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Description:

The Institut Metròpoli, located at the Bellaterra campus and with the UAB as one of its member institutions, is organising on 6 July at 9:45 a.m. a session entitled AMB en xifres 2026, la metròpoli en 100 indicadors: entendre les dinàmiques, millorar les polítiques [AMB in 2026 Figures, the metropolis in 100 indicators: understanding dynamics, improving policies], which will be held at the Pati Manning in Barcelona. The new edition of the journal published yearly by the Institut Metròpoli will focus on changing strategic areas of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, such as mobility, sustainability, coexistence, security and the economy, as well as key indicators such as jobs, migration, discrimination, institutional transparency and media impact. The session aims to explain how public policy can express this knowledge for the planning and management of cities through a cross-sectional view of the main dynamics of the metropolitan area in one hundred indicators. The set of indicators will show the evolution of the city in the past fifteen years. To attend, please fill out this registration form.

José Luis Haro, director of metropolitan policy analysis services at the AMB, will give the institutional welcome at 10:00 a.m., and Sergio Porcel, head of the social and urban cohesion area at the Institut Metròpoli, will present the publication La metròpoli en 100 indicadors i els seus objectius [The metropolis in 100 indicators and its objectives]. Núria Pérez, head of the mobility area at the Institut Metròpoli, will also participate and talk about the advances and challenges towards more sustainable and socially fair mobility. Tarik Serrano, researcher in the sustainability area at the Institut Metròpoli, will address changes in environmental behaviour and the use of resources in the city, and Mar Satorras, sustainability researcher at the Institut Metròpoli, will moderate a round table on how to use data to improve public policies. Marta Solé, manager of Life Cycle, Diversity and Community Services at the Barcelona Provincial Council, will also participate; as will Jordi Bordanove, coordinator of the AMB's parks and beaches management services; and Cristina Jiménez, head of mobility at Barcelona Regional.

Place: Pati Manning, Barcelona (Carrer de Montalegre 7)

Date: Monday 6, July de 2026 - 09:45h

Description:

The Association of Biotechnologists of Catalonia and the Spanish Federation of Biotechnologists, in collaboration with the UAB and other universities and entities, have organised a new edition of the Biotechnology Annual Congress (BAC). The event will take place at the UAB Faculty of Biosciences. BAC Barcelona 2026 will bring together leaders in the field of biotechnology from all over Spain and other regions. The initiative promotes the exchange of knowledge, the generation of opportunities between students, researchers and companies in the sector (such as Almirall, Hipra, Ysios Capital, Pharma X Solutions, Minoryx, SpliceBio and Proteintech), and the contribution to the growth of the biotechnology ecosystem.

The programme includes conferences with leading figures from the scientific and business worlds, round tables on current challenges in biotechnology, workshops aimed at professional development, networking spaces between students and companies,  and the exhibition of scientific posters in a competition format. Speakers will include Benedetta Bolognesi, biotechnologist at the Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia; Sílvia Osuna, professor of experimental sciences and mathematics at the Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies; Antonio Ferrer, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and many others.

More information and full programme.

Place: Faculty of Biosciences

Date: Wednesday 8, July de 2026 - 10:00h

Date: Friday 10, July de 2026 - 15:00h

Description:

Veus UAB is a platform for disseminating research in Catalan, aimed at promoting the language in a sphere where it remains marginalised and at sharing knowledge generated at the UAB. It consists of eight-minute talks addressed to the general public—and particularly to secondary school students—designed to showcase science as a driver of change. Those interested can attend the talks as a member of the audience; they will be recorded on video and broadcast online, and will subsequently be uploaded to the website and the UAB's official YouTube channel. They will also be available at the website 3Cat.cat.

Place: Theatre Hall, Belleterra Campus, UAB

Date: Wednesday 23, September de 2026 - 16:00h

Promotor: UAB

Description:

European Researchers' Night, a public event dedicated to science communication and scheduled for today, 2 October, at the UAB, has been postponed due to rain. Information on the new scheduled date will be provided soon.

The UAB organises a wide array of activities as part of Researcher's Night, an event open to all publics that is dedidated to science communication. Starting at 5:00 p.m., the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will be holding a research fair, with workshops and demonstrations, games and micro-talks with researchers from the University and research institutes that are members of Esfera UAB.

The NitRecerCat2627 project is an event associated with the European Union’s MSCA and Citizens initiative, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-CITIZENS-01.

For more information:
https://webs.uab.cat/nitrecercat/

Place: UAB Central Axis

Date: Friday 2, October de 2026 - 17:00h

Date: Friday 2, October de 2026 - 21:00h

Description:

The Centre for the Study of Dictatorships and Democracies (CEDID) and the Centre for Research in Performing Arts (CRAE) at the UAB,  together with the Research Group on the Global South and the East at Paul Valéry University Montpellier III, France, are organising the "Symposium on History and Theatre in the Iberian Peninsula (20th and 21st centuries)". The session will take place on 16 October at 9:30 a.m. at the Sala de graus of the UAB Faculty of Arts & Humanities. The symposium will reflect on and debate the relationships between history and theatre in the Iberian Peninsula during the 20th and 21st centuries.

The day will begin with a presentation by Pau Casanellas, director of the CEDID-UAB, and Francesc Foguet, director of the CRAE-UAB. Next, two central talks will take place; at 10:00 a.m. the session "What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Memory?" by Ricard Vinyes, professor of History at the University of Barcelona, who will speak on the concept of memory; and, at 10:40 a.m., the session “Memorabilia and Theatre: Bonds and Affects in the Construction of Heritage” by Antonia Amo, lecturer of Hispanic Studies at the University of Avignon, who will address the relationship between memorabilia, theatre, emotions and heritage. Also included are ten further talks, five for each century, which will address more specific approaches to the link between history and theatre from the perspective of the peninsula's stages.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Sala de graus)

Date: Friday 16, October de 2026 - 09:30h