Activities
Thursday, February 29 2024
Dia · Setmana
11:20
Science Carriage: let's talk about obesity and stigma
Description:
Lecturer David Sánchez will be in the Science Carriage expert's seet this week on the train travelling from Barcelona to the UAB and leaving from Plaça Catalunya at 11:28 a.m. Sánchez, lecturer in the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and director of the Reseearch Group in Health and Weight-Related Problems, will be talking with passengers about obesity and eating disorders, and the associated stigma.
Sánchez has participated in the podcasts of the Science Carriage, which can be consulted at this link.
Place: Science Carriage, FGC Plaça Catalunya-UAB 11:28 a.m.
Date: Thursday 29, February2024 - 11:20h
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
13:00
"Virtual Biodiversity" to study endangered, rare and protected plants
Description:
Through virtual reality glasses, one can learn about three protected and endangered plant species of the natural park of Cap de Creus: the herbaceous plant Sèseli del cap de Creus (Seseli farrenyi), endemic to this natural park, the spurge olive (Cneorum tricoccon) endemic to the Mediterranean basin, and blue bindweed (Convolvulus siculus), in a vulnerable situation in Catalonia.
This event is the final phase of a teaching innovation project coordinated by Sandra Saura Mas, lecturer of ecology at the Faculty of Biosciences and CREAF researcher. The project is funded by the Coordination of Training and Teaching Innovation of the Institute of Education Studies and the Training Unit of the UAB. This project has succeeded in creating three 3D models of endemic and endangered plants of the Mediterranean basin, in order to make them freely available to students to work on during subjects dealing with the relationship between humans and nature. This has been possible thanks to the collaboration with the OpenLabs of the UAB, specifically the Digital Lab.
The Virtual Biodiversity project makes it possible to find 3D models of threatened plant species free of charge on the internet. With the result of this project, more traditional formats such as 2D herbariums or collections of living organisms, normally exclusive and located in inaccessible places that sometimes imply the death of the collected plants, have been renewed. New supports and media have been created that are more attractive, closer and more effective for learning and totally respectful with the life of other living organisms.
Place: UAB Digital Lab (Journals Hall, Library of Humanities)
Date: Wednesday 13, March2024 - 13:00h
Thursday, October 3, 2024
09:28
Science Carriage Expert's Seat: Let's talk about energetic transition
Description:
Daniel Campos and Xavier Álvarez hold PhDs in Physics and their research focuses on the physics of biological and social systems and the transport of energy. In the Expert's Seat of the UAB Science Carriage, the two will converse with passengers on energetic transition, a change from non-renewable energy sources to a model in which the energy used is more sustainable, and how citizens play an important role in this process.
The journey will begin at 9:28 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from Plaça Catalunya to the Universitat Autònoma train station.
Place: FGC - Plaça Catalunya station
Date: Thursday 3, October2024 - 09:28h
Organiser: UAB and FGC
Thursday, October 10, 2024
16:00
The revolutionary potential of a caring democracy
Description:
Joan C. Tronto, emeritus professor of the City University of New York and the University of Minnesota, and one of the greatest exponents of the ethics of care and democracy, will visit the UAB and offer a conference at the Rectorat building on 10 October at 4 p.m. The conference will be open to all members of the UAB community. Organised by the UAB Department of Philosophy, the conference is entitled "El potencial revolucionario de una democracia del cuidado" and will focus on the revolutionary potential of a care democracy.
In her books Moral Boundaries, Caring Democracy and Who cares?, Tronto details a conceptual approach to care. Her ideas have inspired sectors such as nursing and the processes of humanising health, as well as ethics, sociology and the study of sex division in the workplace, economics, political sciences, and in the art and architectural world, as well as other areas.
Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)
Date: Thursday 10, October2024 - 16:00h
End date: Thursday 10, October2024 - 18:00h
Organiser: Department of Philosophy
Thursday, October 24, 2024
10:42
Science Carriage Expert's Seat: Let's talk about regenerative agriculture and high altitude lands
Description:
Sara Marañón holds a PhD in Ecology and her research focuses on the effects of global change and the disturbances caused to ecosystems. At the UAB Science Carriage Expert's Seat, she will converse with passengers on regenerative agriculture, which aims to replenish the soil and guarantee that it has enough organic material and carbon to help it continue to be fertile land. Regenerative agriculture is based on the basic pillars of agriculture: soil and its quality, and how this relates to its capacity to store or release CO2.
The journey will begin at 10:42 a.m. on the FGC train travelling from the Universitat Autònoma to the Plaça Catalunya station.
Place: FGC Universitat Autònoma station
Date: Thursday 24, October2024 - 10:42h
Organiser: UAB and FGC
Thursday, October 31, 2024
09:28
Mountain ecosystems at the Experts' Seat of the Science Carriage
Description:
Bernat Claramunt is a researcher at CREAF and lecturer of Ecology at the UAB. His research focuses on strategies for sustainable development of mountain socio-ecological systems, with a holistic approach that includes not only the natural components of a region, but also its social and economic context. In the expert's seat he will talk with passengers about how climate change modifies these mountain systems and the ecosystem services and the benefits that humans obtain.
The journey will begin at 9:28 a.m. and will go from the Plaça Catalunya ---> Universitat Autònoma stations.
For more information please visit: https://www.uab.cat/ca/cultura-cientifica/vago-combustibles-fossils
Place: FGC - Plaça Catalunya station
Date: Thursday 31, October2024 - 09:28h
Organiser: UAB and FGC