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The members of the Green Growth European community are meeting to launch the second phase of this project at UVic-UCC this Thursday and Friday.

The Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies (CEIG) at UVic-UCC has just launched Crossroads, a European research project that fosters the exchange of social and educational practices aimed at reducing early school leaving, i.e. students dropping out of post-compulsory education, such as higher secondary education vocational training programmes, and university, after completing secondary education.

Aphelocheirus aestivalis, a waterbug found in mid and high sections of well-oxygenated and preserved rivers in the European continent, has been found for the first time in Catalonia –specifically in rivers Ter and Llobregat- according to an article published in the journal Limnetica. This discovery confirms the presence of this insect from the Aphelocheiridae family in the Iberian Peninsula and enables the incorporation of a new family of Heteroptera in the Catalan fauna.

The ratio of Airbnb accommodation per inhabitant in Barcelona is among the highest in Europe, with around 12 homes per 1,000 people, exceeding Rome (10), London (7) and Madrid (3), but below Paris (28) and Florence (24), according to data from the Airbnb portal from June 2019.

Government bodies, institutions and organisations such as municipal councils and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), are increasingly using websites, mobile applications and other digital resources to engage citizens in policymaking and public decision-making. However, most of these public participation forums are used to a limited extent for practical purposes, or there is no effective consistency between their theoretical objectives and their practical application.

The University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia and Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) have signed a cooperation agreement between the two institutions. This cooperation agreement will cover teaching, research and knowledge transfer between the two organisations.

A study of crocodile bones and teeth, from both the species in the Nile today and fossils from around 70 million years ago, has been carried out at the ALBA Synchrotron.

Researchers in the M3O research group (Methodology, methods, models and outcomes of health and social sciences) and Digital Care at UVic-UCC will be coordinating an Erasmus+ project to develop ICT improv

The Governing Council of the University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia has approved the establishment of the Research Group in Epidemiology and Public Health (GRESP) led by the researcher Albert Espelt. This is the thirty-first research group at UVic-UCC, and it will be based on the Manresa campus.

Climate change will heat up the air, the sea, but also the soil. Key processes for our survival take place beneath our feet, such as the recycling of organic matter and the fertility of soil. This Monday, the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution is publishing the most comprehensive research carried out to date on the effects of warming the soil in the short and long term.