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The MELIS holds its fifteenth biomedical research symposium

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:21:00 GMT

The Spanish Society of Biophysics honours Jordi García-Ojalvo’s scientific career

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Thu, 28 May 2026 07:00:00 GMT

The Department of Political and Social Sciences at UPF to Host the 2027 ECPR General Conference, the largest meeting of political scientists in Europe

RICARD CLARA IGLESIAS — Wed, 27 May 2026 06:39:00 GMT

The General Conference of the European Consortium for Policy Research (ECPR) will bring together thousands of academics from around the world at the University, from 7 to 10 September 2027.

How to promote European digital sovereignty and alternatives to BigTech?

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:57:00 GMT

UPF Engineering has addressed this issue in the first DeepTech Talk of 2026, in which experts from the world of technology, digital cooperativism, free software and technological governance have participated.

SynBio Lab tests a bacterial biofilm in the Mediterranean to combat marine biofouling

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:11:00 GMT

Why does healthcare improve if the doctor speaks our language?

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Mon, 18 May 2026 04:45:00 GMT

UPF is leading pioneering research into how Catalan-speaking patients attended to in Spanish are affected. As a preliminary step, the state of the issue has been examined in other countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom and Finland.

EUTOPIA Day at UPF, to publicize the Alliance and the opportunities it presents to students

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT

During the BEutopian session, students who have already participated in the EUTOPIA initiative shared with others the opportunities offered by the Alliance of European universities.

The Department of Political and Social Sciences at UPF, recognized as a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence

RICARD CLARA IGLESIAS — Fri, 08 May 2026 11:03:00 GMT

With this recognition, together with those earned in previous calls for Medicine and Life Sciences and Engineering, the University now has three departments accredited with the María de Maeztu distinction. According to the vice-rector for Research, Cristina Pujades, these results “validate UPF’s strategy of using a distinctive model within the university sector for attracting and retaining talent.”

AI-generated images of depression depict more stereotypes and arouse greater stigmatization

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:00:00 GMT

A study by UPF on intergenerational coexistence at the university helps dismantle stereotypes associated with ageism

RICARD CLARA IGLESIAS — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:02:00 GMT

The research, conducted by researchers from the Department of Humanities at UPF, Mireia Trenchs Parera and Ieva Stončikaitė, shows that the inclusion of older students in classrooms alongside younger peers fosters the exchange of experiences, enriches academic debate and benefits the entire community.

UPF awards the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to Helga Nowotny and Maria Leptin, key figures in the consolidation of a European research model

RICARD CLARA IGLESIAS — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:15:00 GMT

Laia de Nadal: “Leptin and Nowotny’s work reminds us that there is no world without science and no science without the world”

Barcelona Agora, UPF’s new building: a unique and pioneering high-level research hub designed to address today’s major societal challenges

GEMMA BALSERA GARCIA — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:00:00 GMT

Àgora Barcelona, the new UPF building: a unique and pioneering high-level research hub to respond to today's major social challenges

How to adapt songs to your mood?: the goal of UPF’s new platform, Musitopia

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:45:00 GMT

The platform Musitopia, which is already used for therapeutic sessions, enables generating interactive and personalized musical experiences.

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, professor of Engineering at UPF, honoured by the international computing association ACM

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:46:00 GMT

Ricardo Baeza-Yates, originally from Chile, has received the 2025 Luiz André Barroso Award from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), recognizing his research on algorithms and information retrieval and his contribution to fostering transnational research communities in Latin America.

Competitive interactions are key to explaining the dynamics of the human brain

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT

The shares of more than half of the main Spanish media groups are held by foreign investors or financial groups, according to a report by UPF

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:45:00 GMT

The report, which is part of the European project EurOMo, warns of the high concentration of the ownership of Spanish media and the lack of transparency of the major media groups.

UPF places economics, communication and linguistics in the top 100 worldwide in the 2026 Shanghai ranking by disciplines

GEMMA BALSERA GARCIA — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:30:00 GMT

UPF triumphs in the QS 2026 ranking: Economics is ranked 31st in the world and leader in Spain. Linguistics and Communication also enter the top 100 of global excellence.

Young people’s critical capacity regarding digital advertising reproduces social inequalities

IRENE PEIRÓ COMPAINS — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:45:00 GMT

According to a pioneering study by UPF, young people from the lower classes have less critical capacity regarding digital advertising personalization strategies than those from the upper classes.

Seven young researchers from Pompeu Fabra University receive grants from the “la Caixa” Foundation to conduct their research

MARTA VILA CEJUDO — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:17:00 GMT

UPF presents its strategy for the coming twelve years: “In turbulent times, the university helps society to rethink itself”

GEMMA BALSERA GARCIA — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:58:00 GMT

Beth Noveck, an expert jurist in public governance, sponsored the presentation of UPF’s Strategy for 2026-2037, the new conceptual framework that lays the path for the University to follow over the next decade.