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#ReflexionsUB is a series of short videos in which professors from our University invite us to think about the present moment. This initiative offers the opportunity to listen to expert voices from very diverse fields of knowledge and to learn with them about what is happening, its causes, and its consequences.   You can see the videos at https://www.ub.edu/web/ub/ca/universitat/coronavirus/reflexionsub/index.html  

Original source: https://observatori.iec.cat/nova-plataforma-europea-de-ciencia-ciutadana-eu-citizen-science/   The European platform EU-Citizen.Science has been launched for the exchange of knowledge, tools, training and resources on citizen’s science. This is a project financed by the Horizon 2020 programme and is driven by a consortium of institutions from 14 European states. On the Spanish side, the Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICINN), the Spanish Foundation for

From the Institute for Research in Education of the University of Barcelona we inform you that we reactivate the website and that we will remain active in social networks, especially on twitter, where you can follow us on @ire_ub.   We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy Sant Jordi’s Day, this year in very different

The QS ranking of universities has been published. This ranking includes a classification by areas. It is with great satisfaction that we inform you that the areas of Education of the Universitat de Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona are the only Spanish universities that are in the first 100 positions.   We are in the space from 51

[Originally posted on https://www.leru.org/news/data-summit-in-paris] On 27 January, the International Summit on Research Data Rights was held at the Sorbonne University, where the “Sorbonne Declaration” on research data rights was signed. The text affirms the willingness of universities to share data and make appropriate use of it, and calls on governments to adopt a legal framework to regulate this exchange and

What’s it about? Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships (CDP) are an initiative of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) to establish strategic partnerships with higher education institutions (colleges/universities) that grant doctoral degrees. The JRC is characterised by excellence in research and international reputation. The aim of the JCR is to train a new generation of doctoral students in science and technology. A specific

From the Institute for Research in Education we encourage you to access this link on the website of the Faculty of Education where you can find articles that teachers of the faculty have published in various media.   There is life beyond papers!

News source: https://observatori.iec.cat/convocatoria-cost-2020/   The COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) initiative, in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme, has published the 2020 call for COST actions. This initiative aims to provide opportunities for collaboration between researchers, engineers and academics from universities, research centres, businesses and SMEs to develop joint proposals, in all areas of science and technology,

The book of proceedings of the First International Conference on Research in Education is already published and can be consulted here. The First International Conference on Research in Education was held on 4 and 5 November 2019 at the Historic Building of the University of Barcelona. The conference was attended by such prominent speakers as Henry Giroux, Boaventura de Sousa

Today, 11 February, marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, proclaimed by the United Nations in 2016 to “ensure access to and full and equal participation in science for women and girls, and to achieve gender equality and empowerment of women and girls,” as announced by the UN. In response to this important milestone, the Department of