by Justa Martín | Oct 3, 2023
The RESIST Project: Testing Adaptation Solutions to Key Climate Challenges PROJECT Climate change is generating impacts on a global scale, such as an increase in floods, forest fires, heat waves, droughts and soil erosion. In this context, the RESIST project, part of...
by Lluvi Farré | Jul 18, 2022
EduFire Toolkit Educational Toolkit for secondary schools in wildfires within a climate change scenario PROJECT Weather forecasts in a context of climate change point to an increase in average temperatures that, in general, will imply a prolongation of the forest fire...
by Lluvi Farré | Jun 22, 2022
WUICOM-BCN Fire Resilient Interface Communities of Barcelona project PROJECT Forest fires pose a growing threat in populated areas around the world, and especially in the Mediterranean basin, with a climate change scenario that involves increasingly intense and...
by Lluvi Farré | Jul 8, 2021
Dialogues on the management and communication of chemical risk in Tarragona PROJECTOBJECTIVES L’accident a l’empresa IQOXE al gener del 2020 ha posat sobre la taula la necessitat d’incorporar millores en la comunicació del risc i, especialment, de treballar el risc...
by Lluvi Farré | Sep 1, 2020
VINCLES-COVID – VINCLES in times of pandemic: entertainment, social connectivity and support PROJECTOBJECTIVES For people over 70 years of age, the most affected by the pandemic (86% of deaths in Spain), distancing measures protected them but also strengthened social...
by Daniel L | Oct 1, 2019
PyroLife – training a new generation of interdisciplinary experts in holistic fire management PROJECTOBJECTIVES Marie-Curie Action, part of the European Union’s Horizion 2020 Program, has recently selected to fund a new, global initiative in wildfire research. The...
by Daniel L | Oct 1, 2018
Grassroots community care initiatives in Barcelona PROYECTOOBJETIVOS The objective of the project is to give visibility and recognition to the community support initiatives that already exist in the city of Barcelona, gathering their experience in practical...
by Daniel L | Dec 13, 2017
BCONNECT@HOME – “Being Connected” at Home: Making use of digital devices in later life PROJECTOBJECTIVES This project will investigate fundamental changes in the contemporary experience of later life, at the intersection of digital infrastructures, place and the...
by Daniel L | Dec 1, 2016
CANDID – Checking Assumptions and promoting responsibility in Smart Development PROJECTOBJECTIVES CANDID – Checking Assumptions and promoting responsibility in smart Development – is a EU Horizon 2020 project exploring the future of smart technologies from an...
by Daniel L | Jul 1, 2015
CUIDAR – Cultures of Disaster and Resilience among children and young people PROJECTOBJECTIVES CUIDAR is a European wide project aiming to enhance the resilience of children, young people and urban societies to disasters and enable disaster responders to meet children...