Activities
Friday, February 28 2025
Dia · Setmana
09:30
Presentation of the Catalan Association of Science and Technology Studies
Description:
Researchers from different universities and research centres in Catalonia, including the UAB, have created the Catalan Association of Science and Technology Studies (STS-CAT). The official presentation will take place on 28 February at 9:30 a.m. at the Barcelona Research Residence.
The presentation will feature an inaugural lecture by Wiebe E. Bijker, lecturer and researcher at the University of Maastricht and advisor to the Dutch government as an expert on the relationship between democracy and technology. Biojker is one of the fathers of international Science and Technology Studies and one of the main exponents of the Theory on the Social Construction of Technologies. The engineer, philosopher and PhD in Sociology and History of Technology from the University of Twente (The Netherlands), studies the relationship between the development of technology and society, and how the emergence of new technologies impacts on democracy and can lead to the emergence of a new social order.
The lecture will be followed by a round table (STS in Action) with the participation of Blanca Callén (UAB), Israel Rodríguez (UOC), Ismael Ràfols (Ingenio CSIC-UPV & Univ Leiden) and Vincenzo Pavone (IPP-CSIC), and moderated by the vice-president of the STS-CAT, Núria Vallès (IIIA-CSIC).
The closing speech will be given by Miquel Domènech (UAB), member of the STS-CAT.
Attendance is free, but prior registration is required.
Place: CSIC Researcher Residence, Barcelona (Carrer Hospital 64)
Date: Friday 28, February2025 - 09:30h
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
11:00
First Physics Club Interactive Fair to celebrate quantum science and technology
Description:
Games with lights and probabilities, computer simulations and a live muon detector to enjoy and understand quantum phenomena. This is what the First Interactive Fair of the Physics Club, pertaining to the UAB Faculty of Science, would like to share with all those interested in learning about and enjoying physics.
The fair, which will be celebratin International Year of Quantum Science and Technology, will include up to a dozen of small installations, in which the public will be able to interact with the organisers. These first to fourth-year students from the bachelor’s degree in Physics and members of the Physics Club are the people behind the experiences they hope to share with visitors at the Interactive Fair.
Visitors will be able to play with and touch the installations and participate in trails and small challenges, making games, and words and conversations a gateway to interactions between them and the organisers about quantum phenomena. All UAB students, family members, UAB staff, and everyone interested in physics are invited to attend.
The First Interactive Fair of the UAB Physics Club receives the support of the Department of Physics and the Faculty of Science.
Place: Faculty of Science (Central Axis)
Date: Wednesday 28, May2025 - 11:00h
End date: Wednesday 28, May2025 - 18:00h