Activities
Thursday, May 15 2025
Dia · Setmana
16:00
Closing ceremony of the Micromón programme
Description:
Closing of the eighth edition of this innovative programme that aims to encourage secondary school students (ages 15-17) to pursue a career in science and technology by addressing one of the most important challenges to human health for this century: global microbial antibiotic resistance.
Programme of the event:
4:00 p.m. Opening speech by the dean of the Faculty of Biosciences, Isidre Gibert.
4:05 p.m. Speech by MicroTA representatives.
4:10 p.m. Speeches by students from secondary schools.
4:40 p.m. Open interventions.
4:50 p.m. Speech by the director of the Institute of Educational Studies of the UAB, Edelmira Rosa Badillo.
4:55 p.m. Presentation of certificates to the participating centres.
5:00 p.m. End of event by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente.
More information on the project:
https://webs.uab.cat/micromon/
Place: Faculty of Science and Biosciences (conference hall)
Date: Thursday 15, May2025 - 16:00h
Organiser: Faculties of Biosciences
18:00
Performance "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs", by Level 1 Theatrical Interpretation group
Description:
The Level 1 Theatrical Interpretation group, directed by Màrcia Cisteró, will perform the play On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs, by Joan Yago. A contemporary and humorous play that explores the absurd and unconventional situations found in various jobs that, according to the author, are considered “bullshit jobs.” The performance will take place on Thursday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the UAB Theatre, Plaça Cívica.
Place: UAB Theatre
Date: Thursday 15, May2025 - 18:00h
Organiser: Cultura UAB
Telephone: 935812202
E-mail: cultura.enviu@uab.cat
18:00
From Tokyo to Barcelona. Social innovation and equality in early childhood
Description:
A comparative study carried out by the Institute of Government and Public Policy of the UAB (IGOP-UAB) with the support of the “la Caixa” Foundation has analysed how social innovation in the 0-3 years stage can improve equality and the universalisation of early childhood education and care services.
The study was coordinated by and included researchers Raquel Gallego and Lara Maestripieri (IGOP-UAB), and Sheila González Motos (UB) and analysed seven cases of social innovation initiatives in cities around the world: Barcelona, Oslo, Seine-Saint-Denis, Portsmouth, Tel Aviv, Tokyo and Venice.
The results of the research, which have been published in book format by Emerald Publishing Limited under the title "Innovation and Welfare State Retrenchment. A Comparative Analysis of Early Childhood Education and Care in Europe and Beyond", will now be presented at this event organised by the IGOP-UAB at the Palacio Macaya.
Places are limited, so please register to attend.
More information on the study and presentation programme.
Place: Palau Macaya, Barcelona (Passeig de St. Joan 108)
Date: Thursday 15, May2025 - 18:00h
End date: Thursday 15, May2025 - 20:00h
Organiser: IGOP-UAB
Friday, May 16, 2025
09:15
First Conference on Uncomfortable Heritages
Description:
Under the framework of the UAB Heritage Campus, during the month of May there will be a programme of activities organised by the Department of Art and Musicology, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts and the CORE in Cultural Heritage, which includes various proposals on heritage from a critical and interdisciplinary perspective.
Among the activities is the First Conference on Uncomfortable Heritages, an interdisciplinary debate on the challenges posed by conflictive memory and controversial heritage legacies in the academic, institutional and social spheres.
The conference will begin with a presentation by Daniel Rico Camps and Carles Sánchez Márquez, director and lecturer in the Department of Art and Musicology, respectively. Then, UAB Heritage Management students Pau Argemí Hernández; Paula Cordobés Martínez; Andrea López Borràs and Andrei Rodríguez Ortega will speak about the mural identity project. Germán Labrador Méndez, lecturer at the Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology and researcher at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) of the ATRAE programme, will speak about censorship in the construction of the democratic city (art, public space, memory and freedom of expression). Jordi Guixé Coromines, director of the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM), will explain the projects, reflections and interventions on the uncomfortable memorial heritage of wars and dictatorships.
The activity will take place on 16 May at 9:15 a.m. in Aula 603 of the Department of Art and Musicology, Faculty of Arts & Humanities. For further information and registration, please contact this e-mail address.
Place: Department of Art and Musicology, Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Aula 603)
Date: Friday 16, May2025 - 09:15h
17:30
New edition of a Pint of Science: filling the bars with science
Description:
The restaurant in Plaça Cívica, on the Bellaterra campus, and the Wild Geese in Sabadell, will host a new edition of the UAB Pint of Science series of informative talks. On Friday 16 May the activity will take place at the bar of the Plaça Cívica starting at 5:30 p.m.; and on 19, 20 and 21 May, the talks will take place at the Wild Geese bar (Plaça de l'Àngel, 4, Sabadell), all three days starting at 7:30 p.m.
Place: Plaça Cívica restaurant
Date: Friday 16, May2025 - 17:30h
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
12:00
Book presentation: "Decolonizing Feminist Economics - Possibilities for Just Futures", by Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró
Description:
Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró will present her book, "Decolonizing Feminist Economics – Possibilities for Just Futures", at ICTA-UAB in Sala Montseny. The event will also be available online for those who cannot attend in person. You can find the online link below.
Book presentation: "Decolonizing Feminist Economics – Possibilities for Just Futures"
By Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró, Independent researcher and Lecturer at Escola Massana on Feminism, Decolonial Thought and Ecology
- Date: Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
- Time: 12.00-13.00 (CET)
- Venue: Sala Montseny (Z/022 & Z/023) and Online - Join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83753899254?pwd=Xak5XU3Ms2KabHU31a6JGYr8JdUEbA.1
Dr. Gisela Carrasco-Miró holds a PhD in Gender and Post/Decolonial Studies from Utrecht University (the Netherlands) and an MSc in Development Economics from SOAS, University of London. With nearly twenty years of experience, Gisela has worked as a feminist researcher for international organizations and grassroots movements across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Balkans. She has taught feminisms, development economics, and decolonial thought at institutions such as the University of Cambridge and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. As a Visiting Assistant Professor at Central European University (Vienna), she developed and taught Feminist Economics and Decolonizing Development - the first courses of their kind.
Her research has been widely published in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and international reports. She currently works as an independent researcher and is a collaborative lecturer at Escola Massana (Autonomous University of Barcelona), focusing on feminisms, decolonial thought, and ecological economics.
Book Introduction
Decolonizing Feminist Economics: Possibilities for Just Futures explores how postcolonial and decolonial critiques challenge the Western-centric foundations of feminist economics. The book addresses the intersections of colonialism, capitalism, heteropatriarchy, and ecological degradation, offering critical tools for imagining transformative alternatives. Through engagement with global struggles, it unveils our hijacked present and envisions the emergence of decolonizing feminist economic landscapes.
Transdisciplinary and innovative, it fills a crucial gap by exploring the synergy between decolonization and feminist economics — challenging growth logic, capitalism, and Eurocentrism, while opening space for just futures.https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/decolonizing-feminist-economics
Date: Tuesday 20, May2025 - 12:00h