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The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the UAB and the University of Barcelona will be hosting the global political ecology conference POLLEN 2026, which will be held from 29 June to 3 July. The sessions will take place at the Hotel Exe Campus (Vila Universitària, UAB campus), in the UAB cinema hall, at the UAB Faculty of Science, at the ICTA-UAB, at the Faculty of Geography of the UB, and at the Barcelona Maritime Museum in Barcelona (Plaça de les Drassanes). The event will bring together more than 1,500 international researchers, activists, social entities and creators to debate energy transitions, data justice, militarised environmental governance, ecofeminism and indigenous knowledge systems. The central axis of POLLEN 2026 are the three plenary sessions that will address fundamental contemporary issues related to the topic, from anti-capitalist resistance to authoritarian capitalism. It will also include 250 round tables, workshops, screenings, games, poster sessions, book presentations and artistic interventions.

The first two plenary sessions, which will take place on 30 June at the UAB Exe Campus Hotel, will focus on global challenges. Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and environment at Syracuse University (New York, USA), will give a conference entitled “Authoritarianism Beyond the Regime: Environmental Publics, Capitalist Accumulation and Structural Persistence”, which will analyse the changes following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh and feature contributions from other speakers on authoritarian trends in Hungary, Turkey, Latin America and Tanzania. Sara Mingorría, sociology researcher and member of the CSIC at the UAB, will offer the session entitled “When Territories Persist: Infrastructures, Resistance and Collective Futures”, which will address resistance to airport infrastructures and degrowth in the aviation sector, based on the massive protests of the ZeroPort platform in Barcelona. The talk will also feature interventions on territorial struggles in India, the Catalan Pyrenees, Sweden, and the Caribbean.

Place: UAB Campus, Faculty of Geography and History of the UB, and Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Date: Monday 29, June2026 - 10:30h

Description:

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the UAB and the University of Barcelona will be hosting the global political ecology conference POLLEN 2026, which will be held from 29 June to 3 July. The sessions will take place at the Hotel Exe Campus (Vila Universitària, UAB campus), in the UAB cinema hall, at the UAB Faculty of Science, at the ICTA-UAB, at the Faculty of Geography of the UB, and at the Barcelona Maritime Museum in Barcelona (Plaça de les Drassanes). The event will bring together more than 1,500 international researchers, activists, social entities and creators to debate energy transitions, data justice, militarised environmental governance, ecofeminism and indigenous knowledge systems. The central axis of POLLEN 2026 are the three plenary sessions that will address fundamental contemporary issues related to the topic, from anti-capitalist resistance to authoritarian capitalism. It will also include 250 round tables, workshops, screenings, games, poster sessions, book presentations and artistic interventions.

The first two plenary sessions, which will take place on 30 June at the UAB Exe Campus Hotel, will focus on global challenges. Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and environment at Syracuse University (New York, USA), will give a conference entitled “Authoritarianism Beyond the Regime: Environmental Publics, Capitalist Accumulation and Structural Persistence”, which will analyse the changes following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh and feature contributions from other speakers on authoritarian trends in Hungary, Turkey, Latin America and Tanzania. Sara Mingorría, sociology researcher and member of the CSIC at the UAB, will offer the session entitled “When Territories Persist: Infrastructures, Resistance and Collective Futures”, which will address resistance to airport infrastructures and degrowth in the aviation sector, based on the massive protests of the ZeroPort platform in Barcelona. The talk will also feature interventions on territorial struggles in India, the Catalan Pyrenees, Sweden, and the Caribbean.

Place: UAB Campus, Faculty of Geography and History of the UB, and Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Date: Tuesday 30, June2026 - 09:00h

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The Institute of European Studies of the UAB is organising, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law and the EUGLOB Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence of the UAB, the closing of the Master's Degree in European Integration with the session "Current and Future Challenges of the EU: rule of law, democracy and future direction of European integration". The event will take place on 30 June at 4:00 p.m., in the main hall of the Faculty of Law of the UAB. The session will be led by Viviane Reding, former Vice-President of the European Commission. Reding will reflect on the current and future challenges of the European Union, particularly in relation to the rule of law, democracy and the evolution of the European integration process.

Date: Tuesday 30, June2026 - 16:00h

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The UAB Faculty of Economics and Business Studies will be holding the diploma ceremony for students of the University-Enteprise Programme track (PUE) on 30 June at 4:30 p.m. The event, which will take place in the conference hall of the UAB Rectorat building, recognises the trajectory and effort of students of the 36th promotion of the PUE, highlighting their training and connection with a professional future.

Marc Fernández, financial director of OpenChip Software & Technologies, will offer a conference entitled "From PUE to Openchip: reflections on pursuing your dreams". Fernández will advise students on how to navigate the world of work and will reflect on the importance of perseverance, ambition and confidence, which are key in the process of achieving goals.

Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Tuesday 30, June2026 - 18:30h

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The UAB Summer School, organised by the Institute of Educational Sciences, will take place during the month of July. The courses offered are aimed at teachers and students from different non-university educational stages. The summer school will begin with the conference "Communicative teaching skills in the AI ​​era", which will be held in person on the mornings of 1, 2 and 3 July. The inauguration will take place on Wednesday 1 July at 9:00 a.m., at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Place: Faculty of Translation and Interpreting

Date: Wednesday 1, July2026 - 09:00h

Description:

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the UAB and the University of Barcelona will be hosting the global political ecology conference POLLEN 2026, which will be held from 29 June to 3 July. The sessions will take place at the Hotel Exe Campus (Vila Universitària, UAB campus), in the UAB cinema hall, at the UAB Faculty of Science, at the ICTA-UAB, at the Faculty of Geography of the UB, and at the Barcelona Maritime Museum in Barcelona (Plaça de les Drassanes). The event will bring together more than 1,500 international researchers, activists, social entities and creators to debate energy transitions, data justice, militarised environmental governance, ecofeminism and indigenous knowledge systems. The central axis of POLLEN 2026 are the three plenary sessions that will address fundamental contemporary issues related to the topic, from anti-capitalist resistance to authoritarian capitalism. It will also include 250 round tables, workshops, screenings, games, poster sessions, book presentations and artistic interventions.

The first two plenary sessions, which will take place on 30 June at the UAB Exe Campus Hotel, will focus on global challenges. Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and environment at Syracuse University (New York, USA), will give a conference entitled “Authoritarianism Beyond the Regime: Environmental Publics, Capitalist Accumulation and Structural Persistence”, which will analyse the changes following the 2024 revolution in Bangladesh and feature contributions from other speakers on authoritarian trends in Hungary, Turkey, Latin America and Tanzania. Sara Mingorría, sociology researcher and member of the CSIC at the UAB, will offer the session entitled “When Territories Persist: Infrastructures, Resistance and Collective Futures”, which will address resistance to airport infrastructures and degrowth in the aviation sector, based on the massive protests of the ZeroPort platform in Barcelona. The talk will also feature interventions on territorial struggles in India, the Catalan Pyrenees, Sweden, and the Caribbean.

Place: UAB Campus, Faculty of Geography and History of the UB, and Maritime Museum of Barcelona

Date: Wednesday 1, July2026 - 09:00h