Defenses de tesi

Description:

On 21 May the UAB Manuel Ballbé Chair in Human Safety and Global Law will be organising a dialogue entitled The challenges of the energy sector in the face of the development of AI. The dialogue will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Law. Speakers will include Cristina Blasi, Roser Martínez, Antonio Morales, Carlos Padrós and Joaquín David Rodríguez, lecturers in the Department of Public Law and Legal History Studies of the UAB; Francisco Javier Arias, professor of law at the University Rey Juan Carlos; and Andrés Recalde, professor of law at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Debate issues will include the optimisation of production and distribution of energy through artificial intelligence, the legal and ethical challenges posed by integrating this technology into the sector, and possible boost AI can give to transitioning to greener and more sustainable energy.

Place: Faculty of Law (Aula Magna)

Date: Wednesday 21, May2025 - 10:00h

Description:

Presentation session of the project "From the Euro to the Joule" (eur2j), an initiative led by UAB Department of Physics researchers Daniel Campos and Xavier Àlvarez. The project aims to promote science education in the field of energy transition and encourage public debate on this crucial issue.

Event programme

The presentation session of the project results is aimed at those interested in environmental education and communication, especially secondary school teachers interested in incorporating (through class problems, didactic units, research work, etc.) aspects related to sustainability and energy in the secondary school curriculum.

5:00 - 5:30 p.m. Inaugural speech by environmental journalist and scientific disseminator Cori Calero (TV3): “How to communicate the climate crisis: tools for secondary school teachers”

5:30 – 6 p.m. Presentation of the eur2j project results

6 – 6:20 p.m. Coffee break 

6:20 – 7:20 p.m. Demonstration session: “How to incorporate sustainability and energy transition concepts into the secondary school curriculum”

7:20 – 8 p.m. Networking session: “Creation of a network to promote scientific education on energy”

Attendants will receive a welcome gift and a certificate of attendance.

More information and registration form:
https://eur2j.cat/inscripcions/

Place: Cosmocaixa Museum, Barcelona (Carrer Isaac Newton 26)

Date: Wednesday 21, May2025 - 17:00h

Organiser: Department of Physics

Description:

Jaume Terradas, ecologist and honorary professor of Ecology at the UAB, and Teresa Franquesa, environmentalist and PhD in Biological Sciences, will discuss the book El carro de fenc, of which Terradas is the author. The book is an essay on the relationship between humanity and nature, which combines art, science and history to warn about the ecological crisis and the urgent need for global change.

The conversation will be moderated by Jordi Carrasco. The event is organised by the publishing house Arcàdia and has the collaboration of the Ateneu Barcelonès and CREAF.

Place: Sala Verdaguer, Ateneu Barcelonès (Carrer de la Canuda 6)

Date: Wednesday 21, May2025 - 18:30h

Description:

The ISOR research group of the UAB, in collaboration with the University of Groningen, organises the webinar series “Varieties of re-enchantment: nature and spirituality in contemporary societies”. The second talk, entitled Ontological Diversity in Environmental Education, will be given by Professor Ana Fernández-Aballí of the University of Groningen. It will take place online on 22 May at 3:00 p.m. Those interested in attending can fill out the following form.

Place: Online event

Date: Thursday 22, May2025 - 15:00h

Description:

The story about the romance between Snu Abecassis and former Portuguese Prime Minister Sá Carneiro.

Place: UAB Cinema, Cívica Square

Date: Thursday 22, May2025 - 15:00h

Organiser: Centro de Língua Portuguesa / Camões, IP em Barcelona and UAB

Telephone: 935812449

E-mail: Monica.Llibre@uab.cat

Description:

The UAB Heritage Campus offers in the month of May a series of activities entitled Heritage May at the UAB, organised by the Department of Art and Musicology in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the CORE in Heritage, which includes several heritage proposals from a critical and interdisciplinary approach.

One of the activities is a conference entitled “The invisible tasks of an art museum” by Mireia Rosich, director of the Museum Víctor Balaguer of Vilanova i la Geltrú. The event will take place on 23 May from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Aula 603 of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities of the Department of Art and Musicology.

For more information and to register to attend, please contact this email.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Department of Art and Musicology (Aula 603)

Date: Friday 23, May2025 - 10:00h

End date: Friday 23, May2025 - 11:30h