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L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Jul 29, 2024

3Cat - 324

The urban heat of the most vulnerable places and neighbors of Barcelona is studied for the first time

The 324 news portal of 3cat explains the general approach of the walks carried out during the summer of 2024 in various places in the metropolitan area of ​​Barcelona. The text shares preliminary results of the Cròniques de la Calor project of the neighborhoods of Collblanc-La Torrassa de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat and Sant Pere de Barcelona. Text. [IN CATALAN]


L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Jul 29, 2024

3Cat - TeleNotícies Migdia

The heat in specific areas of neighborhoods in the Barcelona area

The journalist Cori Calero accompanies us on a thermal walk of Cròniques de la Calor with the young people of the summer camp of the Itaca Educational Association. The 3Cat TeleNotícies shows the experience with interventions by two young people and two of the researchers involved. Video. [IN CATALAN]


L'Hospitalet de Llobregat May 31, 2024

L'Hdigital

The neighborhood of Collblanc – la Torrassa participates in the creation of a map of urban heat

The local media reports how families from Escola Bressol Nova Fortuny, students from Escola Pep Ventura and members of the Som Barri organization participated in a thermal walk to contribute to Cròniques de la Calor research in collaboration with Josep Janés public library. Video and online text. [IN CATALAN]


Barcelona Mar 06, 2018

elPeriódico

Games to understand the situation of people with mental health problems

Valentina Raffio reports our study with the Catalan Mental Health Federation and that she has analyzed the interactions of this group with their environment, determining their willingness to integrate into social dynamics. The study has been articulated through the Games x Mental Health project, a citizen science initiative to bring mental illnesses closer to public spaces. Text. [IN SPANISH]


Barcelona Mar 14, 2017

betevé

An urban apiary in Parc de la Ciutadella

In an interview in betevé 91.0 fm, Josep Perelló explained the project Urban Bees. In one rooftop of the Castle of the Three Dragons a hive has installed a sensor that sends real-time environmental data such as temperature, humidity, weight of the hive and the in and out flow of bees. The analysis of these data can be used to learn about the “health” of the city. Audio of the interview and additional video. [IN CATALAN]


Barcelona Nov 04, 2016

betevé - notícies

Pere Quart Civic Center users register their routes around the neighborhood with Bee-Path

The citizen science mobile app Bee-Path helps determine the use of public space in a Barcelona neighborhood. Betevé news reports how a group of elderly belonging to Pere Quart Civic Center activate the app when they go for a walk. See video here. [IN CATALAN]


Barcelona Aug 08, 2016

La Vanguardia

Why we cooperate

The journalist Cristina Sáez publishes a short article about our recent results in Science Advances. The journalist from La Vanguardia newspaper outlines the fact that we show that only three out of 10 people prefer to do what they find most beneficial to them regardless of others. [IN SPANISH]


Zaragoza Aug 06, 2016

El Heraldo de Aragón

A study classifies subjects according to their behaviour

El Heraldo de Aragon is a newspaper of general information, but focused especially in Aragon. The piece describe the experiment done in 2014 in Barcelona at a fair board games (DAU) being organized by the municipality, and the results of the research have been published in Sciences Advances. [IN SPANISH]


Madrid Aug 06, 2016

La Vanguardia

An experiment with games reduce to four the types of human behaviour

This newspaper reports our publication in Science Advances. La Vanguardia explains that researchers from several Spanish centers have done an experiment with social dilemmas games to learn and classify human behavior, and concluded that generally humans are envious (30%), optimistic, pessimistic or trustful. [IN SPANISH]


Madrid Aug 05, 2016

ABC

Envious, optimistic, pessimistic or confident are the four attitudes resulting from a study framed in game theory

The ABC newspaper and its science section highlights the different phenotypes outlined in our paper published in Science Advances. The piece explains the results of the experiment done in 2014, in Barcelona, at a board games festival (DAU), and organized by the city council.


Madrid Jun 23, 2016

Radio Nacional 3

Interview about the Anthropocene for Siglo 21

Siglo 21 is a space for most innovative music and also for technology, artistic creativity, underground projects or ecology. The section La Puerta de Atrás interviews Josep Perelló to talk about the human footprint on the planet and the role of artists on Climate Change. Go to minute 39 of the podcast. [IN SPANISH]


Barcelona May 18, 2016

Barcelona Televisió

Interview at the TV program Terrícoles

In-depth interviews with inhabitants of Earth who have much to say. We talked with Lluís Reales about citizen science in general as a global phenomena both and as a local phenomena (in Barcelona). We also present the results of the impact of citizen science in schools through a pilot in our Recercaixa project Citizen Science: Education and Research. [IN CATALAN]


Barcelona May 14, 2016

Ara

You, me, we… How do we move along?

Our project Bee-Path with Dribia Data Research appears in this Catalan newspaper. They explain how we use an App for studying human mobility in a participated manner.


May 06, 2016

Fundació Bosch i Gimpera

A project of the FBG about citizen science in schools is presented in Cosmocaixa

From his website, the UB Foundation reports the presentation of the results from the study that closes our RecerCaixa project Citizen Science project: education and research.


Barcelona May 05, 2016

Europa Press

More than 500 students participate in a citizen science program for schools

Europa Press is the leading private news agency in Spain. The agency reported how a total of 567 students and 16 teachers of Secondary Schools have participated in our pilots to promote citizen science in schools, inside our project RecerCaixa Citizen Science: Education and Research.


Barcelona May 05, 2016

La Vanguardia

Citizen science enters to schools

Journalist Cristina Sáez publishes an article about the closing event of our Recercaixa project Citizen Science: Education and Research with more than 500 students. She reports the details of the pilots of Citizen Science at Schools, a pioneering participatory initiative that seeks to foster vocations and learning of sciences at Secondary School. [IN SPANISH]


Berlin Apr 22, 2016

Dataconomy

Cockroaches, bees, crickets, and Big Data may just save lives

Our project Urban bees appears in this post by Darya Niknamian of Dataconomy, a leading portal for news, events and expert opinion from the world of data driven technology. Founded in Berlin, the portal provide a global network of industry-renowned contributors and local communities all across Europe.


Nov 12, 2015

Televisió de Catalunya

How can big data help to improve Barcelona

Television of Catalonia (TV3) and its evening newscast exemplifies the potential social impact of big data projects through Urban Bees, our urban beekeeping project with urban sensors and citizen participation. [IN CATALAN]


Nov 11, 2014

El Mundo

Citizen science or guerrilla science

Opinion article in the Tribune section and inside the weekly section on innovation. The physicist and professor Josep Perelló explains how citizens can participate in a research in agile and flexible manner. [IN SPANISH]


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