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Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB)

Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB)

http://www.uab.cat/icta

#BraveScienceForAChangingWorld
📢 Tomorrow at #ICTAUAB!

REAL-Postgrowth seminar with David Palomera (Univ. of Southern Denmark):
“Are Pensions Dependent on GDP Growth?”

🗓 12 Feb 2026 | 🕚 11:00–12:00 CET
📍 Sala Montseny (Z/022–023) + Online

On pensions, growth & post-growth futures.

🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
February 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
🌊 Tomorrow at #ICTAUAB!

Seminar by Jamie Donatuto (CEAB):
“Including Human Wellbeing & ‘Sense of Place’ in Ecosystem Services Assessments”

🗓 12 Feb 2026 | 🕐 13:00
📍 Room Z/032 + Online

🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

Join us!
February 11, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Today (11h) at ICTA-UAB!
Can citizens’ assemblies support post-growth futures?🌱

Join the REAL-Postgrowth seminar with Mads Ejsing (Stockholm University) on democratic innovations and eco-socialist transformation.

🗓 Feb 11, 2026 | ⏰ 11–12 CET | 📍 ICTA-UAB
#PostGrowth #EcoSocialism #Democracy

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February 11, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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Agraïts d'haver comptat amb la presencia del planificador urbà Jordi Honey (@icta-uab.bsky.social, BiciZen) als nostres seminaris en obert per parlar-nos sobre el cas de les Super Illes de Barcelona.
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM
📻🎙️🎧Podem assolir la sobirania alimentària?

🗣️Roger Plans, investigador de l'ICTA-UAB en parla al programa de @radio4rne.bsky.social #RNE "Són 4 dies"

www.rtve.es/play/audios/...
Podem assolir la sobirania alimentària? Parlem amb Roger Plans
Podem assolir la sobirania alimentària? Parlem amb Roger Plans.
www.rtve.es
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🌱🎓 Huge congratulations to Dr. Guido Evangelista on successfully defending his PhD thesis on “Nutrient recovery strategies for sustainable urban agriculture in soilless and open-field systems”!

Proud to celebrate the 51st PhD graduate of the Sostenipra group. Well done, Guido!
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Can citizens’ assemblies support post-growth futures?🌱

Join the REAL-Postgrowth seminar with Mads Ejsing (Stockholm University) on democratic innovations and eco-socialist transformation.

🗓 Feb 11, 2026 | ⏰ 11–12 CET | 📍 ICTA-UAB
#PostGrowth #EcoSocialism #Democracy

www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
February 9, 2026 at 1:25 PM
🔝TOMORROW! At ICTA-UAB & online!
📢 REAL-Postgrowth Seminar at ICTA-UAB

Is socialism necessarily about planning? What’s the role of autonomous control beyond markets?

🎤 Sergey Steblev
🗓 Feb 10, 2026 | ⏰ 15h CET | 💻 Online

🔗https://goo.su/hiSTM
#PostGrowth #EcoSocialism #EconomicPlanning
February 9, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player.

Want to learn more about this research conducted by ICTA-UAB?

😊 Read here: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists warn climate models are missing a key ocean player
Tiny marine plankton that build calcium carbonate shells play an outsized role in regulating Earth’s climate, quietly pulling carbon from the atmosphere and helping lock it away in the deep ocean. New...
www.sciencedaily.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
🎉Avui celebrem #25anysICREA, promovent la recerca d'excel·lència que ha transformat i projectat Catalunya al món.

🔝Els nostres ICREA: Dan Brockington, Victoria Reyes-García, Esteve Corbera, Eric Galbraith, Jeroen van den Bergh, Patrizia Ziveri, Isabelle Anguelovski, Giorgos Kallis i Jason Hickel
February 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
📢 TOMORROW PhD Defense @ICTA_UAB

Guido Evangelista will defend his PhD thesis:
“Nutrient recovery strategies for sustainable urban agriculture in soilless and open-field systems”

📅 Feb 6, 10:00 | 📍 Sala Montseny & online

www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The symposium closed with Research Speed Dating: fast-paced, structured conversations helping researchers find collaborators, share interests & spark new projects—turning ideas into future partnerships. #ResearchCollaboration
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
📌 Maria Pastor provided an update on the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence (MdM-3), outlining recent developments, upcoming milestones & key organizational issues relevant to the ICTA-UAB community.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
From ocean deoxygenation and Arctic plankton to heat justice, post-growth economics, and climate pledges, the session made visible how ICTA-UAB research travels across disciplines—and beyond academia.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
After the coffee break by the ICTA-UAB Management Team, 🔬 Scientific Highlights of 2025 showcased ICTA-UAB’s research excellence. Ten short talks highlighted influential papers across oceans, land, cities, consumption & policies —combining top journals with real-world impact.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
❄️ Keynote by Ksenija Hanaček: On Thin Ice. Drawing on 7 years of research, she unpacked Arctic extractivism, geopolitics & infrastructure, situating Greenland’s future within histories of colonialism & environmental injustice.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
🎤🤝Opening remarks by Director Umberto Lombardo set the tone for dialogue, interdisciplinarity & shared responsibility. This was followed by Panagiota Kotsila’s session on care, gender & wellbeing, linking prizes, survey & training into a coherent strategy.

We should do #BraveScienceInAChangingWorld
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
🌍 The ICTA-UAB Winter Symposium 2026 brought the community together at a time of global uncertainty, combining critical debate on planetary crises with reflection on ICTA-UAB’s research, values & collective identity. #ICTAUAB
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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WELLCOM analitzarà el paper dels horts comunitaris en el benestar de Barcelona. Coordinat per Sergio Villamayor, (@icta-uab.bsky.social, @politiquesuab.bsky.social, @uab.cat), se l'ha seleccionat per a una subvenció de projectes de recerca de @ajuntamentbcn.bsky.social.

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February 4, 2026 at 9:45 AM
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📖 El jueves 12 de febrero te invitamos a la presentación del libro "La lucha por la energía: poder, imperios y crisis ecológica", de @agarzon.substack.com.

@ucm.es @ccppysocucm.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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🌊New Marine Animal Forests Manifesto led by ICTA-UAB researchers calls for urgent action to protect, restore, and sustainably manage the ocean’s hidden rainforests: corals, sponges, bryozoans, and gorgonians that build complex habitats on the seafloor.⁠

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December 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Decrecimiento o ecofascismo: Trump agudiza la crisis ecológica con su reforzado imperialismo

Marcel Llavero ICTA-UAB alerta: el fracking no morirá por falta de petróleo, sino por baja rentabilidad: más inversión, menos beneficios y un capital que buscará alternativas

www.publico.es/sociedad/m-a...
Decrecimiento o ecofascismo: Trump agudiza la crisis ecológica con su reforzado imperialismo
Científicos consultado por 'Público' apuntan a una reducción en los beneficios de fuentes energéticas como el fracking o el petróleo canadiense, lo que motivaría a Washington en sus anhelos expansi...
www.publico.es
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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🐋Whale hunting didn’t begin where or when we thought

⚒Research by ICTA-UAB shows that Indigenous communities in southern Brazil were hunting large whales 5,000 years ago, around 1,000 years earlier than the earliest evidence from the North Pacific and North Atlantic.

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January 19, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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🦴 Un estudi entre @icta-uab.bsky.social, @maxplanck.de, @usaloficial.bsky.social i @univcantabria.bsky.social permet millorar la precisió amb la qual es reconstrueix el passat humà dels magdalenians a la regió del Cantàbric, fa uns 18.000 anys. 🔙

⌛Ho llegim a @uab.cat: www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
📢 REAL-Postgrowth Seminar at ICTA-UAB

Is socialism necessarily about planning? What’s the role of autonomous control beyond markets?

🎤 Sergey Steblev
🗓 Feb 10, 2026 | ⏰ 15h CET | 💻 Online

🔗https://goo.su/hiSTM
#PostGrowth #EcoSocialism #EconomicPlanning
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM