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The Barcelona Datastore portal

On 12 February, the new Barcelona Datastore portal went live, offering a tool to analyse and understand the city. It was launched against the backdrop of society’s rapid...

Illustration ©Patricia Cornellana
The metamorphosis of workRemote work: More questions than answers

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in teleworking rates across the...

Illustration ©Patricia Cornellana
The metamorphosis of workCities and the four-day working week: Towards a new urban paradigm

Cities, as dynamic hubs of activity, are grappling with challenges such as precarious employment and a...

Illustration ©Patricia Cornellana
The metamorphosis of workWorking time and work-life balance policies: Gender challenges

Working time has become a key issue on the public agenda, not just within the labour sector, influenced by...

The former Mercat del Peix will be transformed into a research and innovation facility, focused on precision medicine, biodiversity and planetary well-being, next to the Ciutadella campus of Pompeu Fabra University. © Mirag_ZGF Architects_Double Twist
La Ciutadella Knowledge Hub, Barcelona’s new scientific venture

An excavator now dominates the site. In one corner of the plot, which was a market for decades and has served as a car park for years, just a few metres from the zoo, a sign sums...

Enric Juliana, photographed in Madrid. © Anabel Abril
Understanding Madrid to grasp Spanish politics

España, el pacto y la furia [Spain, the Pact and the Fury] (Arpa, 2024), a book spanning just over 600 pages, distils the key elements of twenty years...

© Claudia Frontino
“Every university should have the autonomy to decide where to focus its strategy”

Laia de Nadal

It’s coffee time, and a laid-back atmosphere permeates the Plaça de la Mercè. However, at number 10, there’s a buzz of activity. Laia de Nadal, the rector of Pompeu Fabra...

Randi Williams visited Barcelona to participate in the STEAMConf Barcelona 2024. Among other topics, she discussed how to democratise access to artificial intelligence through education. © Santiago Sepúlveda
You too can be Randi Williams

Randi Williams is a researcher and educator, specialising in robotics. She is also a humanist and a community leader. Her work focuses on integrating ethics into artificial...

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