News
Here we provide up-to-date and relevant information about our projects, publications and events. Keep apprised of our latest publications, as well as the conferences and events we participate in.
On February 11, 2025, the workshop “A Neighborhood to Live In: Mapping Experiences and Proposals for an Inclusive Urban Environment” took place at the Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation Hub of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) Read more…
On December 12 and 13, the NODES research group from the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) participated in the IX International Congress of Creative Cities, held at the Segovia campus of the University of Valladolid. Read more…
The NODES research group from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya had a prominent role at the conference “The Crossroad of International Environmental Law Enforcement”, which took place on December 2 and 3, 2024, at the UOC headquarters in Barcelona. The event was jointly organized by the UOC and the interest groups of the European Society of International Law (ESIL) on international environmental law and the European and international rule of law. Read more…
The Nodes research group from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) took an important role in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2024, which took place between November 5 and 7, 2024 in the Fira de Barcelona. The team participated in the AccessCat Network stand, which provided researchers with the opportunity to showcase their technologies and accessibility solutions to companies and organizations from around the globe. Read more…
Last November 18, 2024, the Catalan Association of Public Universities (ACUP) successfully celebrated the “Advancing the Institutionalization of Service-Learning (ApS) in Universities”, a key event focused in promoting this educational methodology within Catalan higher education. The session brought together experts, academics, and professionals from the sector in an atmosphere of enriching collaboration and dialogue.
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On November 19, 2024, the seminar Critical Cartographies took place, a journey inscribed in the project Digital Cartographies, Cures and Urban Mobility. This is an interdisciplinary project coordinated by Inés Martins and Efraín Foglia , which offered this journey dedicated to exchanging experiences on cartographic practices and fostering subsequent reflection. Throughout the event, approximately 50 attendees participated in a dialogue led by speakers Inés Martins and Efraín Foglia. Their goal was to shed light on dynamics often overlooked in urban planning. Read more…
In January 2024, Professor and researcher Dr. Inés Martins was invited by Dr. Juliana Guimarães Faria, from the Faculty of Letters of the Federal University of Goiás, to carry out a research and teaching stay. As part of this stay, Dr. Martins conducted a seminar on qualitative methodologies applied to the social sciences for students in the doctoral program at the Faculty of Letters, with the inclusion of both deaf and hearing students, as well as the participation of interpreters in the classroom.
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On June 29th and 30th, the event “Dialogues franco-lusophones: cities in times of democratic and climatic crises” took place in Paris. One of the presentations in this edition was “Urban Project, Normative Production, and Instituting Social Practices: Incidences in the Public Space” presented by Gabriela Fauth and Flávio Bertoldo. Read more…
On July 27th, we are organizing the book presentation of Between the Desire to Learn and the Passion for History: Narratives in the Contemporary University, written by Professor and researcher Patricia Hermosilla from the University of Chile. Read more…
On June 6th, the international symposium “Childhood and Youth Migration: Realities, Challenges, and Possibilities for Educational Equity and Social Justice” was held. With the participation of speakers Colette Daiute and Juana Maria Sancho. Read more…
On the afternoon of May 26th, we were visited by Paulo Reyes, professor and researcher of the Postgraduate Program in Urban and Regional Planning (PROPUR) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Read more…
Coming soon: International Symposium for reflection and debate on how the structural and emerging inequities that affect migrant children and youth operate in different educational contexts. Read more…
The publisher Cegraf of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG) in Brazil published the book “Accounts and reflections on online teaching: a dialogue between Brazil and Spain”, organized by Dr. Inés Martins (UOC) and Dr. Juliana Guimâraes Faria (UFG). Read more…
The book “Accessibility-communication and education for all people” edited by Cristian Ladaga and Luz Rangel, is a book that addresses a very relevant topic nowadays: accessibility and inclusion in education and communication. Read more…
AccessCat, the new network to carry out programmes for the valorisation and transfer of research results in accessibility to information and communication. Read more…
At the beginning of February we were visited by Professor and researcher Rosângela Lunardelli Cavallazzi, an expert in the field of law and urbanism. She shared her research and perspectives with the research group. Read more…
Professors Amalia Creus, Ines Martins and Adriana Ornellas will participate in the most prestigious conference in the field of education research in the United States to reflect on the first results of the Crossing Borders to Connect Routes project. Read more…