CareNet studies the social and material configuration of care and preparedness in the Network Society

We are a research group of the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Current Projects

CIUDEN – Ageing Cities. The Futures of Late Life Urbanism on the Spanish coast

CIUDEN

Ageing cities. the futures of late life urbanism in the spanish coast

BBVA Foundation
Competitius

Tomás Sánchez Criado, Carmen Lozano Bright, Alexandre Molina, Daniel López Gómez

Active
FIREPRIME: European Program for Wildfire-Prepared Communities

FIREPRIME

European program for wildfire-prepared communities

European Commission, DG ECHO (European Civil Protection Authority)
Competitius

Israel Rodríguez Giralt, Maria Cifre Sabater, Miriam Arenas, Daniel López Gómez

Active
Préserver l’autonomie des patients: rôle des médecins dans l’adoption des directives anticipées en oncologie

Préserver l’autonomie des patients: rôle des médecins dans l’adoption des directives anticipées en oncologie

Institut National du Cancer (France)
Competitius

Belén Jiménez

Active
The body and the city: The knowledge and politics of urban accessibility

THE BODY AND THE CITY

the knowledge and politics of urban accessibility

Agencia Estatal de Investigación - Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación para el período 2021-2023
Competitius

Tomás Sánchez Criado

Active

Latest News

Signe L Yndigegn (ITU) joins CareNet to critically explore gerontechnologies of surveillance and social connectedness
Research stays

Signe L Yndigegn (ITU) joins CareNet to critically explore gerontechnologies of surveillance and social connectedness

05 October 2025 Read more
The city of shades: Ethnography of urban habitability in times of climate mutation (June 17-21, 2024)
Activities

The city of shades: Ethnography of urban habitability in times of climate mutation (June 17-21, 2024)

31 May 2024 Read more
Cristina Moreno Lozano, PhD candidate in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Edinburgh is doing a research stay at CareNet
Research stays

Cristina Moreno Lozano, PhD candidate in Science and Technology Studies at the University of Edinburgh is doing a research stay at CareNet

13 February 2023 Read more
Victoria Andelsman Álvarez, PhD candidate at the University of Copenhagen and researcher of the ERC project “Datafied Living” is doing a research stay at CareNet
Research stays

Victoria Andelsman Álvarez, PhD candidate at the University of Copenhagen and researcher of the ERC project “Datafied Living” is doing a research stay at CareNet

24 January 2023 Read more

Latest Publications

The Many Forms of “Good Ageing” Noticing Alignments and Frictions in Digital Innovation Initiatives
Articles 2025 Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies

The Many Forms of “Good Ageing” Noticing Alignments and Frictions in Digital Innovation Initiatives

2025 Articles Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies

Daniel López Gómez

Senior cohousing as grass-roots housing and care innovation for ageing cities: the case of Can 70 in Barcelona
Articles 2025 Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care: Lessons from Europe

Senior cohousing as grass-roots housing and care innovation for ageing cities: the case of Can 70 in Barcelona

2025 Articles Collaborative Housing, Ageing and Social Care: Lessons from Europe

Lluvi Farré, Daniel López Gómez

When technology non-use troubles good ageing
Articles 2025 Journal of Aging Studies

When technology non-use troubles good ageing

2025 Articles Journal of Aging Studies

Daniel López Gómez

Becoming Old with a Dog Human-Animal Entanglements in Later-Life Transitions
Articles 2024 More-than-human aging: Animals, robots and care in later life

Becoming Old with a Dog Human-Animal Entanglements in Later-Life Transitions

2024 Articles More-than-human aging: Animals, robots and care in later life

Daniel López Gómez

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