A study by the UAB Centre for Demographic Studies published today estimates that in a country with full occupation, the dependence ratio for pensions in Spain would be 1 for every 3 taxpayers, but at the moment the ration is 4 for every 5 taxpayers. There is a disuse of the demographic potential.
The five centres of excellence “Severo Ochoa” and the two units of excellence “María de Maeztu” located on the UAB Campus organise a workshop to discuss the strategies to reach the highest scientific level.
The UAB maintains its position as one of the top 200 universities in the world in the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, published by the National Taiwan University (NTU).
Professor Joan Martinez Alier has been recognised with the award Economics, Equity, and the Environment from the Tufts University’s Global Development and Environment Institute.
The UAB's Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week will take place from 24 to 28 October, with mobility-related activities every day on the Bellaterra Campus for the entire community. On Thursday 27 October bicycles will be the stars during the celebration of "Bicycle Day".
The GECS on equality, discrimination and violence by the UAB and the EGERA is now open.
Rosa Maria Calaf spoke on education as the people's "catalyst of rights", defended the role of journalism in democratic societies and called to continue fighting for gender equality at the opening lecture of this new academic year, in an event celebrated on 3 October at the Rectorat building.
The university community (students, teaching and research staff, administration and services staff) elected its senate representatives through an electronic voting system. Members can view the provisional results at the elections website (in Catalan).