Call for funding 2021


 

ReWell - Waste recycling for planetary wellbeing

PIs:  Jesica de Armas Adrián, Jaume Garcia Villar; Project Coordinator: Mercè Roca i Puigvert

The project analyses the changes that COVID-19 has induced in Catalan households’ waste generation and recycling behaviour. It aims to identify their sociodemographic and psychographic triggers and to develop environmental indicators of their effects on climate change


 

The Digital revolution and sustainable consumption

  • Awarded persons: John Palmer and Mireia Artigot
  • Department: Political and Social Sciences and Law
  • Type of action: Workshops and Conferences

This project made it possible to organize a workshop and two international conferences at UPF related to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on consumers and consumption in the context of the climate crisis as well as to broader issues of health, technology and climate change. The workshop and conferences brought together multiple disciplinary perspectives on these issues, including law, political and social sciences, economics and ecology. These activities harnessed ongoing research by faculty and graduate students at UPF and helped to link them with wider academic networks.

Related publications:

  • Bunker, Aditi, et al. 2023. “The Effectiveness of Mosquito-proof Storm Drains in Urban Settings of Barcelona, Spain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.” OSF. May 31. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/JZQAH. (Presented at the Urban Spaces and Mosquitoes conference. Full article now under review at Journal of Urban Health.)
  • Lührsen, Daniela Sofie, et al. "Adult Aedes albopictus in winter: implications for mosquito surveillance in Southern Europe." The Lancet Planetary Health 7, no. 9 (2023): e729-e731. (This article was discussed and joint analysis was carried out during the Urban Spaces and Mosquitoes conference.)
  • Rocklöv, Joacim, et al. "Decision-support tools to build climate resilience against emerging infectious diseases in Europe and beyond." The Lancet Regional Health–Europe 32 (2023). (This article was discussed and parts were presented at the Urban Spaces and Mosquitoes conference.)


 

The Maya Forest as a Global Commodity Frontier: An Environmental History of Capitalism

PI:  David Pretel

This interdisciplinary project traces the history of the tropical forests of the Yucatán Peninsula a threatened ecosystem that provides important environmental services and vital resources to local communities. It offers an environmental history of the new capitalist frontier that emerged under extractive pressures and the long-term consequences of this development


 

Identification and isolation of probiotic bacteria to protect the critically endangered Montseny brook newt against chytridiomycosis

PIs:  Elena Bosch, Javier del Campo, Salvador Carranza

The project aims at finding specific microbial communities correlated to resistance to a devastating fungal emergent infectious disease that has already caused the disappearance of more than 200 species of amphibians around the planet and is threatening the critically endangered Montseny Brook Newt


 

Healthcare Mobility - an optimization approach

PI: Helena Ramalhinho

The project focuses on the optimization of the mobility of the citizens/patients by planning the best location and allocation of public health services’ infrastructures and resources delivered to communities; and the optimization of the mobility of health services using mobile health equipment to visit remote or rural locations


 

(In)Corporate Sustainability Conference

  • Awarded person: Lela Melon and Pere Fullana
  • Department: ESCI-UPF, Law
  • Type of action: Workshops and Conferences

The (In)Corporate Sustainability Conference aimed tofacilitate interdisciplinary discussions on sustainability challenges and solutions in public administration, corporate practices, and higher education. The event took place from September 8-10, 2021, at Pompeu Fabra University, Spain.

Related publications:

Foodseed - Food Sustainability Education in Catalan Schools

PIs:  Sergi Jimenez-Martín, Antonio Ladron de Guevara; Project Coordinator: Mercè Roca i Puigvert

The project analyses Food Sustainability Education (FSE) integration in primary and secondary Catalan schools, analysing the present situation, identifying gaps and priorities for its promotion. The objective is to raise awareness and enhance critical thinking within educational agents as a trigger of the urgent required social change towards sustainable food systems and consumption habits


 

International & Interdisciplinary Research Group in Sport Sustainability

PI:  Alberto Carrio Sampedro

This project it aimed at launching a new international and interdisciplinary research group on Sport Sustainability led by UPF. The objective of this research group is to analyze the impact of professional Sports on Climate Change and Global Warming and design appropriate strategies to fight them. Ensure sustainable Sports at global level and effectively comply with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an urgency and a commitment of the main international Sport Government Bodies (SGB)


 

Greening Consumer Welfare: Towards a New Perspective on Consumer Protection

PIs: Mireia Artigot Golobardes, Léla Melon 

The project aims at revisiting European consumer protection regulation through the lens of sustainability goals (including the Green New Deal)


 

PROSOCIAL: Fostering prosocial behaviors in children with and without autism through Mixed Reality

PI:  Narcís Parés

Developing and evaluating a playful full-body interactive Mixed Reality system to promote prosocial behaviors in children with and without autism spectrum condition. Please find a list of related pulblications and the project webpage.


 

BEAM: Bettering Education by Advancing Mental Health literacy

PI:  Marc Beardsley
Other researchers involved: Batuhan Sayis (UPF), Marta Portero-Tresserra (UAB), Simone Tassani (UPF), Davinia Hernández-Leo (UPF), Maria Angeles Mairena Garcia de la Torre (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu), Maria Diez Juan (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu)

Multimodal assessments of brief classroom-adapted self-regulatory activities and advancement of a classroom tool (ClassMood App) to facilitate educator teaching of self-regulatory practices.