cat Marketing Department; Jordi Català, director of the Audience and Analysis Area at 3Cat; Oriol Talon, director of TV3's La Marató for 2024 and 2025; and Virgínia Luzón, vice-rector for Communication at the UAB. Presenter Elisenda Carod, co-presenter in several editions of La Marató, will also provide her personal experience.                 

Attendees will be able to see first-hand how a programme as complex and diverse as La Marató is organised, where different programme formats coincide - discussion panels, entertainment, news, interviews - and with such an extensive duration of live television.

There will be a Q&A session before ending the event.                  

Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)

Date: Wednesday 8, October2025 - 10:00h

End date: Wednesday 8, October2025 - 12:00h

Description:

Txell Feixas, editor of the international section of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, will give the inaugural speech of the 2025/26 academic year in the institutional event organised by the UAB. The event will be held on 8 October at 12 noon at the conference hall of the Rectorat building and will be presided by Rector Javier Lafuente. At the event, the theme of the new academic year, diversity, will be presented, as well as a video of the annual report of 2024/25. The inauguration will be streamed live on the UAB YouTube channel.

Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Wednesday 8, October2025 - 12:00h

Description:

On 8 October, at 6:30 p.m., the Fort Pienc-Ana María Moix Library in Barcelona will host the first edition of the Jornades Chinacult.es. Producció artística entre Xina i Espanya [Chinacult.es Conference. Artistic production between China and Spain]. The conference was born with the vocation of creating a space for meeting and dialogue between artists, creators, cultural managers, the general public, students and academics interested in mobility, synergies and cultural exchanges between China and Spain.

The meeting will feature the presence of poet, writer and journalist Paloma Chen and author of theater, poetry and fiction Minke Wang, both descendants of Chinese migrants with different life trajectories that illustrate the historical and generational changes of the Chinese diaspora. Taking their works as a starting point and reference, we will talk about how the two artists have taken the floor, the difficulties they have had to face, identities, frictions, representations, positioning and power relations in the context of the cultural industries. The conversation will be moderated by Irene Masdeu, anthropologist and professor in the Department of Translation, Interpreting & East Asian Studies at the UAB, and Laia Manonelles, art historian and professor in the Department of Art History at the UB.

This activity is organised by Irene Masdeu and Roberto Figliulo, members of the Interasia Research Group at the UAB, and has the collaboration of the Humanities Library, the Confucius Institute Foundation of Barcelona, and the Department of Translation and Interpreting & East Asian Studies at the UAB.

Place: Fort Pienc - Ana Maria Moix Library, Barcelona (Plaça Fort Pienc 4)

Date: Wednesday 8, October2025 - 18:30h

Description:

The Barcelona Municipal Education Council (CEMB) and the Basic Training Cycles (CFPB), in collaboration with the Metròpoli Institute of the UAB Sphere, are organising the fifth edition of the "Educational Opportunities in Barcelona 2024" report, with the participation of Andreu Termes, researcher and author of the study.

The main educational challenges will be presented and working groups will be formed on areas such as early childhood, compulsory and post-compulsory education, school segregation, education outside school hours and academic results. It is worth noting the presence of Rafa Merino, professor at the UAB Department of Sociology, who will be moderating one of the working sessions.

All those interested can sign up to attend the event here.

Place: Institut Barri Besòs, Barcelona (Carrer Josep Pla 56)

Date: Thursday 9, October2025 - 17:15h